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Sandra Bower

Sandra Bower

Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Policy, Partnerships and Projects at Neighbourhood Watch National; Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Post-16 Futures at Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Jul 31, 2026

16:57
And how common is that, Sandra?
16:59
I think what Andy's parents were involved in was a very, very high level one.
17:05
The smaller scams are much more prevalent, which will be for a, a set amount of money that, that people will ask for, and then move it up and up.
17:15
They'll ask, initially ask for a small amount, and then sort of gauge where they can move, move the, the scam to, and when, when people get, get wise to it.
17:26
But Andy's, Andy's is a very extreme example, I think, of the kind of money that can be taken, and obviously a very, very sophisticated one, and the ones that we're most worried about, I think, because they can leave lives completely devastated afterwards.
17:45
Um, life savings gone i- in a second.
17:48
And although I think systems are, are getting better in, in being able to get that money back, trading standards are doing amazing work, um, there's still so far to go.

7 MINS LATER

25:00
Where else can, can people learn about this sort of stuff?

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