Warwickshire Trading Standards are again advising householders to beware of unexpected telephone calls, which appear to come from outside the UK, from people requesting remote access to your PC to 'update' it. Under no circumstances should you ever give anyone you don't know or trust access to your PC. Giving someone access to your PC may enable them to infect it with viruses and other malware or place on to it new programs for which they may later attempt to make a charge! In addition you may also risk the loss of confidential personal or financial data.
04/05/2011 Bogus 'Police' Publication
Warwickshire Trading Standards Service has been alerted by Warwickshire Police to a publication scam. A Bedworth resident reported that he was contacted by a company offering advertising space in a 'police' publication, police logos and car signage for £150. Bogus publishing firms offer advertising in 'safety' type magazines which have little or no circulation and so are useless for advertising. They use high pressure sales techniques to get a sale and pursue those who owe money aggressively.
For more information about scams and rogue traders, visit our website: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/tradingstandards
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Senior Information Officer
Trading Standards Service
Environment and Economy Directorate
Warwickshire County Council
tel. 01926 414039
mob. 07771 975570
email. simoncripwell@warwickshire.gov.uk
web. www.warwickshire.gov.uk
My normal working days are Monday to Thursday
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