Scam mail battle

Council trading standards officials have installed bins for scammailings to be dropped in as part of the fight against con artists.

Bath and North East Somerset Council is supporting the nationwideScamnesty campaign, with bins at libraries at The Podium, Keynshamand Radstock this month. Officials will collect letters or printedemails and analyse them to see if the Office of Fair Trading mightbe able to take action against the senders.