The Office for Fair Trading is today launching a nationwide 'Scamnesty' campaign. Members of the public are asked to drop scam mailings in bins placed at libraries and other public buildings.

Government has announced it will invest £7.5 million in further developing the Trading Standards 'Scambusters' teams around the country. The announcement comes during the Office of Fair Trading's 'Scams Awareness Month'.

A large junk mail scam could be shut down in weeks after the Office of Fair Trading decided to take a junk mail firm based in the Netherlands to court.

The Office of Fair Trading today launches Scams Awareness Month. Its aim is to 'highlight the hidden misery of thousands of elderly and vulnerable consumers'.

A South African prize draw promoter has given assurances to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) that it will no longer send misleading prize draw mailings to UK consumers.

Research by the Office of Fair Trading has revealed that 3.2 million adults in the UK fall victim to a scam every year. Scams cost the UK consumer an estimated £3.5 billion per annum.