BARNSLEY businesses are being warned of a scam in which rogue publishers are offering advertising space in a publication they claim they are producing on behalf of South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue.
The rogue publishers have been making unsolicited telephone calls to businesses, in particular small businesses, doctors’ surgeries and dental practices offering advertising space in a magazine they claim is produced by the fire service.
The cost of the ‘advert’ can range from £50 to anything up to £1000.
However, once you have paid you’ll find the publication either doesn’t exist or only a handful of copies are printed.
Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle
