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Introduction

Top ten scams

Q & A - Protecting your identity

Q & A - Preventing card fraud

'Phishing'

Other helpful contacts

 

 

Other Helpful Contacts

Icstis, the regulatory body for all premium rate charged telecommunications services.


The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has recently launched a new awareness campaign 'How to recognise a scam' with a leaflet is also available in pdf format.

Help with pdf files

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has also produced an excellent guide to online scam entitled online shopping - internet scams.

Further guidance is also available from Consumer Direct, a telephone and online consumer advice service, supported by the Department of Trade and Industry.

If you suspect that you may have received a scam which we have not seen before or some other sort of ripoff please contact us.

You may also notify RipOff-TipOff.Net (developed by Trading Standards and the DTI working together) at:

RipOff-TipOff

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