Building firms warned about new scam

Fri, 04 Oct 2013

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Local building firms have been warned not to do business with cold callers.

It follows reports of two men in a French registered vehicle approaching workshops and construction sites.

The Office of Fair Trading says they are offering a tool-sharpening service but that it believes it is a scam.

John Peet is chief inspector of trading standards – he says it is best to avoid cold callers all together: