A few messages for you and your communities today – please stay safe!
The scammers are still trying to use Covid to their advantage and try to trick us into parting with money – a couple of texts have been reported, one stating that your Covid Pass is available and tells you to click a link to apply. You can obtain your Covid Pass through the NHS App or by calling 119. The other states that you have been in contact with someone who has Covid and you need to buy a test followed by a link, allegedly to the NHS. There is no longer a test and trace process – nobody would know if you had covid or had been in contact with somebody who did. These are SCAMS they can be forwarded to 7726 where the information will be gathered as intelligence into scams.
Another reminder about calls from domestic insurance providers. These are prolific and persistent – do not engage with them and don’t agree to take any insurance. These insurances generally aren’t worth the paper they’re written on and once you have signed up they will keep ringing. These cover items such as white goods, TVs, Sky and drainage and all operate in the same way. We recently heard of a victim who had over 40 direct debits on his account to these insurances!
We have been contacted by a resident who had a couple of men at his door this week asking to buy his motor home – which they said they believed was for sale. These weren’t islanders and were travelling around in a white pickup. Their approach would be to try to negotiate a silly price or pay a deposit and drive the motor home away and you would never see it or the money again. DO NOT engage with anyone on the doorstep.
Stay Safe
Many thanks for sharing
Sally
My current working hours are Monday to Thursday 8am-12.30pm
Sally Ash | Fair Trading Officer | Regulatory & Community Safety Services
Isle of Wight Council | Jubilee Stores| The Quay | Newport | Isle of Wight PO30 2EH
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