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Alerts and scams

The Office of Fair Trading's website is being relocated

In the coming months, more information about scams, along with the latest product alerts, will be located here.

If you are not able to find what you are looking for below, please go to the existing Office of Fair Trading website.

We thank you for your patience while the website is being relocated.

Scams

Scammers target both consumers and business. To read about the latest scams and learn how to avoid them, click on the links below.

For consumers

• Bogus bank emails
• Competition/phoney lottery scams
• Nigerian chain letter/emails
• Work from home schemes
• Scammers targeting online bulletin boards
• 'Hit man' email scam

For business

• Over-payment scams

Product safety alerts

The Office of Fair Trading also issues alerts to warn consumers about faulty or defective products. To read about the latest product recall alerts, click on the links below.

• Product safety alert for 'Amazing jumbo spiky light-up ball'
• Phil and Ted's pram safety concerns
• Unsafe Christmas toys
• Interim ban on expanding toys

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