Residents reminded there’s still time to ‘drop in and drop them in it’

Local residents still have two weeks to help trading standards beat the conmen by dropping their scam mailings into designated Scamnesty bins across the borough. The bins are easy to spot with their distinctive red ‘drop in and drop them in it’ logo.

Residents are urged to continue supporting Scams Awareness Month (Monday 1 February to Friday 26 February) by dropping off their bogus prize draw notifications, fake lottery wins and other scam mailings into designated Scamnesty bins at the Town Hall in Maidenhead, York House in Windsor, local libraries and other public areas

Cllr Phill Bicknell, lead member for public protection, said: “There’s been a great deal of interest so far in Scamnesty. It makes people aware that if they receive a letter or email suggesting that they have won the lottery or some other prize it will be a scam, as will claims by clairvoyants and mystics to be able to change your life.

“If you get any suspicious junk mail then please let us have it by using one of the Scamnesty bins. New scams are tried all the time so it will help us crack down on the rogues.

“If you have a scam then please ‘drop in and drop them in it’.”

Scamnesty bins can be found at:

·         Council offices in York House, Windsor and the Town Hall, St Ives Road, Maidenhead

·         Maidenhead Library, St Ives Road, Maidenhead

·         Woodlands Park Village Centre, Manifold Way, Maidenhead

·         Cox Green Leisure/Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Maidenhead

·         Four Marlow Road Leisure Centre, 4 Marlow Road, Maidenhead

·         Ellington Community Centre, Ellington Primary School, Donnington Gardens, Maidenhead

·         Magnet Leisure Centre, Holmanleaze, Maidenhead

·         Elizabeth House Day Centre, Station Hill, Cookham

·         Windsor Library, Bachelors Acre, Windsor

·         Age Concern, Spencer Denny Centre, Park Corner (off Clewer Hill Road), Windsor

·         New Windsor Community Centre, Hanover Way, Windsor

·         Royal Windsor Information Centre, The Old Booking Hall, Windsor Royal Shopping

·         Windsor Leisure Centre, Clewer Mead, Stovell Road, Windsor

·         King George VI Club, 95 Clarence Road, Windsor

·         Windsor Youth & Community Centre, 65 Alma Road, Windsor

·         Old Windsor Day Centre, 27b Straight Road, Old Windsor

·         Eton Wick Community Centre, The Village Hall, Eton Wick

·         Charters Leisure Centre, Sunningdale

·         Ascot Day Centre, Chandler Centre, Bagshot Road, Sunninghill.

Full details of the location of the Scamnesty bins in the Royal Borough can be found at www.rbwm.gov.uk or by phoning 01628 683672.

Scams can be reported online to the ‘virtual bin’ on the Consumer Direct website, www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/scamnesty