West Sussex residents are being called on to take action against scams throughout July, during Scams Awareness Month.  

More than 800 cases of actual and attempted scams have been reported to West Sussex Trading Standards since 1st July last year.  This came at a cost of £383,000 to residents.  An additional 125 doorstep incidents saw residents scammed out of a further £85,000.

 Richard Sargeant, Team Manager at West Sussex Trading Standards said that although the average age of victims in West Sussex is 77, there has been a sharp rise in victims under the age of 25: