Pensioners in Gedling borough awaiting a letter from TV Licensing after the BBC cancelled the over-75s scheme are being duped by scam emails, it has been revealed. Con artists pretending to be TV licensing officers have been targeting OAPs on email and falsely claiming they need to set up
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The email – which claims to be from TV Licensing, urges people to complete a form via a link to make them eligible for the free TV offer.
TV Licensing is warning customers in Gedling borough to beware of fake emails which claim people are owed a refund
The suspect emails claim the recipient is owed a refund or there are payment issues.
The fake email requests payment for renewal of a resident's television licence.
The scam email claims to offer the recipient a refund for over-payments of TV Licence fees.