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Don't be fooled by callers telling you your Windows PC ha a virus, it's just a scam to get access to your PC - SCAM ALERT

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by Web Monkey| Posted: 27 Jan 2012 - 1:08am | | Type: Forum topic | Update: 1 week 1 day ago

This one is still knocking about as I've had 3 phone calls now from different companies.

Reward Points Cold Call Scam Alert

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by Web Monkey| Posted: 11 Apr 2011 - 10:59am | | Type: Forum topic | Update: 1 year 6 weeks ago

Problem: A local consumer received a telephone call from a company claiming that there were reward points from their credit card that were available to use to claim a holiday in Florida and the Baham

Scams in Stoke-on-Trent: Visa Mastercard scam repeat warning

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by Web Monkey| Posted: 10 Jun 2010 - 11:11am | | Type: Forum topic | Update: 1 year 50 weeks ago

Trading Standards alerted residents to this scam back in March, however warnings from other agencies are still circulating so we felt it important that we continue to raise awareness.

Scam: Crime Research Survey

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by Web Monkey| Posted: 10 Jun 2010 - 11:08am | | Type: Forum topic | Update: 1 year 50 weeks ago

Trading Standards have received reports from local residents who have been contacted by a company carrying out a crime research survey. The caller asks various questions regarding the level of...

Alarm company - coldcalling

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by Web Monkey| Posted: 18 Dec 2009 - 4:12pm | 12 comments | Type: Forum topic | Update: 44 weeks 10 hours ago

I've had an email, and a subsequent telephone conversation with a solicitor working on behalf of Ideal Alarms. His client claims that the things posted on this thread were not their working...

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