Multiple residents have reported receiving fraudulent text messages claiming to offer a "living allowance" from the UK Government. Local authorities are urging caution as these messages are part of a scam.
Suffolk Trading Standards is alerting residents to a rise in cold callers, pressuring homeowners to pay for potentially unnecessary spray foam insulation removal.
A person with dementia was driven to a cash machine and pressured to withdraw £500 for unnecessary driveway cleaning work in Rushmere St Andrew last week.
Suffolk Trading Standards is alerting Ipswich residents to a new scam involving fake parking fine text messages purporting to be from the local council. Officials are urging people not to click any links in these messages.