Current scams
The latest scams notified to us by the Trading Standards National Scams Team will be published here.
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- Aggressive rogue trader
- Council Tax Scam
- DVLA - missed car tax payment
- Fraudsters are stealing thousands from unsuspecting victims
- How to avoid being scammed when buying a dog
- How to avoid online dating scams
- Investment scams warning
- Only 5% of scams are ever reported.
- Pension cold-calling has been made illegal in a bid to tackle pension scams
- Police warning over BT worker phone scam which fleeced a Flintshire resident of £15,000
- Public warned of scam HMRC and Sky phone calls targeting households
- Sophisticated phone scams use ‘real numbers’ to deceive victims
- Students targeted with fake tax refund emails
- Sun seekers warned about holiday villa scams
- Teenage money mules
- Warning over council tax refund phone scam