Asking for large amounts of money from Fakenham residents

Published by KLFM
5:26am 17th July 2019.

They're people up and claiming to be from the company that handles your waste disposal.

But North Norfolk District Council say it's fraudsters pretending to be from their contractors.

Victims are being asked for large sums of money from the criminals who claim they're from KIER.

SCAM ALERT! We have been informed that residents may have received fraudulent calls from people posing as our waste contractors, KIER. If you receive such a call asking for large sums of money please do not give out any personal information, hang up the phone because this a scam. pic.twitter.com/SOQx7NtOqZ
— North Norfolk DC (@NorthNorfolkDC) July 15, 2019

But the local authority is urging residents not to give out any information during calls like this.

North Norfolk District Council say you should hang up if you get a call like this.

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