The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has received evidence of fraudulent text messages being sent to the public – the message ends with a link to a bogus website requesting personal details, including name, address and bank details. https://www.tradingstandards.uk/news-policy/news-room/2021/fake-nhs-covid-19-vaccination-messages-target-vulnerable-public
Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) warning https://www.tradingstandards.uk/news-policy/news-room/2020/phoney-covid-marshals-targeting-doorsteps
A Council’s eleventh hour decision to conduct a more wide-ranging review of its trading standards function has served as a reminder to other authorities to think carefully about their statutory duties when making cuts – or risk being hauled before the courts. Liverpool City Council has faced a two-year legal challenge from a former employee after […]