{"id":1328,"date":"2026-03-30T18:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/1328\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T18:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:12:23","slug":"warning-over-scammers-pressuring-victims-into-paying-for-unnecessary-work-in-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/1328\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning over scammers \u2018pressuring victims into paying for unnecessary\u2019 work in Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Residents are reminded to be vigilant after scammers were reported to be \u201cpressuring victims into paying for unnecessary and poor quality\u201d works in their homes.<\/p>\n<p>The warning comes from Kent County Council\u2019s Trading Standards team who said doorstep criminals have been active over the last week across Kent in Maidstone, Folkestone, Canterbury, Herne Bay, Deal, Margate, Dover, Dartford, Sittingbourne, Tonbridge and New Romney.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1939 1391\" alt=\"Trading Standards has issued advice after residents were approached at their door by a scam trader. Picture: iStock\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"91IZVH4CG1W7CKJOF96M.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.39\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/91IZVH4CG1W7CKJOF96M.jpg\" alt=\"Trading Standards has issued advice after residents were approached at their door by a scam trader. Picture: iStock\"\/>Trading Standards has issued advice after residents were approached at their door by a scam trader. Picture: iStock<\/p>\n<p>The cold callers were said to be offering unnecessary driveway, roofing or guttering work.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson said: \u201cPlease be alert and warn your vulnerable friends and family to never respond to cold callers as you will pay a high cost for unnecessary and poor quality work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Report cold callers anonymously to the charity CrimeStoppers on 0800 555111 or online <a href=\"https:\/\/kent.us9.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ce2871176f2cf0da723a750b1&amp;id=433187e7de&amp;e=441150c654\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For further advice call Citizens Advice consumer helpline on 0808 223 1133.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents are reminded to be vigilant after scammers were reported to be \u201cpressuring victims into paying for unnecessary&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[633,1083,1085,1086,1087,1088,1089,1082,1090,1071,1084,1091,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-1328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-canterbury","10":"tag-dartford","11":"tag-deal","12":"tag-dover","13":"tag-folkestone","14":"tag-herne-bay","15":"tag-maidstone","16":"tag-romney-marsh","17":"tag-sittingbourne","18":"tag-thanet","19":"tag-tonbridge","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}