Warwickshire Trading Standards Service is warning local traders to be aware of publication businesses canvassing locally, that falsely claim to represent the fire service and police and request payment for advertisements in a directory. The business is thought to place the listing in the directory without the traders permission and then pester the trader with regular phone calls to try and get them to pay for the ‘advert’. Bogus publishing firms offer advertising in 'safety' type magazines/directories which have little or no circulation and so are useless for advertising.
12/07/2011 Bogus Caller Leamington Spa
Warwickshire Trading Standards has had a report of someone cold calling at an elderly person’s house in the Leamington Spa area claiming to be from the council and asking for personal information and information about the property. The person was described as being in his 40’s and driving a silver car.
Householders are warned not to provide any personal or financial information to anyone who cold calls, who ever they claim to be. If you think a caller is genuine, ask to contact him/her’s organisation on a publicly listed telephone number. Do not allow cold callers in to your home.
Please feel free to cascade this information to whom ever you feel appropriate (including using the information in your newsletters/websites etc.).
If you have any information you wish to provide to Warwickshire Trading Standards Service, either for our information, or to appear in future email alerts, please email me.
A list of all the latest email alerts is available on our website: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/tradingstandards
Simon Cripwell
Senior Information Officer
Trading Standards Service
Communities
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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