Two scam warnings from Aberdeenshire Trading Standards for scams currently being used in the local area

1. Roofers targetting elderly residents for cash payments.
Trading Standards have recently been made aware of a number of reports from the Fraserburgh and Peterhead areas of a group of roofers going door to door there and the surrounding villages in unmarked vans, knocking at resident’s doors and asking them if they would like any roofing work done. Often, it would appear, the residents have been elderly and lived alone.

2. Fake phone calls from GPs
The scam involves residents receiving a phone call which appears to be from their GP’s Practice asking the resident to press a button on their phone’s keypad and then to update their personal details.

It has been noted that some of the recipients of these calls have also received messages suggesting that if they don’t update their personal details, that they will be removed from their GP’s practice list

Please download the full details of the scams