TRADING standards officers are warning residents to be on their guard after a council tax scam was uncovered.
The scam involves fraudsters, posing as council staff, telephoning residents to say they have paid too much council tax and then asking for their bank account details so that a refund can be processed.
The fraudsters have operated in a number of Greater Manchester areas and Bury Council is eager to make sure they don’t start in this borough.
Peter Jagger, head of Bury’s Council’s trading standards department, said: “Residents giving out their bank details risk having money taken from their accounts.
“A phone call of this nature would not be made by our council tax team, so we would urge residents never to give out personal information, unless they know who the caller is.”
Anyone who receives these suspicious calls, or has further information about the scam should report it to trading standards on 08454 040506.
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