Trading Standards South West

Trading Standards South West is a Community Interest Company (CIC) and the coordination office for the thirteen Trading Standards services in the region.

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Students most at risk at becoming victims of crimes

Students face the risk of becoming victims of a wide variety of crimes at university. Research from a Neighbourhood Watch survey to 172 students (December 2020) indicates the top three crime types students are most concerned about are: 53% said serious violence (including, but not limited to, knife crime, murder, serious assault)52%… Read More

Beware of COVID Pass FRAUD

Criminals are using the NHS COVID Pass as a way to target the public by convincing them to hand over money, financial details and personal information. They are sending imitation text messages, emails and making phone calls pretending to be from the NHS, and offering fake vaccine certificates for sale… Read More

‘STOP,THINK,CALL!’ message based scams

WhatsApp Launches ‘STOP. THINK. CALL.’ Campaign to Stamp Out Message-Based Scams Colleagues may wish to be aware that WhatsApp recently launched STOP. THINK. CALL., in partnership with the National Trading Standards’ Friends Against Scams campaign. The campaign aims to help educate the British public on how to protect themselves and… Read More

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