Get Real! Say No! to Frauds
Click here for essential information about Hajj Pilgrimage fraud.
Ukash and Action Fraud have issued warnings about scammers who say they are able to reclaim bank charges.
The Think Jessica campaign has information and advice about the dangers of scam mail.
To report a fraud, contact Action Fraud, the UK's national fraud reporting centre, which is run by the National Fraud Authority.
Older and more vulnerable
residents are particularly at risk from the high-pressure sales tactics used by some unscrupulous doorstep
sellers.
The message remains the
same - say NO to uninvited sales people.
Join the campaign by displaying the sticker in your door or window.
If you don't have a campaign pack, contact us and we'll send one out to you.
Don't be pressurised into buying things you neither want nor need from people who turn up uninvited on your doorstep.
Download our advice sheet
on Doorstep Selling - Your Rights.
The Think Twice
booklet, with information for older consumers, is available in large
print and in braille.
Contact
us if you would like a copy sent out.
Learn more about the Office of Fair Trading's Your doorstep, your decision campaign on doorstep selling. You can download the leaflet, or contact us and we'll send a copy out to you.
If you feel intimidated or threatened by a doorstep seller, dial 999 and tell the police. If you have any other concerns about a doorstep seller, please call the Safer Shetland Action Line immediately on 01595 694544.
If you are a business, you can find guidance here to help you to comply with the law on doorstep selling.