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 Wednesday 22nd of February 2012 at 06:33 PM

Vulnerable Hadlow Resident Targeted By Probable Distraction Burglar

Kent County Council Trading Standards has received a report of a man knocking on the door of a resident in Hadlow who claimed to have taken over the maintenance work for Russet Homes...

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Product Recall - granoVita UK Limited Mushroom Pateole Yeast Spread

Kent Trading Standards is advising consumers of the withdrawal of a product mislabelled as gluten free...

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Kent Trading Standards Confirm Home Office Survey Letter Is Genuine

Kent Trading Standards received an enquiry from a consumer regarding a letter received from the Home Office asking the consumer to take part in the 2011/2012 British Crime Survey along with a book of first class stamps.

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Trading Standards Confirms Scam Reported By e-watch.co Reader In January

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) is warning consumers about an email allegedly from National Statistician Jill Matheson entitled "Population Census: A Message to Everyone - Act Now"...

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Product Recall - Red And Black Jequirity Bead Bracelets

Trading Standards are alerting members of the public to a product recall relating to red and black Jequirity Bead Bracelets...

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Bogus 'Utilities Company' Preying On The Vulnerable

Kent Trading Standards have received a report regarding an elderly consumer in the Swanscombe area who received a visit from a man in a yellow jacket purporting to be from a utilities company claiming that there were to be gas mains replacement in her street...

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Readers Of e-watch.co Report More Scams

The 'Dyson Service' phone call and the 'Premium Bond prize' phone call...

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"Littlewoods Refund" Email Scam

Kent Trading Standards has received a report from a Kent resident who has received an email purporting to be from Littlewoods stating that they are entitled to a refund to their account due to incorrect charges made by the company.

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Vulnerable Residents Targeted By Cold Caller Offering Vouchers

Kent Trading Standards have received a report regarding an elderly consumer in the Tunbridge Wells area who received an unsolicited telephone call from a male stating that she was entitled to some vouchers...

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Dyson Do Not Cold Call Consumers Offering To Service Vacuum Cleaners

Kent Trading Standards has received a report of a business phoning consumers and claiming they are working with Dyson when they are not. The caller offers to service vacuum cleaners in the home but when the engineer finishes the service they attempt to sell the consumer parts which are not required and could possibly void the valid warranty with Dyson.

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"Crime Survey" Phone Calls are NOT Police Approved

Kent Trading Standards have been made aware of a business telephoning residents in the Swale area asking the householder to take part in a crime reduction survey...

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"Wellness Survey" Phone Calls Are NOT Associated with Your GP’s Surgery

Kent Trading Standards have had reports of Kent residents being contacted by telephone with the caller stating they are doing a wellness survey or similar...

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Kirby Vacuum Cleaner Customers Pressured To Buy New Cleaner

Kent Trading Standards have received information about a business telephoning consumers regarding their Kirby vacuum cleaners...

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Product Withdrawal - Doves Farm Foods Gluten Free Buckwheat Flour 1kg

Kent Trading Standards is advising consumers of a product withdrawal issued by Doves Farm Foods Limited for one batch of its Gluten Free Buckwheat Flour 1kg...

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Cold Callers Claiming To Be “Working In Conjunction With The Council"

Kent County Council Trading Standards has received a report of 2 men knocking on doors in Riding Park, Hildenborough, claiming to be carrying out checks on roof insulation, “working in conjunction with the council”...

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“Aston Midshires Insurance” Car Insurance - You Are Not Covered!

Kent County Council Trading Standards are warning drivers to check that their car insurance is correct and valid...

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Persistent Telephone Cold Callers Offering Loft Insulation

Kent Trading Standards has received information from the Community Warden in Charing regarding residents being cold called by telephone with sales offers of loft insulation...

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The "Communal Drain" Con Men Who Prey On The Vulnerable Are Back

A resident in the Sellindge area was called on by a young man. He told the resident that his parents lived in one of the properties behind the resident’s house and that their garden had been flooded with sewage so they needed to dig up drain pipes...

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Countywide - Cold Calling Tar-maccers

Trading Standards is aware that businesses have been cold calling residents in the Canterbury and Chartham areas, offering to relay or replace driveways and paths...

