We’ve been asked to share a message to warn residents about potential fraudsters cold calling across North East Lincolnshire. Please share this warning and message across your networks.
North East Lincolnshire Council are warning residents of the dangers of doing business with any company that cold-calls either on the doorstep or on the phone. Trading Standards have been made aware of reports of cold-calling being done in Grimsby and Cleethorpes by loft insulation companies, claiming that existing spray foam loft insulation needs replacing and offering to carry out this work. Trading Standards would strongly advise residents to never do business with any company that cold-calls.
There’s some good advice about avoiding doorstep scams on the OurWatch website here; from Age UK here; from Which? magazine here, and from Take Five to Stop Fraud here.
VANEL and Big Local North Cleethorpes have “No Cold Caller” Window stickers which you can use to deter doorstep sellers. Call in to our offices at 82 Grimsby Road to collect one or contact VANEL.