Consumer Alerts August 2025
15th of August, 2025Scam gardening services offered Beware cold callers offering garden services knocking on doors in the West Lancashire area. In one incident the elderly householder agreed to the traders, described as two males in their 20's, both with dark hair, tidy...
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Emergency Alerts Test 2025
30th of July, 2025The UK government is testing the Emergency Alerts system on Sunday 7 September 2025 at 3pm. Your mobile phone or tablet will vibrate and make a loud siren-like sound, even if it’s set on silent. The alert message will confirm this is a test and...
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Courier Fraud Alert
28th of July, 2025We want to make you aware of a serious and growing threat: courier fraud, which has cost victims across the UK more than £21 million in the past year alone. The City of London Police, in partnership with the Metropolitan Police, recently launch...
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Consumer Alerts – July 2025
11th of July, 2025Scam tree services offered Reports have been received regarding cold callers offering tree and shrub cutting services in the Hyndburn area. In one instance the traders claimed the overhanging branches were dangerous, wanted cash and claimed mor...
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Fake QR Code Stickers
29th of June, 2025We want to alert you to a rising scam known as “quishing” (QR phishing), where criminals tamper with parking QR codes to trick people into entering payment and personal information on fake websites. What’s happening: Fraudsters are...
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Consumer Alerts - June 2025
14th of June, 2025Beware scam jet washing services The Service has received reports of cold callers knocking on doors Over Wyre and in the Goosnargh area, offering to clean gutters, clean the moss off roofs and jet wash driveways. In one incident the househ...
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Winter Service Briefing 2024/2025
19th of December, 2024What is the winter service? Lancashire County Council has a legal duty to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that people can use the highways safely without being endangered by ice and snow. This means we do everything we can to keep traffi...
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Free Parking in Wyre this Christmas
22nd of November, 2024During the festive period, free parking sessions will be available every Friday and Saturday at Wyre Council car parks. Wyre Council are offering free parking up to three hours (two on Rough Lea Road and North Promenade in Cleveleys) every Fr...
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Consumer Alerts
13th of November, 2024Bogus roofing cold callers Beware cold callers knocking on doors in the Skelmersdale area offering to carry out roofing work. The traders did some work on one householder's roof and asked for £1,500 cash. They returned, at a la...
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Lancashire Police Vehicle Security Advice
2nd of July, 2024Lancashire Police Vehicle Security Advice 28th of June, 2024 With the increasing number of vehicle related crimes, it is crucial to take proactive measures to secure your vehicle and ensure the safety of your belongings. This leaflet aims to ...
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Consumer Alerts
26th of June, 2024Driveway scam Beware cold callers knocking on doors in the Lancaster area offering to spray your driveway to kill weeds and/or power wash your drive. One resident paid £250 and suspects no weed killer was used. Another resident p...
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