 This page contains a summary of recent articles on the e-watch.co web site warning of rip off tricks and tricksters that have been reported to and by various agencies primarily from Kent Trading Standards.This page was last updated on Friday 17th of May 2013 at 07:20 PM
Loan SharksThe National Illegal Money Lending Team is running an online survey to understand public awareness of loan sharks...
Important Imformation – Scam Awareness Month MayMay is Scam Awareness Month and Kent Trading Standards, along with Kent Consumer Empowerment Partnership (CEP), is warning consumers about the dangers of scams...
Distraction Thieves Claiming To Be From Age Concern Target ElderlyOne Male and One Female stole prescription drugs and money...
Scams Awareness Month – May 2013Scammers Target Recession-hit KentScammers are taking advantage of the recession as they target people who are struggling to find work or battling with money problems, says Kent Consumer Empowerment Partnership (KCEP), a Citizens Advice Project...
Cold Telephone Caller Implies Free Security System Is Trading Standards ApprovedKent Trading Standards has received a report of a consumer being telephoned by a trader offering a free security system in the Ashford area...
 Scams Awareness MonthScams are schemes to cheat people out of their money. Other names for scam include fraud, hoax, con or swindle. Scams come in a variety of ways: post, phone, email, online, sometimes with a knock on the door...
Holiday FraudNational Fraud Investigation Bureau (NFIB) join forces with ABTA, Get Safe Online and Action Fraud to launch national holiday fraud campaign...
 Product Recall - TRS Pure Milk Powder.Kent Trading Standards is advising consumers of a product recall issued by TRS Wholesale Co Ltd for TRS Pure Milk Powder. The product is being recalled because it was repackaged in an unapproved establishment...
Product Recall – Jars Of Thorntons Smiles ChocolatesKent Trading Standards is advising consumers of a product recall issued by Thorntons PLC for various glass jars of Smiles chocolate. The recall is due to a very small number of jars having been found to contain small pieces of glass...
Salesman/ ‘Surveyor’ Cold Calling With The Offer Of A ‘Free Survey’ For Top Up Loft Insulation.An elderly gentleman in the Lyminge area was cold called and persuaded to have a ‘free survey’ to assess the need for top up loft insulation...
Alert - Doorstep Callers In SevenoaksKent Trading Standards has received a report of a doorstep caller offering roofing work in the Sevenoaks area...
Doorstep Callers In Tonbridge And Surrounding Areas Kent Trading Standards has received a report of a doorstep trader offering driveway work in the Tonbridge area...
Kent Trading Standards Report A Parcel ScamKent Trading Standards have been made aware of an incident where a resident received a telephone call from an unknown male asking if a parcel had been delivered from O2...
Doorstep Cold Caller Claiming Previous Work Needs To Be Re-doneKent Trading Standards has received a report from a consumer about a doorstep caller claiming to be from a company they contracted three years ago to apply a protective coating to the outside of their house...
 Suspected Loan Shark Arrested Following Operation In KentA news release from 'England Illegal Money Lending Team' which is Part of Trading Standards – funded by NTSB...
Cold Telephone Calls Regarding Various Potential ScamsKent Trading Standards is aware that local consumers are receiving telephone calls in relation to a variety of possible scams, including pensions and personal protection insurance (PPI) claims...
Do Not Press 5 If You Get A Phone Call Offering £1000 Pension ContributionKent Trading Standards have received several reports of consumers being contacted by telephone, and being told they are entitled to £1000 in the next few weeks towards their state pension...
Cold Calling Tree Surgeons Target Vulnerable ConsumersKent Trading Standards have become aware of recent activity in the Sevenoaks area by 2 men cold calling elderly residents and offering to carry out tree surgery work...
Kent Trading Standards has been made aware of doorstep callers in the Borough Green area, canvassing for building and roofing work...
You Are Not Required To Fell Your Ash Trees!Kent Trading Standards is aware that some rogue traders are incorrectly advising householders that because of the ash dieback disease, the ash tree on their property must be felled or pruned. Chalara dieback of ash, often referred to as ash dieback is a disease of ash trees caused by a fungus. The disease causes leaf loss and dieback in affected trees and depending on the age of the tree can lead to tree death...
Bogus Gasman
Door To Door Charity Collections In Aid Of The Rnli
Charitable House To House Collections On Behalf Of Troop Aid.
Cold Call Offering To Fix Your Computer
Cold Calling Roof Roof Survey
Cold Calling Driveway Work - Please Think First!
