HUNDREDS of Barnsley residents have fallen victim to scam mail and many of those were conned out of cash, the council has said.
Barnsley’s Trading Standards, working alongside the National Trading Standards’ scams team, has put out a warning telling residents about the dangers of responding to scam mail.
The council said more than 350 people have fallen foul of scam mail and in almost all cases victims had sent money in response to scam mail they had received, which can be ‘hundreds or thousands of pounds’.
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