National campaign running until Saturday
Banks and other organisations around the Island are encouraging residents to watch out for dodgy transactions this week.
A national campaign, 'Take Five To Stop Fraud', is running until Saturday.
Police and the Office of Fair Trading regularly warn of telephone and email scams targeting the public.
Fraud cost British and Manx consumers almost £800 million in 2016.
HSBC, which has two local branches, is inviting customers to come and find out more - Peter Faulhaber is the bank's Head of Retail Distribution:
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