Payment Protection Insurance (PPI)
Two Teenage Lads Both Approx. 5 Feet In Height Scam Vulnerable Elderly Lady
Trading Standards Has Been Made Aware Of Kitten Selling Scams.
Kent Trading Standards Have Been Made Aware Of An Email Scam Claiming To Be From The Post Office
Save Money With The Prescription Prepayment Certificate (PCC)
Bogus "Serving Soldier" Selling Car Before Posting Abroad
Cold Call To Consumers Claiming To Be From The Office Of Fair Trading
Product Recall - Morphy Richards Over Electric Blankets
Product Recall - More Batches Of Koon Yick Wah Kee Rose Bean Curd (Tofu) And Chilli Bean Curd (Tofu)
Text Messages About Accidents, Debt Management, Ppi And Pay Day Loans
Cold Calling Bogus "Debt Collection Agent"
Cold Phone Caller From "UK Debt Force" Threatens Householder With Bailiffs
Bogus Cold Caller From"Social Services"
Winter Intervention Support Kent (WISK)
Cold Calling 'Security' Companies Claiming To Be Working With Kent Police
Kent Trading Standards Appeal For Information About Two White Men, Dressed Smartly, Wearing Suits In Cranbrook
Warning - Cold Phone Callers From US Company Offering Shares
How To Avoid Buying An Illegally Imported Pet
New Reports Of Tarmac'ers Offering Driveway Work In The Herne Bay Area
Cold Caller Warning And Request For Information
How To Instruct Your Bank To Cancel A Continuous Payment Authority
Kent Highways Never Cold Call To Do Domestic Work!
Bogus Cold Call From "TWBC Financial Services Department"
Cold Calling Bogus "Youth Offenders" Trying To Trick You Into Buying Over Priced Goods
Cold Calling Bogus Police & Firefighter
Scam Phone Calls
Man With Car Tries To Scam Vulnerable Elderly Couple
Mugged In Madrid Email Asking For Money
Pressure Washers Pressure Consumers Into Having Their Drives Pressure Washed
A Reader Of e-watch.co Has Sent In Details A Parking Fine Scam Email
A Reader Of e-watch.co Has Sent In Details Of Another Scam Email
Cold Calling Tarmac'ers Back In Kent
Kent Trading Standards Reminder Of The Law Governing Fireworks
Cold Caller Driving Black Mercedes Selling Rugs
Young Man Cold Calling Selling Household Items
A Reader Of e-watch.co Has Sent In Details Of Where To Send Spam Text Messages
A Reader Of e-watch.co Has Sent In Details Of A Mobile Telephone Scam
Cold Callers Offering "Free" Burglar Alarm Claiming To Be Backed By Police
Cold 'Phone Caller Claiming To Be From Trading Standards
Cold Calling Timeshare Sales Demanding Illegal Up-front Fees
Cold Phone Call From Fake 'Dyson Engineer'
Cold Calling Plumber
Doorstep & 'Phone Cold Callers Claiming They Can Get Your Council Tax Reduced
Update - Fake Vodka Deaths Now Up To 24!
Youngsters Hanging Around Drinking? Do You See Lots Of Alcohol Related Litter?
Czech Bootleg Booze Tainted With Methanol
Cold Callers Want To Sell You Potentially Lethal Device
Once Again Kent Trading Standards Reports That Puppies Are Being Used For Scams
Cold Phone Call From “Safe At Home” Offering Free Safety Equipment
Shops Beware! Store Cashier Conned By A Couple Of Fast Talkers
Your Bank Will Never Phone And Ask For Your PIN Number Under Any Circumstances
Vulnerable Resident Victim Of Distraction Burglary - Swanley AreaThree Males, One With “Wild, Untidy Hair”
Gas Safety Week 10 September – 16 September
Paper MoT Is NOT Proof A Vehicle Has Been Tested
Door To Door Sellers With No ID
Kent Trading Standards Warn Of Probable Fraudulent Cold Callers
Kent Trading Standards Confirm e-watch.co Readers Scam Phone Call
Cold Call Offering Insulation To Reduce Council Tax
Product Recall - Cook Roasted Vegetable And Chickpea Tagine
Product Recall - Tesco Indian Prawn Masala And Pilau Rice, 500g
Internet Addresses Ending With ".co.uk" Do Not Guarantee A UK Based Company!
