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Warwickshire Trading Standards email alerts. Please feel free to cascade this information to whomever you feel appropriate (including using the information in your newsletters/websites etc.). 09/10/2015 When is a charity not a charity? 08/10/2015 Businesses offered help to understand the biggest shake up of consumer law in a generation 08/10/2015 Another Free Serving of ‘Phish and Chips’ – cyber-crime and data-security seminar for business 09/10/2015 When is a charity not a charity? By Simon Cripwell on Oct 09, 2015 12:53 pm Warwickshire Trading Standards has recently received a number of complaints and enquiries about charity donations. Residents have reported being approached on their doorstep, often in the evening, by people selling lottery and prize draw weekly or monthly ticket subscriptions, supporting a range of charities. Residents are asked to sign up and provide their bank details. These approaches are sometimes made over the phone as well. Residents may think they are signing up directly with a charity, but often they are actually signing up with a lottery and prize draw gambling business who claim to support the charity or charities in question and give an unspecified percentage of their profits away to good causes. The businesses may be licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission but they are not charities and will not have a charity number or be listed on the Charity Commission website (use their search facility to look up charities). If you want to be sure you are giving directly to a charity, ask 'are you a charity?' and 'can I see your charity number?' It is a criminal offence to falsely claim to be a charity.  If in doubt do not sign up.  Warwickshire Trading Standards does not in any case advise consumers to give any personal or financial information to unexpected doorstep or telephone callers. Read in browser » 08/10/2015 Businesses offered help to understand the biggest shake up of consumer law in a generation By Simon Cripwell on Oct 08, 2015 01:51 pm Warwickshire businesses are being offered help and advice by Warwickshire County Council Trading Standards to understand and comply with the biggest change to consumer law in the UK for a generation. Read in browser » 08/10/2015 Another Free Serving of ‘Phish and Chips’ – cyber-crime and data-security seminar for business By Simon Cripwell on Oct 08, 2015 01:49 pm Small businesses in Warwickshire, and especially in Nuneaton and North Warwickshire are urged to book now for a second helping of ‘'Phish and Chips'’, an expert led free cyber-crime and data-security advice and education seminar. Read in browser » Recent Articles: 22/09/2015 ‘Terrific’ car bought in Rugby was really a terror! 22/09/2015 Free electric blanket tests are now open to all 16/09/2015 Rugby World Cup fake ticket warning – buy safe with this advice 16/09/2015 Rugby Word Cup bogus lotteries and sweepstakes 15/09/2015 Puppy buyers who get it wrong face £1000 bill!

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