Watchdog urges public caution in greeting card scam

CROOKS are sending unwanted boxes of greetings cards to householders — then threaten them with debt collectors if they fail to pay for the goods.

The cheats behind the scam are even threatening to publish people’s names in the Stubbs Gazette of debtors unless they pay.

But yesterday, consumer watchdogs said householders were under no legal obligation to buy or return any goods they had not asked for.