A Reminder About Unsolicited Telephone Calls, Emails And Letters
Aggressive Rogue Traders, Currently In The Canterbury Area
Potential Food Poisoning Alert - Divini Di Chicco Francesco Olives
Product Recall - Morrisons Pesto Chicken Pasta 380g
Cold Telephone Callers Pretending To Be From CAB
A Reader Of e-watch.co Has Reminded Us Of An Old Parcel Scam
Product Recall - Emerge Isotonic Orange Flavour Sports Drink
Product Recall -Breckland Orchard Beverages
Product Recall - Truly Irresistible Fairtrade Peruvian Dark Chocolate With Dried Sweetened Cranberries
A Reader Of e-watch.co Has Sent In Details Of A Possible New Scam
Kent Trading Standards Appeal For Information About A Line Marking Team
Fake Digital Thermometers - May Not Detect Fatal Meningitis In Children
Personalised Letter To You From A Hong Kong Bank Is A Scam
A Properly Insulated Home Will Not Reduce Your Council Tax
Tooth Whitening By Unregistered Businesses
Product Recall - UK Visitor Travel Plug Adaptor Sold At Wilkinson
Product Recall - Three Varieties Of Multipack Chokablok Ice Cream Sticks
Cold Calling Home Improvement Works - Advice From Kent Trading Standards
Kent Police Are Warning About A Cold Calling Fake Water Board 'Official'
"Red Button" Security (AKA RB Security) Is Cold Calling Again
Persistent Cold Caller Selling Burglar Alarm Pretending To Be “Community Support”
Email Parcel Delivery Scam
Fake “Brighter Futures” Cold Caller
Cold Calling PPI Refund Scam
Cheap Pedigree Pup For Sale? No, Just Another Scam
Product Recall - Fabulous Travel Hairdryer Offered In The Sun
Expensive "Free Trials"
"Redundant Paras" Selling Excessively Priced Clothes Door To Door
"Family" Cold Call An Elderly Vulnerable Lady And "Mend" Her Roof
Trading Standards Say "The Digital Switchover Is Coming To Kent This Summer – Be Prepared"
Product Recall - Verve 42cm & Verve 52cm Heated Propagators
Digital Switchover Is Coming To Kent This Summer – Be Prepared
Phone Calls Demanding Payment For Directory Advert
Amber Teething Necklaces Like The One Above
Stocking Up On Postage Stamps?
Action Fraud Does Not Cold Call!
Rutex Ltd - Dissolved In 2010 - Name Still Being Used - Again!!
What Is The Limit Of The Amount Of Petrol I Can Store For Domestic Use?
Trading Standards Advice - How To Check For Genuine Trade Logos
Product Recall - Ella’s Kitchen Seriously Comforting Cottage Pie
Do You Use Or Store Petrol At Home?
Kent Trading Standards Wants To Warn Anyone Thinking About Applying For Loans On-line
"Free" Vitamin Pills Scam
Door Step Selling Of Pseudo Italian Suede Coats
Calls From "The UK Government Refund Department" Are A Scam!
Bogus 'Brighter Futures' Cold-callers Targeting The Vulnerable
A Reader Asks - 'Is This A Scam'?
Heating Oil Scams Investigated By Police
REMINDER - Cold Phone Callers Claiming To Be From OFT
Snodland - Vulnerable Lady Saved From Rogue Traders By Neighbour
Unauthorised Charges To Credit Card For Vitamin Pills After Trial Period Ends
Vulnerable Consumers Targeted By Cold Calling Telephone Compensation Scam
Vulnerable Homeowner Threatened By Cold Caller
Kent Trading Standards Appeal For Information About Fake Collection Bags
Bank Emails - Do Not Click Links In Them As They May Be Scams
Microsoft Do Not Call Computer Users
Vulnerable Couple Targeted By Cold Caller
Vulnerable Hadlow Resident Targeted By Probable Distraction Burglar
Italian "Scotch" Whisky!
