Published:
10:06 AM January 16, 2022
Norfolk’s fraudsters are always looking to scam people out of their hard earned cash, from texts pretending to be delivery giant Hermes to rogue tree surgeons here are some of the latest tricks to look out for.
Rogue tree surgeons
Trading standards is warning people in Norfolk after someone who lives on the Dussindale Estate in Thorpe St Andrew alerted them to rogue traders knocking on doors claiming to be tree surgeons.
The report was of two men in a van cutting people’s trees or in one case, stripping the tree completely of all branches.
Once the tree was stripped of all the branches, the workmen cut the biggest branches on the van, threw a ladder on top and left quickly.
Trading standards says there may be a couple of groups, as another van towing a shredder stopped to speak to the two males prior to both groups leaving.
Also, as part of the crew there was a woman walking round the looking at the houses and gardens prior to the van arriving at the start of door knocking.
The report stated that callers had none of the usual PPE that a tree surgeon would normally wear, with no normal contact details expected of a tree surgeon on their van, just a sign stating, ‘shredded bark for sale’.
Norfolk County Council advice is to act with caution, warning people not to be fooled by appearances such as people in high visibility vests or carrying official looking clip boards.
It said to always ask for identification or ask them to…
