Residents delete council's 'poorly conceived, poorly written' email over scam concerns
Residents have been deleting an email sent by Shropshire Council over fears that it is a scam.
On Thursday, the council's waste team sent an email to residents to confirm their address details, but scores of residents thought the email was suspicious so deleted it.
A number of concerned recipients also took to Facebook to query the authenticity of the emails.
One anonymous user wrote: "I received an email today from Shropshire Council Waste Services asking to update my details so they can maintain their services.
"It's addressed 'dear subscriber' and when you click through, it takes you through to a very unconvincing 'Shropshire Council' page where it asks for your name, address, email, etc. I could be wrong, but it looks like a scam to me because surely they would already know my name if they have emailed me, so why address the email 'dear subscriber'?"
