Clackmannanshire View - Winter 2016
Stop the Scammers
Trading Standards Service is urging local residents and small businesses to be aware of being targeted by scammers
Scams come in many different forms and guises, mass
marketing scams include fake lotteries, prize draws,
bogus psychic predictions and miracle health or
beauty products.
These usually come in the form of unsolicited
letters, emails or telephone calls. In some cases
victims will be asked by the criminals to transfer
money abroad to someone they don’t know.
Small businesses can also be targets for
scammers who send in documentation which
appears to come from an official source
requesting that they confirm their name/
address details. Invoices are then generated
for entries in business registers and online
directories.
Recently, consumers have been targeted
by scamm