Police are warning of cold callers after reports of incidents in Douglas and Onchan.
The force had recieved reports of persons ‘cold calling’ for odd jobs in the Onchan area – one such request was offering trees to property owner that didn’t have a garden.
Officers are asking the public to be vigilant in looking after their homes and property and also to keep an eye on any neighbours that could possibly be vulnerable to any such approaches.
A force spokesperson said: “The advice regarding ‘cold calling’ is that a leaflet or information / price list posted through your door but nobody is allowed to personally solicit work by knocking on your door or talking to you at your address. The onus for making contact with any workers is always with the home owner, not the other way around,:
People should reports incidents of cold calling to the Office of Fair Trading on 686500, or the police should the circumstances require that.
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