Not sure if this will be useful to anyone.  But I have included the link for anyone interested.

http://uk.yahoo.com/_ylt=A03uvwkERUxNwvUAsjo4hJp4;_ylc=X3oDMTdxajVhc2NjBF9TAzIwMjMzOTIzMTIEYQMwNDAyMTFfZmluYW5jZV9jb3VuY2lsX3RheF9zY2FtBGNwb3MDNARnA2lkLTI2MjE0BGludGwDdWsEaXRjAzAEbHR4dANCZXdhcmVvZnRoaXNjb3VuY2lsdGF4c2NhbQRwa2d2AzYEcG9zAzAEc2VjA3RkLWZlYXQEc2xrA3RodW1ibGluawR0YXIDaHR0cDovL3VrLmZpbmFuY2UueWFob28uY29tL25ld3MvV2F0Y2gtY291bmNpbC10YXgtc2NhbS15YWhvb2ZpbmFuY2V1ay0zNTM1NTYwMDMyLmh0bWwEdGVzdAM3MDI-/SIG=13aku33jk/EXP=1296930436/**http%3A//uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Watch-council-tax-scam-yahoofinanceuk-3535560032.html

"Fraudsters contact you to say you're due a financial reward as a thank you for paying your council tax by direct debit."

sorry, by the time i've stopped laughing at that, they'll have hung up and moved to the next victim ;D

I got all excited there thinking it'd be a link to tell me how to scam the legalised scroungers council.

Banjax wrote on 04. Feb 2011 at 19:29:

"Fraudsters contact you to say you're due a financial reward as a thank you for paying your council tax by direct debit." sorry, by the time i've stopped laughing at that, they'll have hung up and moved to the next victim ;D

Thing is Banjax you just know that someone's going to fall for it.  As they'll just hear they can get some money out of it just by agreeing.

Worrying though that there's still a lot of people out there that still don't get it - "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't."
Give it a few weeks and there might be a news follow up saying just how many bought it  ::)

geoffr70 wrote on 04. Feb 2011 at 20:10:

I got all excited there thinking it'd be a link to tell me how to scam the legalised scroungers council.

Sorry I got your hopes up there Geoff  ::)  ;D

geoffr70 wrote on 04. Feb 2011 at 20:10:

I got all excited there thinking it'd be a link to tell me how to scam the legalised scroungers council.

declare your home as a place of worship...  or so the rumour was....;)