A WARNING about money scams has been issued following scores of complaints from local businesses and residents.
A council's trading standards team has been inundated with calls about dubious e-mails from foreign countries offering lucrative money transfer schemes.
Elizabeth Levett, trading standards manager in York, said: "These e-mails contain all the warning signs of a scam - they are unsolicited, the companies are based overseas, you are asked for your bank account details and you must respond without delay."
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