Peterborough residents are warned to be on their guard for phone
calls claiming to be made on behalf of Peterborough City Council
regarding their council tax.
Bogus callers have contacted council tax
payers in Peterborough and other areas of the country claiming to
be acting on behalf of the local authority and asking for bank
details in order to give a council tax refund.
Shirley Pleszkan, the city council's head of
shared transactional services, said: "This is a scam which has
surfaced in other parts of the country previously and appears to
have reared its head again.
"If any council taxpayers in the city do
receive a call of this nature, they should not give out their bank
details and should call the city council on (01733) 747474 to check
whether the call was genuine.
"Peterborough City Council does not employ
third parties to issue refunds. A genuine call of this nature would
not ask the council taxpayer to give out their bank or other
personal details over the phone."