Local building firms have been warned not to do business with cold callers.
It follows reports of two men in a French registered vehicle approaching workshops and construction sites.
The Office of Fair Trading says they are offering a tool-sharpening service but that it believes it is a scam.
John Peet is chief inspector of trading standards – he says it is best to avoid cold callers all together:
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