We have been made aware that scam emails from service-support@parish.uk have been sent to some businesses, service providers and organisations that are listed in the ‘Directory’ of some parish council websites in the UK, including some in Iron Acton.

The message claims that their business listing expires soon and they should follow options to renew, which requires banking details to be entered. They are sent emails everyday giving urgency saying 9 days left until the time runs out or they are paid using a debit card it is blocked by a spam filter.

This is a scam.

The e-mail and website looks identical to other Government sites, all government sites look like this

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/nameofdepartment

Iron Acton Parish Council does not charge to list businesses, service providers and organisations on this website.

Please delete any emails received from service-support@parish.uk – we believe that they are attempting to gather banking details from organisations under false pretences.

You can report this to Action Fraud by forwarding the e-mail to report@phishing.go.uk or go to the website actionfraud.police.uk

This was reported on today 03/05/2023 by BBC Radio 4 on the You and Yours programme