BOGUS CALLER NETWORK PARTNERSHIP INFORMATION SHEET

ORIGINATOR (Name, agency, phone, e-mail) FWIN or agency reference number TIME & DATE OF MESSAGE WHO IS BEING TARGETED: no names or personal details WHEN DID IT HAPPEN WHERE DID IT HAPPEN what happened Brian Goulding Wigan Trading Standards 01942 489646 Flare: 36912 & 36929 09:00 hrs 18 July 2012 Elderly female residents

Between 13 and 17 July 2012

BOROUGH Wigan general information

AREA not postcode Orrell & Standish OFFENDER/ VEHICLE DESCRIPTION (not reg number or business names)

Two elderly lone female residents living in private housing and in different parts of the borough; one had cold called visit and the other was telephoned by male purporting to work in connection with either Social Services or Wigan Council. He offers re-fit double-glazing as part of a council-run scheme (false). Residents become suspicious and report matter via their relatives.

Male not described.

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