The council’s trading standards team is warning over-70s about phone scams after a South Croydon woman was duped out of £650 worth of iTunes vouchers.
The woman was telephoned out of the blue by a man who said […]
Croydon Council's trading standards team is warning young people aged 18-24 to be aware of how to protect themselves from online scammers after a rise in reported digital fraud cases.
The danger of fire and personal injury caused by faulty or ill-maintained domestic electrical goods is ever-present in today’s appliance-driven homes.
Day five of London Trading Standards Week is focused on how trading standards officers can help prevent […]
Bank card and investment fraud are among the most lucrative scams for those determined to part the innocent from their cash – and older people are most likely to become the victims.
The national Scams Awareness Month campaign […]
Scams that prey on people’s trust or hopes of a big lottery-type pay-out can be devastating for the victim.
When that victim is socially isolated – because, for example, of disability or long-term illness – the effects are […]
Social media is a modern phenomenon that the younger generation has grown up with and couldn’t imagine life without.
While enabling them to keep up with friends, family, celebrity gossip and the goings-on in the current reality TV […]
Appearing friendly, polite and trustworthy is one of the key weapons in the doorstep scammer’s arsenal, and is used to ruthlessly part their unsuspecting victim from as much cash as they can.
As Scams Awareness Month winds up, […]
As Scams Awareness Month progresses, Croydon Council’s trading standards team rips open the envelope on scams that arrive in the post, often promising great fortune to the (un)lucky recipient.
With 16% of scams reported to Action Fraud in […]
Online scams – and the ways in which residents can keep their home computers, tablets and smartphones safe – are this week’s focus of attention for Croydon Council’s trading standards team as Scams Awareness Month continues.
Hackers use computer viruses […]
Many people, particularly trusting older folk, believe that the personal approach of a telephone call cannot possibly mean that the sincere-sounding voice on the end of the line is trying to con them out of their hard-earned […]