Take Five Week 2025

This Take Five Week we’re uniting football tactics and fraud prevention to help people stay safe from scams.

What is Take Five

Take Five is a national campaign offering straight-forward, impartial advice that helps prevent email, phone-based and online fraud – particularly where criminals impersonate trusted organisations.

What is Take Five

Take Five is a national campaign offering straight-forward, impartial advice that helps prevent email, phone-based and online fraud – particularly where criminals impersonate trusted organisations.

IT’S TAKE FIVE WEEK 2025! FIND OUT MORE…

Take Five to Stop Fraud is on a mission to get you match ready in the fight against fraud. Ready to confidently challenge requests for your money or information. You have the power to slow down the game and play at your pace. Explore our site for advice and information to protect yourself against fraud.

 

Find out more and test your defences with our new penalty shootout quiz!

TAKE FIVE TO STOP FRAUD

Criminals are experts at impersonating people, organisations and the police. They spend hours researching you for their scams, hoping you’ll let your guard down for just a moment. Stop and think. It could protect you and your money.

Stop

Take a moment to stop and think before parting with your money or information. It could keep you safe.

Challenge

Ask yourself, could it be fake? It’s ok to reject, refuse or ignore any requests. Only criminals will try to rush or panic you.

Protect

Contact your bank immediately if you think you’ve been scammed and report it to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk or on 0330 123 2040.

Are you scam-savvy?

Criminals are turning to more sophisticated ways to take your money, whether through online offers, emails or telephone calls. Can you outsmart them? Put your ability to spot a scam to the test with our quick quiz.

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Get match ready for Take Five Week

This Take Five Week we’re uniting football tactics and fraud prevention to help people stay safe from scams. Just like a tough opposition on the pitch, fraudsters train to stay at the top of their game. They’ll do their research, they’ll try to rush and pressure you. Their goal is your money and information. Stopping is your best defence.

Take Five toolkit

We want organisations, businesses and individuals to be able to spread the message and get involved in the campaign so we can all help protect the nation against financial fraud. Please support Take Five and make use of the full suite of campaign materials we have on offer.

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Quick links

Identity Theft

Summary: Identity theft is when your personal information is stolen and used to open bank accounts apply for plastic cards and loan...
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Payment in Advance

Summary: Also known as an advance fee scam, this is when you’re convinced to pay an upfront fee in order to receive a prize/service...
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Ticket fraud

Summary: If you are thinking of buying tickets to a live event remember to look out for the signs of ticket fraud and follow the Ta...
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News

Summary: People under 35 are more at risk from impersonation scams. People under 35 are more likely than older age groups to have b...
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General Advice

Summary: Criminals use a wide range of methods to commit fraud and scams. In authorised push payment scams (APP), criminals trick...
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Business Advice

Summary: Business owners and senior managers are often unaware of the fraud risks that can affect them. The impact of fraud and sc...
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Toolkit

Summary: We want organisations, businesses and individuals to be able to spread the message and get involved in the campaign so...
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Scam warning: Criminals may purport to be from Take Five, using our official branding on websites, social media posts, literature, on the phone or by text. Take Five doesn’t provide endorsement or approval for any products/services and would never call or text anyone.

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