Scam warning

Jersey Police are warning islanders of a scam letter doing the rounds.

The letter relates to a tax amnesty for foreign investors with properties in the United States.

It asks for all details like name, date of birth, bank account statements & credit card details, to be faxed to a certain number.

Detective Constable Bruce Liron from States of Jersey Police, told Channel Online: "A number of Island residents have received letters allegedly from the Internal Revenue Service - United States Department of the Treasury. Quite clearly a scam and a possible attempt at identity fraud."

He added: "Some of the common factors with these type of scams will be the unprofessional manner in which the letter is written, spelling and grammatical errors are generally evident and should always arouse suspicion. On no account should anyone receiving such a letter send off any details whatsoever and letters should be destroyed." (from CIonline)