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Get Help To Cut Your Fuel Bills

Rising fuel bills are stretching household finances and people are looking for ways to save money on their energy bills – and Maidstone Citizens Advice Bureau is here to help people cut their fuel bills and get all the financial support they are entitled to...

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Trading Standards Check For Bogus Business Charities Find None

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Elderly And Vulnerable Residents Targeted By Men Alleging To Be Working On Behalf Of Water Companies

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Cold Calling 'Tree Surgeon' Claiming To Work For Down To Earth

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Cold Phone Callers Claiming To Be From OFT

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Product Recall - Waitrose Hale & Hearty Luxury Christmas Pudding

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Product Recall - Co-operative Scottish Smoked Salmon

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Beware Of Cold Calling Rogue Traders

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Yet Another Cold Phone Caller Scam

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Cake Decorations - All That Glitters May Not Be Edible!

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Cold Callers - Just Hang Up

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KCC Trading Standards Warning About Unsafe “Novelty” Lighters

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Homebase White Moving Head Reindeer - Recall

 Argos Nodding Reindeer Silhouette Christmas Decoration

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TSI Warns Of Dangerous Energy Saving Scam Targeting Elderly

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"Voluntary Action Within Kent" Director Warns Of Possible Distraction Activity

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Trading Standards Warn Of Door Step Canvassers Claiming To Be Trading Standards!

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Tesco Halogen Heater 1200w And 1600w

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"Communal Drain" Con Men Prey On The Vulnerable

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Product Recall - Christmas Figures With Candy & Gumball Machine With Candy

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Product Recall - Squishee Pillow Pets

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Co-op Recall - British Beef Roasting Joint (1.1kg To 2.2kg)

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Shower Saint Is Not A Scam

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Possible Choking Hazard With Some Makes Of ‘Animal Pillows’

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"You Need Roof Work Done" (As We Have Just Nicked Your Lead!)

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Banks Do Not Collect 'Old' Bank Cards In Person

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Rutex Ltd - Dissolved In 2010 - Name Still Being Used!

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‘Drop Vodka’ - Not Enough Alcohol To Be Called 'Vodka' But Contains Other 'Nasties'!

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Dodgy "Care Services” Letter Drop

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Cold Callers Claiming To Be Working On Behalf Of The Local Council

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Important Warning From Kent Police

Fraudsters target the elderly in bank card scam in Tonbridge

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Warning - A New Type Of Distraction Theft

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Think Before You Click If You Get An E-mail From The Taxman!

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Illegal Fireworks

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Door To Door Seller Offering Cheaply Made, Poor Quality & Overpriced Household Cloths

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Charity Bags - Does All The Money Raised Go To The Charity?

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Southern Water Is Reminding Customers To Aware Of Callers Claiming To Be From The Company, But Who Are Not.

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Cold Calling Trader Targeting Mobile Home Owners

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Vulnerable Residents Targeted By Cold Callers

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Two Men, One Claiming To Be An Illegal Immigrant

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Cold Calling Time-share Re-selling Scam

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Claims Management Companies PPI Rip-off

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An EDF High Visibility Jacket Is NOT Proper ID!

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You Are Not Protected By The FSA If You "Deal" With The Barrington Group

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Kent Trading Standards Monitor Sales Of Tobacco In Terms Of Young People Accessing Them Unlawfully.

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Warning To Businesses – Misleading Demands For Payment

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Rogue Traders Target Vulnerable With Doorstep Selling Of Mobility Aids

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Garden Walls Falling Down May Not Be Due To Loud Trumpets!

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Kent Trading Standards Has Received A Report Of A Banking Scam Involving ID Fraud.

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Recent Scams & Cons Reported To Kent Trading Standards

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Cold Callers Offering Insulation Improvements Are NOT Connected to T&M Council

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Neighbourhood Watch Requested to Watch for Rip Off Builders & Pavers

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“No Win – No Fee” Council Tax Revaluation? No Way!

