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  1. Published on: 04/12/2019 06:57 AMReported by: roving-eye

    Thanks to the bravery of a vulnerable elderly lady two offenders have been arrested after she was targeted for bogus work on her house.

    The males stated work was required and that this would cost £300. Further work was allegedly identified and this developed to the point where she has handed over £3000. However a minimal amount of work was carried out.

    She has then continued to be intimidated and told by the offenders she would need to get a bank loan for another £2000.
    The lady contacted Lancashire County Council Trading Standards who alerted Preston Police. She was given advice and safe guarding measures were put in place.

    Due to the swift thinking of the lady, the two offenders, from outside Lancashire, were located, arrested and released under investigation.
    Supt Karen Edwards said: “The community will not tolerate individuals who show a distinct lack of humanity towards our most vulnerable.

    When I heard of this incident I was disgusted and wanted to ensure the lady knew she had the full support of Preston Police and Lancashire County Council Trading Standards Service. It is important that we work with others to safeguard this vulnerable lady, who has shown immense bravery.

    Also it was imperative that these offenders were quickly located and arrested and brought to justice.
    “The joint police and Trading Standards investigation is ongoing and I’d like to offer crime prevention advice, to prevent other similar instances.”


    Amanda Maxim, trading standards manager for Lancashire County Council, said: "This is an awful case which was very frightening for the lady involved. She did exactly the right thing in contacting us."It's tremendous that the police acted so quickly to arrest these rogue traders.

    Cold callers use every trick in the book to get people to spend too much money on low quality work.
    "Once people have agreed to the job these people charge for work that isn't needed, increase costs of the work or use threatening tactics to get people to withdraw more money."Unfortunately, reports of this type of incident are coming in thick and fast at the moment.


    Another incident reported to Trading Standards earlier in the week resulted in officers helping an elderly gentleman avoiding paying out £14,000 for unnecessary work.

    Our advice is to always say no to cold callers and use services such as our Lancashire Safe Trader scheme to find a reputable trader to carry out the work."
    People can find a reputable trader through the Lancashire County Council's Safe Trader scheme at https://safetrader.org.uk/ or by calling 0303 333 1111.

    To report a rogue trader or get consumer advice, contact the county council's trading standards team via the Citizens Advice Consumer Helpline on 03454 04 05 06.
     

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  3. Soplo says:31/03/2020 07:38 PM
    Oooh, I didn't know about that! Thank you for this article, it was very helpful to know about that. I was trading for some years to get additional money. So, now I should stop I think. It will be safer. Now if I need to get some money I usually take a small loan here https://www.bigdaddy-loans.com/best-payday-loans.html


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