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40,000 Complaints Filed Over Building Scams And Shoddy Work

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Sky News reports that 17,795 complaints among nearly 40,000 homeowner reports in the last year involve suspected building scams or rogue traders. The average rate of complaints is approximately 766 per week. These figures represent a portion of the 766 reports filed per week.

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housing fraud consumer protection

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Sources · 7 independent

LBC London

“Sky News can reveal that 17,795 of these complaints involve suspected building scams or rogue traders.”

LBC London

“Sky News has found out that of the 40,000 complaints, almost 18,000 of them involve suspected building scams or rogue traders.”

LBC London

“40,000 Complaints last year alone and about 18,000 of them were for scams and people who never intended to do the building work”

LBC London

“A far-reaching report from Sky News has found there were 40,000 complaints last year to local councils and others about shoddy building work or scams or rogue traders. 18,000 of them, of those complaints, were about illegal scams.”

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