Gedling have joined councils around the country in highlighting a scam that centres on an official-looking letter from a German company.
The letter demands companies provide their VAT registration number, but the small print shows that it will cost £797 a year for at least four years.
Since putting the warning on their website, one local resident has called in having been approached by the scam, which has affected people nationwide.
The letter states:
'As part of the changes to the EU economic package, obligating all companies to provide their VAT Registration Number on various documents since 2010, we as a publisher of leading internet portals are required to update our database. We therefore request that you check the information on page 2 relating to your company and provide us with your VAT Registration Number.'
The letter is addressed to companies, self-employed people, institutions and public authorities.
Companies are being advised not to provide their VAT number to this company TVV Tele Verzeichnis Verlag GmbH and to ignore any letters from letters from them.
For more information visit www.tradingstandards.gov.uk.
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