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Falkirk Trading Standards took down a bogus website offering Highland cattle for sale
Posted 22 July 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Animal Health and Welfare|Scotland
UPDATES: Fraudsters posing as Highland cattle sellers used the address of a country park to lure buyers into a sophisticated online scam. Trading Standards acted quickly to expose the deception and shut down a website already linked to previous livestock and puppy frauds.
Falkirk Council Trading Standards is warning the public about a scam in which Highland cattle are supposedly being offered for sale online.
A bogus website listed the animals for sale, fraudulently giving the address and postcode of Muiravonside Country Park to add extra credibility.
When potential buyers turned up at the country park the scam was exposed, leading Falkirk Trading St...
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