Age UK - Scam Awareness Talks in libraries during October
Head to your local library and learn how to protect yourself against fraud and scams at our free Scam Awareness Talks.
Head to your local library and learn how to protect yourself against fraud and scams at our free Scam Awareness Talks.
Police and trading standards officers seized illicit tobacco in raids on premises across the borough yesterday (11 Feb).
Bury Trading Standards is supporting the Citizens Advice campaign on scams awareness which is running over the next couple of weeks.
From our first purchase to our last, scammers are waiting to pounce on the unsuspecting, the vulnerable, the shopper short of time, the consumer looking for the bargain.
A Radcliffe woman has been prosecuted for falsely claiming £250 in council tax single person’s discount.
A former Six Town Housing tenant tried to buy a council house she no longer lived in at a £42,000 discount.
Bury’s trading standards team is urging people to spread the word about scams and expose the tactics of fraudsters to protect others.
Trading standards are urging residents to contact them if they come across an old scam that might still be circulating on the internet.
A Radcliffe man has been convicted of a benefits offence after not telling his partner he had capital of £150,000.
A couple who claimed they were too ill to cook their own meals were actually running a cafe – and he delivered Chinese takeaways using her mobility car.
A mother of four was fraudulently claiming benefits while running a cake-making business.
A Ramsbottom resident narrowly avoided jail after being convicted of fraudulently obtaining £14,744 in housing and council tax benefits.
Bury Council consists of six towns, Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich. Formed in April 1974 as a result of Local Government re-organisation it was one of the ten original districts that formed the County of Greater Manchester. The Borough has an area of 9,919 hectares (24,511 acres) and serves a population of 187,500.
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