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Scottish consumers are being warned against mis-sold energy efficiency products
Posted 25 August 2020 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|Scotland
UPDATES: Trading Standards Scotland is urging consumers to question unsolicited energy efficiency offers, warning that fraudsters are exploiting interest in home improvement schemes through misleading marketing and bogus claims.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s unveiling of a £2bn grant scheme for homeowners in England to make energy-saving home improvements has prompted Trading Standards Scotland (TSS) to warn Scottish consumers to be wary of misleading energy marketing scams.
TSS is kicking off a month-long prevention and enforcement campaign to tackle fraudsters who seek to exploit consumers’ uncertainty about th...
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