Warning as bogus callers target area

COUNCIL TELLS RESIDENTS TO BE WARY AND CHECK AUTHENTICITY

- By ELLIOT JESSETT

AN urgent warning has been issued to residents in one part of Merseyside after a spate of bogus callers were reported to be operating in the area.

Knowsley Council's trading standards department have published two alerts in recent weeks about bogus callers and the danger they present.

The first report was on September 9, when the local authority revealed there had been sightings of a male caller claiming to be working for EE and asking for access to the home to check the fibre connection.

Enquiries with EE, now part of BT, have revealed that their representatives would not make this type of request.

The second report, which was posted on the council's official Facebook page on October 7, warned residents that a male caller had been seen offering gardening work.