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.
Categories: fraud
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Billy and Ted’s excellent adventure – sniffing out illicit tobacco!
Police and trading standards officers seized illicit tobacco in raids on premises across the borough yesterday (11 Feb).
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Be aware – there are scammers out there
Bury Trading Standards is supporting the Citizens Advice campaign on scams awareness which is running over the next couple of weeks.
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Know your rights when buying online
More than half of consumers don’t know they have fewer rights when buying from a private seller, compared to business purchases, according to analysis of online marketplace reports to Citizens Advice conducted in the last year.
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Be aware – it’s National Scams Awareness Month
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.
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Woman fined for council tax discount fraud
A Radcliffe woman has been prosecuted for falsely claiming £250 in council tax single person’s discount.
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Cheat sentenced for £42k council house discount attempt
A former Six Town Housing tenant tried to buy a council house she no longer lived in at a £42,000 discount.
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Citizens Advice launches campaign to expose scammers’ tricks
Bury’s trading standards team is urging people to spread the word about scams and expose the tactics of fraudsters to protect others.
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Don’t be worried by old phone scam
Trading standards are urging residents to contact them if they come across an old scam that might still be circulating on the internet.
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Benefits cheat had £150k in the bank
A Radcliffe man has been convicted of a benefits offence after not telling his partner he had capital of £150,000.
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Benefit fraud couple ‘too ill to cook’ were running cafe
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.
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Cake-maker guilty of benefit fraud
A mother of four was fraudulently claiming benefits while running a cake-making business.
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Benefit cheats sentenced in court
A Ramsbottom resident narrowly avoided jail after being convicted of fraudulently obtaining £14,744 in housing and council tax benefits.
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Benefit fraudster ordered to pay more than £50,000
An electrician from Prestwich has been ordered to pay £51,203 after being convicted of housing benefit fraud carried out over eight years.
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Benefit fraudster’s claims led to civil partnership discovery
A Radcliffe woman was caught falsely claiming Housing and Council Tax Benefit after giving false details to Bury Council about her employment.
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Mum of four convicted of benefit fraud
A mother of four pleaded guilty to two counts of benefit fraud for failing to tell Bury Council that her partner was living with her.
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Woman sentenced for £67,000 benefits fraud
A Radcliffe woman has been given a suspended jail sentence after fraudulently claiming more than £67,000 in benefits.
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Pensioner’s false £48,000 benefits claim for house she owned
Ramsbottom pensioner Josephine Conway wrongly claimed £48,000 in housing benefit when she was actually the owner of the house.
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Benefits claimant fined by magistrates
A former Bury resident has been convicted after accepting housing benefit for a property she no longer lived in.
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Couple caught via Facebook in £30,000 tenancy fraud
Fraud investigators from Bury Council used a social networking site to catch a pair of benefit cheats.
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