CBNWA weekly update for 20th May 2014

CBNWA weekly update for 20th May 2014
LITTLE BOOK OF BIG SCAMS 2ND EDITION
Katie has put a copy of this book on our website for your information:
http://www.cbnwa.com/v2/news/895-the-little-book-of-big-scams-second-edition
SUMMER FAIR: SATURDAY 21ST JUNE
On Saturday 21st June the Addiscombe Community Summer Fair is being
held at: St. Mary's Church, Canning Road, Croydon, CR0 6QD. The NHW
has kindly been given the Raffle stall, please come along and support
the NHW. All monies raised from the Raffle will be donated to the NHW.
If you are able to help sell raffle tickets on the day and can spare
an hour, please email Katie: [email protected]
If you work for a company/organisation that may be able to donate a
raffle prize please email Katie: [email protected]
FOR THE ATTENTION OF ALL CO-ORDINATORS
Croydon Eye: enveloping and collection
The next edition of the CroydonEye will soon be ready for enveloping.
If any co-ordinators are able to assist, we will be at the CVA
resource Centre (82 London Road, Croydon CR0 2TB) from 10:00 am on
Tuesday 24th June 2014. If you are able to help for an hour or two
please email Katie [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> by Friday
20th June.
Co-ordinators who are not able to assist with the enveloping of the
Croydon Eye but are able to collect their newsletters can do so from
10:00 am - 4:00pm on Tuesday 24th June. If you are able to collect
your newsletters please email Katie
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] by Friday 20th June.
Leafleting Campaign: Broad Green
We are running a recruitment campaign in the Broad Green area and we
will be leafleting roads near to the CVA and West Croydon Train
Station on Tuesday 24th June 2014 between 10:00 am - 4:00pm. If you
are able to assist the NHW and can leaflet a road then please email
Katie [email protected] by Friday 20th June.
CROYDON SOUTH WEST LPT UPDATE
We have had a report of 'Cold Callers' in Forge Avenue in Coulsdon who
are asking residents if they want their front drive done.
They may well be a legitimate company and we have had no reports of
'aggressive selling' or complaints to be fair, however there are
vulnerable and elderly residents in the community and as such we want
to ensure they are not being exploited.
We advise to get at least 3 quotes so you can get a measure of pricing
for any work considered and always consult with family and friends. It is not
advisable to make a decision on the doorstep and always ask
for a quote if you do consider any work.
If you have any concerns or know of a neighbour who is vulnerable or
elderly then please be neighbourly and look out for them.
Call 101 (Croydon Police) if you see any cold callers who you feel to
be acting suspiciously or aggressively.
PCSO 7233 Jeffrey Balcombe
Croydon South-West Team
Some other local team reports are as follows:
Thornton Heath NPT worked in partnership with the Noise Pollution Team from
Croydon Council to execute a warrant at the home address of a male who is currently
the subject of a high profile Anti Social Behaviour investigation. The purpose of the
warrant was to seize specific stereo equipment that was responsible for making
excessive noise by the offender at all times of the day and night. This was causing a
lot of distress to various neighbours of his who had been complaining for a long time.
Any resident suffering from this type of ASB are asked to contact the Council
Heathfield - this ward is still suffering from theft from vehicle offences and so the
Team would like to remind local residents to lock their vehicles, not leave anything
valuable on show and now the nice weather is coming to wind up windows as a few
recent thefts have been via open windows
Crystal Palace Triangle has had 3 distraction thefts from the service till outside
Sainsbury's Westow Street SE19. Whilst using the till, the victims, generally elderly
have been distracted, someone has looked over his shoulder and looked at his PIN
number, then stolen his card. Used it within 10 minutes to withdraw cash from the
account, advice to elderly residents to be mindful at outside cashpoint machines and
maybe obtain cash by using the Cashback facility at a till inside
IDENTITY FRAUD
A N/W member in the south of the Borough has sent us the following
information on an attempted fraud.
“Two weeks ago I received 2 letters from HMRC through the post addressed
to a Marine Boatyard company c/o a name I did not recognise but to my
address. I opened one letter and it appeared that it was confirming a self
assessment form had been sent. Further investigation and googling found
that 2 companies had been set up using my address with 4 registered
directors.
I spent 2 evenings sorting out - contacting the police, HMRC, Companies
House, my bank....
On-line also I noticed that there are several companies listed as operating
from private addresses in my road - some may be actual but I wonder if others
(like these 2 are using residential addresses and setting up 'shell companies'
by way of identity fraud”.
EMAIL SCAMS
The bank phishing emails trying to obtain your personal details continue this
week with one from Nat West security team@ apple.ssi.co.uk warning that
you have entered incorrect or false information on your account; as usual you
must click on the link to verify your correct details. The link leads to a site
called ‘natwest-personal.com which is hosted in Utah USA.
ABOUT 112
Need help? 112 is your life-saving number!
112 is the European emergency phone number, available everywhere in the EU, free
of charge.
It is possible to call 112 from fixed and mobile phones to contact any emergency
service: an ambulance, the fire brigade or the police.
When a person dials 112, a specially trained operator will answer the call.
Depending on the national organisation of emergency services, the operator will
either deal with the request directly or transfer the call to the most appropriate
emergency service.
Operators in many countries can answer the calls not only in their national language,
but also in English or French. If the caller does not know where he is, the operator
will identify where the person making the call is physically located and will pass it to
the emergency authorities so that these can help immediately.
112 operators do not provide traffic and weather reports, general information or
answers to queries. Calling 112 as a joke or calling and then hanging up is
considered a hoax call. Hoax calls not only waste the time and money of the
emergency operators, but can also be dangerous. If 112 lines or call operators are
busy with hoax calls, someone with a real emergency may not be able to get the help
needed. In most countries, it is a criminal offence to make hoax 112 calls and a
person can be judged for that.
112 does not replace the existing (UK 999) national emergency number. In most
countries, it operates alongside them. However, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands,
Portugal, Sweden, Malta and Romania have opted for 112 as their main national
emergency number.
FIND LATEST CROYDON BOROUGH POLICE MEETINGS
Go to the Met Police website and click on your Borough at top of page,
Or click: http://content.met.police.uk/Page/YourBorough
Select Croydon, on right hand side of page click ‘see all Croydon Safer
Neighbourhood teams’ on the next page select your local team and on their
page will be listed all local drop in events, meetings and street briefings
arranged by the team.
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Please contact our Neighbourhood Watch Manager (Katie Moore) for any general
queries, scam information or if your contact details change. She can be contacted on
[email protected] email address or by phone.
CBNWA office details
Telephone: 020 8555 1200 ext. 37637 (there is an answer phone for when the
office is unmanned). Email: [email protected]
Postal: Freepost RTCR-GZZJ-LHYK CBNWA c/o Croydon Fire Station. 90 Old
Town. Croydon. Surrey. CR0 1AR.
Next update will be on 3rd JUNE