Subject: Fake Winter Fuel Payment texts
From: Suffolk Trading Standards <tradingstandards @suffolk.gov.uk>
Date: 24/09/2026, 4:14 pm
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Fake Winter Fuel Payment texts are circulating.
Don't respond, click links, or share personal information.
You can forward suspicious texts to 7726 and
check them using AskSilver.
https://friendsagainstscams.org.uk/ask-silver
This text and image are extracted from a much more comprehensive weekly email alert
sent out by Suffolk Trading Standards today (Thursday).
Recipients of the irregularly issued Snape Village 'blog bulletins'
will have been forwarded that full email, as it is especially apposite this week —
others may contact the Webmaster for a copy.
Anyone can "Sign up to receive a weekly Consumer Champions email alert"
from Suffolk Trading Standards each Thursday, if you follow the link at
https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/community-and-safety/suffolk-trading-standards/become-a-consumer-champion/.
For convenience, access to this link is also repeated (in red) at the foot of the
«How to subscribe to 'blog bulletins'» webpage. — Webmaster
