MIDDLEWICH residents are being warned by Cheshire East Council over a scam email claiming the ‘bedroom tax’ has been axed.
The email which is going around tells people that the bedroom tax, which was brought in during April 2013 has been axed and asks for a form to be completed.
Cheshire East Council is urging people who have received the email to delete it immediately and to not complete the form.
Clr Les Gilbert, Cheshire East Cabinet member for communities and regulatory services, said: "We want people to be aware of this scam to ensure that they are not conned into filling in forms and giving away personal or financial information to unscrupulous fraudsters.
People have also received Facebook messages with similar information, falsely claiming the ‘tax’ was abolished in April 2014.
Clr Gilbert added: "Our contact centre has received a number of queries from members of the public about this email and Facebook message so we are urging people to ignore these as the information is incorrect.
"We have alerted Cheshire police to this issue and would urge people to be vigilant.”
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