Product Recall - granoVita UK Limited Mushroom Pateole Yeast Spread
Kent Trading Standards Confirm Home Office Survey Letter Is Genuine
Trading Standards Confirms Scam Reported By e-watch.co Reader In January
Product Recall - Red And Black Jequirity Bead Bracelets
Bogus 'Utilities Company' Preying On The Vulnerable
Readers Of e-watch.co Report More Scams
"Littlewoods Refund" Email Scam
Vulnerable Residents Targeted By Cold Caller Offering Vouchers
Dyson Do Not Cold Call Consumers Offering To Service Vacuum Cleaners
"Crime Survey" Phone Calls are NOT Police Approved
"Wellness Survey" Phone Calls Are NOT Associated with Your GP’s Surgery
Kirby Vacuum Cleaner Customers Pressured To Buy New Cleaner
Product Withdrawal - Doves Farm Foods Gluten Free Buckwheat Flour 1kg
Cold Callers Claiming To Be “Working In Conjunction With The Council"
“Aston Midshires Insurance” Car Insurance - You Are Not Covered!
Persistent Telephone Cold Callers Offering Loft Insulation
The "Communal Drain" Con Men Who Prey On The Vulnerable Are Back
Countywide - Cold Calling Tar-maccers
Get Help To Cut Your Fuel Bills
Trading Standards Check For Bogus Business Charities Find None
Elderly And Vulnerable Residents Targeted By Men Alleging To Be Working On Behalf Of Water Companies
Cold Calling 'Tree Surgeon' Claiming To Work For Down To Earth
Product Recall - Waitrose Hale & Hearty Luxury Christmas Pudding
Product Recall - Co-operative Scottish Smoked Salmon
Beware Of Cold Calling Rogue Traders
Yet Another Cold Phone Caller Scam
Cake Decorations - All That Glitters May Not Be Edible!
Cold Callers - Just Hang Up
KCC Trading Standards Warning About Unsafe “Novelty” Lighters
Homebase White Moving Head Reindeer - Recall Argos Nodding Reindeer Silhouette Christmas Decoration
TSI Warns Of Dangerous Energy Saving Scam Targeting Elderly
"Voluntary Action Within Kent" Director Warns Of Possible Distraction Activity
Trading Standards Warn Of Door Step Canvassers Claiming To Be Trading Standards!
Tesco Halogen Heater 1200w And 1600w
"Communal Drain" Con Men Prey On The Vulnerable
Product Recall - Christmas Figures With Candy & Gumball Machine With Candy
Product Recall - Squishee Pillow Pets
Co-op Recall - British Beef Roasting Joint (1.1kg To 2.2kg)
Shower Saint Is Not A Scam
Possible Choking Hazard With Some Makes Of ‘Animal Pillows’
"You Need Roof Work Done" (As We Have Just Nicked Your Lead!)
Banks Do Not Collect 'Old' Bank Cards In Person
Rutex Ltd - Dissolved In 2010 - Name Still Being Used!
‘Drop Vodka’ - Not Enough Alcohol To Be Called 'Vodka' But Contains Other 'Nasties'!
Dodgy "Care Services” Letter Drop
Cold Callers Claiming To Be Working On Behalf Of The Local Council
Important Warning From Kent Police
Fraudsters target the elderly in bank card scam in Tonbridge
Warning - A New Type Of Distraction Theft
Think Before You Click If You Get An E-mail From The Taxman!
Illegal Fireworks
Door To Door Seller Offering Cheaply Made, Poor Quality & Overpriced Household Cloths
Charity Bags - Does All The Money Raised Go To The Charity?
Southern Water Is Reminding Customers To Aware Of Callers Claiming To Be From The Company, But Who Are Not.
Cold Calling Trader Targeting Mobile Home Owners
Vulnerable Residents Targeted By Cold Callers
Two Men, One Claiming To Be An Illegal Immigrant
Cold Calling Time-share Re-selling Scam
Claims Management Companies PPI Rip-off
An EDF High Visibility Jacket Is NOT Proper ID!
You Are Not Protected By The FSA If You "Deal" With The Barrington Group
Kent Trading Standards Monitor Sales Of Tobacco In Terms Of Young People Accessing Them Unlawfully.
Warning To Businesses – Misleading Demands For Payment
Rogue Traders Target Vulnerable With Doorstep Selling Of Mobility Aids
Garden Walls Falling Down May Not Be Due To Loud Trumpets!
Kent Trading Standards Has Received A Report Of A Banking Scam Involving ID Fraud.
Recent Scams & Cons Reported To Kent Trading Standards
Cold Callers Offering Insulation Improvements Are NOT Connected to T&M Council
Neighbourhood Watch Requested to Watch for Rip Off Builders & Pavers
“No Win – No Fee” Council Tax Revaluation? No Way!
