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KENT Police have issued crime prevention advice after reports of rogue traders intheMaidstone area – including one where £1,000 was demanded for garden work a resi- dent did notwant done. Incidents have been reported in
Coxheath, Lenhamand Shepway of uninvited tradesmen – some even startingworkwithout permission. The first incident happened at
9.20am on Friday, October 6, when twomen are reportedto have visited an address in ParkWay, Coxheath, and one of themstarted to clear the gutters without asking if they wanted thework completed.
Advice on unsolicited tradesmen
Do not deal with doorstep callers offering work on your home or gar- den and never pay in cash Check the person is from the company that they say they are from Ask for quotes in writing Ring more than three traders to get a feel for an average price for the job
The residents decided to pay as
they had already started thework. Then, onMonday,October 9, four
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Remember that tradersmust give you written notice of your right to 14 days cancellation when agree- ing to do work at your home, in- cluding work gained from a cold call If you believe a doorstep crime is happening or about to happen call the police on 101 or 999 in an emergency
men visited an address in High Street, Lenham, and startedwork in the garden that the occupier did not
wantdone.Thementhendemanded £1,000 in cash, andthewoman left to go to the bank. But no money was subsequently paid and the men left the scene in a yellow van with a white cab. One of the fourwas said to have a
Welsh accent, another a foreign ac- cent and the other two could not speak English. Finally, at around2.45pmonTues-
day, October 10, Kent Police re- ceived reports of twomen knocking on doors in Oxford Gardens, Shep- way, offering to check ifdoors and windows needed upgrading. Both were described as white, in
their late 20s to early 30s of large
build.One had light ginger hair and the other short dark hair. The Kent Police statement added:
“For advice and information,mem- bers of the public should contact the Citizens Advice Consumer Service on 03454 040506, or visit
www.citi-
zensadvice.org.uk. “Kent County Council Trading
Standards recommends checka-
trade.com, online or call 0333 0146 190, for reputable Kent traders. “Anyone with information on
these incidents is asked to call Kent Police on01622 604100 quoting 9-648 – or Kent Crimestoppers, anony- mously, on 0800 555111. “
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