Is this a real message from Crimestoppers?

Scams and what you need to know

Scammers and fraudsters know that we respond automatically to things; we may not think to question what we believe to be true. Sometimes people contact Crimestoppers because they’ve seen a phone call, post, message or text that appears to have come from us. Here is how to tell if something is an official notice from Crimestoppers:

Crimestoppers does not and cannot call people from our anonymous information reporting phone line, 0800 555 111.
Official messages about crime will always be provided to the public via our website (www.crimestoppers-uk.org) or our official social media channels (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) or the media.
Crimestoppers does not contact people via text or WhatsApp.

Cold call scams mentioning Crimestoppers

A group of scammers is falsely using our 0800 555 111 number on telephone displays in a bid to make calls seem genuine. Recent examples have included:

Someone calling a residential number saying they were from Crimestoppers and requesting personal details from the person they were calling.
Someone calling a residential number and claiming to be a police officer, requesting the person they were calling to withdraw money from a bank.

The truth about this scam:

We are not calling people. We do not and cannot call people from 0800 555 111. We would never ask for personal details like this.