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In this issue:
Pension Warning
Bogus loan company
Door to Door 'Builder' Warning in Warwick area
17/10/2012 Pension Concern
Warwickshire Trading Standards are warning consumers about recorded phone calls offering people the ‘opportunity’ to make £1000 from their pension! Treat all such claims with a great deal of caution and never provide personal or financial information to unexpected callers.
17/10/2012 Loan Warning
Consumers looking for a loan are advised to beware of bogus texts warn Warwickshire Trading Standards.
A consumer who had been looking online for loans received a text from a ‘loan company’ and then a phone call. The caller offered him a 12 month loan and agreed monthly payments. The caller then asked for these in Ukash vouchers. The first payment was not deposited and another amount requested.
Never provide personal or financial information to unexpected callers.
17/10/2012 Door to Door ‘Builders’
Warwickshire Trading Standards is warning consumers to beware of door to door ‘builders’ after a report of someone driving a blue pick-up truck door knocking in the Norton Lindsey/Warwick area . The caller claimed the householder’s roof needed work and the chimney needed repointing.
Such claims from door to door traders should be treated with extreme caution. This is a typical approach used by rogue/cowboy builders. It is very difficult for a householder to verify whether their roof/chimney really needs work or not.
If you believe your roof or chimney need work, seek advice from a local builder and wherever possible, go on recommendation.
You can’t tell a good builder from a poor one on the doorstep. Keep your door closed!
Please feel free to cascade this information to whomever 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.
For more information on scams, visit: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/scams
Simon Cripwell
Trading Standards 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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