That’s the warning as National Trading Standards highlights threats to look out for as criminals exploit cost-of-living fears. For one in four (24%) UK adults*, losing just £100 to a scam now would tip them into serious financial crisis, unable to pay bills, buy food or buy other essentials, according to research released today by
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Two conmen who planted dead birds in the chimney of homes they were meant to be sweeping have been given prison sentences. Luke and Martin Price, aged 34 and 59, admitted conspiring to defraud vulnerable householders, including elderly couples and women living alone, out of at least £13,000 by pretending chimneys were blocked by nests
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A businesswoman who scammed holiday makers out of thousands of pounds by taking their cash for flights but then failing to actually purchase the tickets for those customers was brought to justice. Abida Khatoon Kyani, of Pinkwell Lane, Hayes, admitted one count of knowingly and recklessly engaged in a commercial practice which contravened the requirements
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A Hayes car dealership has been fined almost £60,000 for misleading customers by selling cars deliberately listed as being ULEZ compliant when they weren’t. Elite Automotive Ltd, trading as Hilton Car Supermarket of 1-3 Uxbridge Road, admitted 12 counts of breaching regulations 9 and 13 of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, at
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Trading Standards operation busts training provider who conned victims wanting HGV training 23 people caught up in the scam Usman Qureshi given three suspended sentences A rogue Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) training provider who conned people across the country out of more than £63,000 has been handed a suspended prison sentence and disqualified from being
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month suspended sentence

Ealing Council’s trading standards officers are advising the public not to buy water labelled as ‘Zamzam water’ because it could be fake and may pose a risk to health if consumed. The warning was been issued on the eve of the Ramadan festival, after council officers received a tip-off that an importer based in Ealing
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A Southall trader who was caught selling counterfeit face masks and illicit hand sanitiser bottles has been prosecuted by Ealing’s trading standards. Mr Ulgeet Singh, sole director of Yark London Limited based in Southall appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates Court on Wednesday 22 February to answer 13 offences under the Trade Marks Act 1994 and the
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