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Updated: December 17, 2020, 8:33 am Mark McGinty, Highland Council Trading Standards team leader Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Residents in IV postcodes are being warned that door-to-door salesmen are in the area, selling alarm systems or other products. Highland Council’s trading standards team is investigating complaints from Moray Park residents that salesmen, claiming to represent ADT Home Security, have been...

Updated: 15/12/2020, 11:29 am Scammers are hoping to take advantage of the increased number of people shopping online. A campaign to help people avoid the pitfalls of online shopping has been launched as more and more Scots turn to the internet for their Christmas gifts. Advice Direct Scotland’s Digital Xmas campaign is giving out pointers to consumers when it comes to their rights around delayed deliveries, counterfeit goods, returns, refunds and product safety. More people than ever have gone online for their Christmas shopping because of the ongoing coronavirus restrictions. Furniture an...

Scots warned of Covid-19 scams including fake vaccines FRAUDSTERS are targeting people across Scotland with new COVID-19 scams, including fake vaccines, consumers have been warned. Both the Test and Protect scheme and the support fund for self-isolation have been used by criminals trying to steal people’s personal information, according to evidence collected by Trading Standards Scotland. The organisation’s Scam Share has also warned that organised crime networks may try to advertise and sell fake Covid-19 vaccines, both physically and online. Interpol, the international criminal ...

Scots warned of Covid-19 scams including fake vaccines FRAUDSTERS are targeting people across Scotland with new COVID-19 scams, including fake vaccines, consumers have been warned. Both the Test and Protect scheme and the support fund for self-isolation have been used by criminals trying to steal people’s personal information, according to evidence collected by Trading Standards Scotland. The organisation’s Scam Share has also warned that organised crime networks may try to advertise and sell fake COVID-19 vaccines, both physically and online. Interpol, the international criminal ...

FRAUDSTERS are targeting people across Scotland with new COVID-19 scams, including fake vaccines, consumers have been warned.