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Domain Registration Update Scam

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Bogus Advertising Agencies 'Selling' Space In Fire & Ambulance Publications

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Personal Imports of French Foods May be Contaminated With Botulism

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Hoax e-mail From "Crimestoppers"

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Banks Do NOT Collect 'Old' Bank Cards In Person

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BEWARE! - Three Men In A Van Offering Block Paving

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Scam Automated Phone Calls From "Natwest" Or "Nationwide"

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Tarmac gang target elderly couple for £9000

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Here is an unusual and rather complex scam found on the chiswickw4 website

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Bogus Window Cleaner Collecting Money

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Office Of Fair Trading Is Warning Of Scam Loan Companies

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Parcel Scams

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Tax rebate phone scam in West Kent

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 Another telephone scam that is doing the rounds at the moment

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Kent Trading Standards has been notified of a business calling residents in the Sevenoaks area.

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Trading Standards Alerts.

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Trading Standards Alerts.

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Trading Standards Alerts.

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A man in a van selling garden furniture.

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This European Health Insurance Card Is FREE!

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High Pressure Doorstep Cold Callers

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Trading Standards Alerts.

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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.

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Cold Callers Doorstep Selling Household Goods For Inflated Prices

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Kent businesses targeted by 'Kent Police' selling advertising!

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Scam Telephone Call From 'Office Of Fair Trading' To Try And Get Your Bank Details

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Scam Automated Telephone Call From 'Kent County Council'

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Vulnerable Consumers Targeted By Cold Callers

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Boiler room fraud

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Orange Statement On Hoax Competition Scam

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Give Safely To East Africa Crisis Appeals

Charity Regulator Warns Of Possible Scams

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Council Warns Residents Of Digital TV Switchover Scam

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Trading Standards Website Where Consumers May Report 'Someone Dodgy'

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Substandard and/or Incomplete Garden Work and Rip Off Prices

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Another Cold Calling Drive Tarmac'er

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More Cold Callers Targeting The Elderly With Garden Services At Rip Off Prices

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Police Warn Residents In Surrey Of Bogus Builder Scam

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Vulnerable Resident Targeted by Tree Fellers

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Trader Calling Itself Highway Services Ltd Is NOT Associated With Kent County Council Or Kent Highways.

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Aggressive Doorstep Leafleter

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Doorstep Gold Buyers - Two Males And One Female.

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Man Impersonating A KCC Highways Department Employee

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‘Zam Zam’ Water Warning

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'The Drops of Help Ltd' Is Being Investigated By Trading Standards

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Alert Concerning 2 Dubious Traders In Downswood, Maidstone.

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There Is No Known "Good Citizen Scheme"!

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Payment Demanded for Goods Delivered but Not Ordered

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New Campaign To Raise Awareness About Doorstep Selling

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How Can You Win A Lottery You Have Not Entered?

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Cold Caller Claims Householder Needs A New Roof

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Cold Caller Offering New Drive Is Nothing To Do With Kent Highways!

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Businesses Targeted With False Claims For Payments For Advertising

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Abusive And Threatening Cold Caller

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"Approved Loan" Telephone Scam

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Bogus Doorstep Seller

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Trading Standards are interested in gathering information regarding "Clothman Ltd"

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Cold callers using high pressure tactics with vulnerable home owners

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Kent Trading Standards have become aware of a scam affecting consumers who apply on the internet for loans.

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Suspicious telephone call from "local library"

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There is no known scheme called the ‘Debt Settlement Order’.

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Council tax rebate scam 'phone calls

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Mis-selling of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) policies

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Fake Charity Collections

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High Pressure 'phone selling of burglar alarms

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Scam invoices - don't panic!

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Sewer rat scamming elderly residents

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White Van Men use high pressure to sell low quality, over priced garden furniture

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‘Debt Settlement Order’ text - Kent Trading Standards advise you to ignore them

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Two males try to con an elderly consumer out of £300.00 for bogus work to her garage.

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Telephone scam

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Kent Trading Standards have been notified of a business cold calling residents in the Ashford and Canterbury area offering "free" burglar alarms.

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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.

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Kent Trading Standards have received a number of reports from Kent residents who have fallen for loan scams.

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Kent Trading Standards have been made aware of a bogus delivery driver operating in the Swanscombe area.

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Beware Bogus Council Website Salesmen

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Trading standards have issued  the following alert regarding the theft of metal gates.

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As Valentine's Day draws to a close Kent Trading Standards would like to warn residents about Online dating scams.

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