Apr 12 2008
Don’t get caught!
Last year there was a spate of telephone scams around drugs abuse, this year it’s bullying.
This is how it works. You get a cold caller on the telephone who claims to have spoken to you several months, or even a year, ago. They remind you that you agreed to help by taking advertising space in the booklet they are publishing. The booklet has been published and now they want payment.
There never was a prior call and there probably is no booklet, although a few scrappy copies may have been produced to keep everything just about legal.
Last year the Drugs Awareness booklet was destined for all local schools; this year the Anti-bullying Initiative booklet is destined for guess where? Yes, all local schools.
Take a look in your local school, do you see any? Ask the staff, have they had any? No! Any booklets of this kind are generally made available to schools through websites such as http://www.talktofrank.com and are free. Small businesses are generally the target for these scams as you can see on this blog.
So, if you have a couple of hundred quid to spare and you don’t mind donating it to a good cause give us a call. At least you’ll know where it went 
I got caught with this one last year on the Drugs Awareness booklet. It seemed such a good idea after a friend’s shock at finding out his son had been taking drugs for a year without him knowing.
They took £200 off me and when I found out it was a scam I had to cancel my credit card.
I don’t know how these people sleep nights.