Domain Registration Update Scam
Bogus Advertising Agencies 'Selling' Space In Fire & Ambulance Publications
Personal Imports of French Foods May be Contaminated With Botulism
Hoax e-mail From "Crimestoppers"
Banks Do NOT Collect 'Old' Bank Cards In Person
BEWARE! - Three Men In A Van Offering Block Paving
Scam Automated Phone Calls From "Natwest" Or "Nationwide"
Tarmac gang target elderly couple for £9000
Here is an unusual and rather complex scam found on the chiswickw4 website
Bogus Window Cleaner Collecting Money
Office Of Fair Trading Is Warning Of Scam Loan Companies
Parcel Scams
Tax rebate phone scam in West Kent
Another telephone scam that is doing the rounds at the moment
Kent Trading Standards has been notified of a business calling residents in the Sevenoaks area.
Trading Standards Alerts.
Trading Standards Alerts.
Trading Standards Alerts.
A man in a van selling garden furniture.
This European Health Insurance Card Is FREE!
High Pressure Doorstep Cold Callers
Trading Standards Alerts.
Two males approached an elderly consumer at her doorstep trying to persuade her that they had carried out some work for her last year and had returned to carry out some repairs to her garage and guttering as arranged.
Cold Callers Doorstep Selling Household Goods For Inflated Prices
Kent businesses targeted by 'Kent Police' selling advertising!
Scam Telephone Call From 'Office Of Fair Trading' To Try And Get Your Bank Details
Scam Automated Telephone Call From 'Kent County Council'
Vulnerable Consumers Targeted By Cold Callers
Boiler room fraud
Orange Statement On Hoax Competition Scam
Give Safely To East Africa Crisis Appeals Charity Regulator Warns Of Possible Scams
Council Warns Residents Of Digital TV Switchover Scam
Trading Standards Website Where Consumers May Report 'Someone Dodgy'
Substandard and/or Incomplete Garden Work and Rip Off Prices
Another Cold Calling Drive Tarmac'er
More Cold Callers Targeting The Elderly With Garden Services At Rip Off Prices
Police Warn Residents In Surrey Of Bogus Builder Scam
Vulnerable Resident Targeted by Tree Fellers
Trader Calling Itself Highway Services Ltd Is NOT Associated With Kent County Council Or Kent Highways.
Aggressive Doorstep Leafleter
Doorstep Gold Buyers - Two Males And One Female.
Man Impersonating A KCC Highways Department Employee
‘Zam Zam’ Water Warning
'The Drops of Help Ltd' Is Being Investigated By Trading Standards
Alert Concerning 2 Dubious Traders In Downswood, Maidstone.
There Is No Known "Good Citizen Scheme"!
Payment Demanded for Goods Delivered but Not Ordered
New Campaign To Raise Awareness About Doorstep Selling
How Can You Win A Lottery You Have Not Entered?
Cold Caller Claims Householder Needs A New Roof
Cold Caller Offering New Drive Is Nothing To Do With Kent Highways!
Businesses Targeted With False Claims For Payments For Advertising
Abusive And Threatening Cold Caller
"Approved Loan" Telephone Scam
Bogus Doorstep Seller
Trading Standards are interested in gathering information regarding "Clothman Ltd"
Cold callers using high pressure tactics with vulnerable home owners
Kent Trading Standards have become aware of a scam affecting consumers who apply on the internet for loans.
Suspicious telephone call from "local library"
There is no known scheme called the ‘Debt Settlement Order’.
Council tax rebate scam 'phone calls
Mis-selling of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) policies
Fake Charity Collections
High Pressure 'phone selling of burglar alarms
Scam invoices - don't panic!
Sewer rat scamming elderly residents
White Van Men use high pressure to sell low quality, over priced garden furniture
‘Debt Settlement Order’ text - Kent Trading Standards advise you to ignore them
Two males try to con an elderly consumer out of £300.00 for bogus work to her garage.
Telephone scam
Kent Trading Standards have been notified of a business cold calling residents in the Ashford and Canterbury area offering "free" burglar alarms.
Trading Standards are advising consumers to still be vigilant about a scam involving electricity prepayment meter keys which we sent a message about in January this year.
Kent Trading Standards have received a number of reports from Kent residents who have fallen for loan scams.
Kent Trading Standards have been made aware of a bogus delivery driver operating in the Swanscombe area.
Beware Bogus Council Website Salesmen
Trading standards have issued the following alert regarding the theft of metal gates.
As Valentine's Day draws to a close Kent Trading Standards would like to warn residents about Online dating scams. | 
