[Londoner]

The point is some people really fall for it and do give them their bank details.

[xxmattyxx]

The point is some people really fall for it and do give them their bank details.

Yes they do.

[crystal]

just come back from holiday and had the same letter in the post, :
ive got work in holywell next week so if ive got time i will try to to
investigate further was thinking about contacting trading standards     
what do you think ? 



regards  john

[Paul Coleman]

just come back from holiday and had the same letter in the post, :
ive got work in holywell next week so if ive got time i will try to to
investigate further was thinking about contacting trading standards     
what do you think ? 



regards  john

Sounds like W/Cs in N.Wales are being targetted.  Now that there are two separate letters, it looks like it's a scam rather than an attempted wind-up.  I wouldn't waste my time with trading standards.  I reckon the two recipients should communicate with each other and present their evidence to the police with a view to complaining about attempted fraud.

[colley614]

We are issuing a volume of 750,000 leaflets to inform the public not to hire a Window Cleaner without a valid Operator's License

  What 750,000 leaflets to about 55,000,000 people in England and Wales? Not no mathematics boffin but doesn't the number fall really short of the target. I mean look at when the Government band smoking in public, they must have spent millions of pounds getting the message across. Surely anyone doing a scheme like this would have the backing of the Government. 

[chrismroberts]

We are issuing a volume of 750,000 leaflets to inform the public not to hire a Window Cleaner without a valid Operator's License

  What 750,000 leaflets to about 55,000,000 people in England and Wales? Not no mathematics boffin but doesn't the number fall really short of the target. I mean look at when the Government band smoking in public, they must have spent millions of pounds getting the message across. Surely anyone doing a scheme like this would have the backing of the Government. 

My thoughts exactly. Sounds like scare tactics to me. Nearly a million leaflets would cost a LOT of money. But it would probably be enough to cover most of North Wales I think!

I think you have a point there Shiner. But the Police would just laugh I think and tell us to go to trading standards. Tis probably best to start with Trading Standards and if they feel it is necessary to take it further they can?

Glad its not just me.....

[xxmattyxx]

If your a window cleaner in N.Wales you are ALSO a resident in N. Wales, anybody on here recieved one of these leaflets through their door, as post, in a local newspaper as a flyer??

I doubt that......

Matt

[dai]

I didn't get one of these letters, there again I'm not in yellow pages. The address is a council estate in Holywell 6 miles from where I live. I bet it's a couple of 15 year old lads with time on their hands. No leaflets posted round here, I don't expect any either. Dai

[Paul Coleman]

We are issuing a volume of 750,000 leaflets to inform the public not to hire a Window Cleaner without a valid Operator's License

  What 750,000 leaflets to about 55,000,000 people in England and Wales? Not no mathematics boffin but doesn't the number fall really short of the target. I mean look at when the Government band smoking in public, they must have spent millions of pounds getting the message across. Surely anyone doing a scheme like this would have the backing of the Government. 

My thoughts exactly. Sounds like scare tactics to me. Nearly a million leaflets would cost a LOT of money. But it would probably be enough to cover most of North Wales I think!

I think you have a point there Shiner. But the Police would just laugh I think and tell us to go to trading standards. Tis probably best to start with Trading Standards and if they feel it is necessary to take it further they can?

Glad its not just me.....

I don't think the police would laugh.  If they refuse to accept your complaint, ask to speak to someone of higher rank.  That usually works so long as you are assertive but polite.  It is definitely a police issue rather than a Trading Standards issue.

[mark dew]

I don't think the police would laugh.  If they refuse to accept your complaint, ask to speak to someone of higher rank.  That usually works so long as you are assertive but polite.  It is definitely a police issue rather than a Trading Standards issue.

And always put a complaint in writing and not verbally if you want to guarantee it will be taken further.

[chrismroberts]

Yeh I think I'm gonna look into it. I always complain about idiots like this getting away with it.... time to do something about it right?