Angus Council is urging residents to remain vigilant against rogue traders over the summer months.

Trading Standards said services offered by cold callers might include gardening work, roofing or guttering repairs, tarmacking drives, damp proofing homes and roof cleaning.

In addition, bogus salesmen might offer woodworm and dry rot treatments, with some residents being shown live maggots by traders who pretended they were woodworm from their roof.

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A spokesperson said: "Trading standards believe these con artists are part of organised criminal groups operating across the UK, specifically targeting older or more vulnerable consumers. Once they have a foot in the door, they and/or their accomplices will return time and time again to carry out a range of unnecessary repairs or treatments and fleece the trusting householder out of a lot of cash."

Anyone who is a victim of doorstep crime should contact the council's trading standards team or contact Police Scotland on 101.

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