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Welcome to CTSI's News Room. Here, you can browse through our latest consumer protection and trading standards news reports (below), or check out our archive of news articles from previous years.

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DPD delivery email scam targets public

Posted: 20/01/21

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has received evidence of a delivery email scam targeting the public. The email claims that the recipient missed a parcel delivery by DPD and that a new delivery will need to be scheduled.

CTSI welcomes new construction regulator

Posted: 19/01/21

The UK Government announced today that it would establish a national regulator to ensure materials used to build homes will be made safer. 

Phoney COVID-19 lockdown rebate targeting public

Posted: 12/01/21

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute reports that another text-based scam campaign themed around the coronavirus pandemic is attempting to defraud the public. 

Fake NHS COVID-19 vaccination messages target vulnerable public

Posted: 06/01/21

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has received evidence of fraudulent messages sent to the public informing them that a dose of the new COVID-19 vaccine is available to them.


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