@WAR - Warwickshire Trading Standards alerts

Warwickshire Trading Standards email alerts. Please feel free to cascade this information to whomever you feel appropriate (including using the information in your newsletters/websites etc.). 30/10/2015 Urban fraud myths 30/10/2015 Ministry of Justice scams 30/10/2015 Rogue Roofers Operating in Nuneaton Area 27/10/2015 Loyalty grants 27/10/2015 Broadband ‘cut off’ scam 27/10/2015 Paying Your Bills? Get £8000 scam 30/10/2015 Urban fraud myths By Simon Cripwell on Oct 30, 2015 12:15 pm Urban Fraud Myths Dating fraud: Over the last year 3,543 have reported dating fraud to Action Fraud losing on average £33k. Date safe Date Safe Spoofing: Find out more about spoofing and how to protect yourself Pin safety: Read the Joint Declaration by Police & UK Banks listing  warning signs of phone scam imposters Read in browser » 30/10/2015 Ministry of Justice scams By Simon Cripwell on Oct 30, 2015 11:08 am Warwickshire Trading Standards have recently received a large number of reports about criminal gangs phoning residents, falsely claiming to be calling from the Ministry of Justice. The callers usually claim to be calling to provide the consumer with some sort of grant, reward or compensation. Beware, don't provide any personal or financial information to people who phone you! Read in browser » 30/10/2015 Rogue Roofers Operating in Nuneaton Area By Simon Cripwell on Oct 30, 2015 10:16 am Nuneaton residents are warned to beware of rogue traders offering roofing work door to door in the local area. Warwickshire Trading Standards advises residents not to buy at the door. You can't tell a good trader from a bad one on the doorstep. Keep your door closed! Rogue traders often claim to be based locally but instead use false addresses and 0800 or local phone numbers linked to untraceable mobile phones. Their quotes may begin low but soon rocket and the work is typically done to a very poor standard! Rogue traders dress smartly and can appear very plausible. They often use professional cards and flyers and may even have their own websites. Rogue traders often offer to replace loose roof tiles, or pressure wash or ‘treat’ a roof with special (often red coloured) ‘heat insulating paint’. Loose Roof Tiles: Rogue traders often falsely claim that an owner’s property has loose roof tiles as it is difficult to for a householder to verify if this is true or not. Once on the roof, rogue traders can then ‘find’ other jobs to do and may even damage roofs on purpose, just so they can charge to repair them. Jet Spraying Roofs: Rogue traders may offer to jet spray a roof to clean it and remove moss. However, roofing experts warn that roof tiles should not be subject to high-pressure washing. To do so can potentially damage or break the tiles and remove any aesthetic granular tile finish. ‘Insulating Paint’: Rogue traders may offer to paint your roof with (often red coloured) ‘special insulating paint’. There is no evidence that the products they would use would have any insulating qualities. Further, to allow them to carry out this ‘work’ may damage your roof. Consumers requiring further advice or information, or to report a rogue trader should phone Warwickshire Trading Standards on 03454 040506 (via Citizens Advice Consumer Service). Read in browser » 27/10/2015 Loyalty grants By Simon Cripwell on Oct 27, 2015 12:24 pm Consumers are warned to beware of criminal gangs cold calling consumers to offer them loyalty grants for working 'a long time.' The bogus callers often ask for bank details or advance fees from the consumer to claim the non existent grant. NEVER reveal personal or financial information to callers. Read in browser » 27/10/2015 Broadband ‘cut off’ scam By Simon Cripwell on Oct 27, 2015 12:11 pm A Warwickshire resident reported receiving a telephone call from someone claiming to be from BT. The caller claimed that BT had not received the consumer's direct debit information and would be cut off. The caller knew the consumer's address and asked for the name of the consumer's bank and other bank details. The consumer revealed the name of their bank and the caller said they would contact them direct. A few minutes later the consumer's phone rang again. This time the caller claimed to be from the consumer's bank requesting credit and debit card details and PIN numbers etc. The consumer did not reveal any bank account numbers or PINS. These phone calls were bogus and the criminals behind them hoped to obtain enough bank information to steal money and possibly commit identity fraud. NEVER reveal any personal or financial/banking information to anyone phoning you, however plausible they may sound. Genuine callers will always be happy for you to phone back on a publicly listed phone number. Always wait several minutes before phoning back or use another phone. Some fraudsters keep phone lines open! Read in browser » 27/10/2015 Paying Your Bills? Get £8000 scam By Simon Cripwell on Oct 27, 2015 11:58 am Warwickshire residents are receiving unexpected phone calls from representatives of a 'Government' group to advise them that, as they were paying their bills, they had been added to a random draw and would now be receiving an £8000 award! This advanced fee fraud scam usually leads to the caller asking for money up front before the £8000 'grant' is paid out. In reality, the Government group, random draw and grant is a bogus story concocted by criminal gangs. Read in browser »   Recent Articles: 22/10/2015: Bogus Trading Standards Officers warning! 14/10/2015 Trading Standards Business Newsletter 09/10/2015 When is a charity not a charity? 08/10/2015 Businesses offered help to understand the biggest shake up of consumer law in a generation 08/10/2015 Another Free Serving of ‘Phish and Chips’ – cyber-crime and data-security seminar for business

Our mailing address is: Warwickshire County Council Shire Hall Warwick, Warwickshire CV34 4RL United Kingdom

@SOU - Warning for horse owners

Incident 280 - 25/10/2015 refers to a suspicious incident where a member of a livery yard saw a vehicle at the end of a farm drive. Two elderly females were near the vehicle trying to call a black and white cob horse over to them. When questioned what they were doing they stated that they were looking at the horse. 

 

Incident 253 - 24/10/2015 refers to a similar incident where two elderly females were seen tying a bow to a fence post. A black and white cob was found to have its mane plaited.

 

It is not known what vehicle the two females were in, please could I ask you to be vigilant and report any suspicious incidents.

 

Southam Farm watch

Telephone 01926 684984
Email SouthamFarmWatch@Warwickshire.pnn.police.uk
Voicemail 14984

Please access our website www.safer-neighbourhoods.co.uk for the latest news in the Stratford District and also Southam SNT newsletters. In a non emergency or to report a crime dial 101

Horse owners in Warwickshire can check for related information on the HORSEWATCH BLOG

@WAR - No trick or treat poster

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@NAT - Your receipt for today's Ocado delivery, is a SCAM. Do NOT open attachment.

You'll find your receipt attached.

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This email has a very professionally appearance but note that the link in the header does not work.

Also notice that the email is not personalised in any way and that the exact wording is used for every email.

Hello Your receipt for today’s delivery is attached to this email. I’ll be delivering your 12:00-14:00 order and, so you’ll know it’s me, I’ll be driving the Lemon van. Your order doesn’t have any substitutions, everything’s there. See you later, Paul

@NAT - Get Safe Online Week 19-24 October 2015

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Warwickshire Trading Standards email alerts. Please feel free to cascade this information to whomever you feel appropriate (including using the information in your newsletters/websites etc.). 09/10/2015 When is a charity not a charity? 08/10/2015 Businesses offered help to understand the biggest shake up of consumer law in a generation 08/10/2015 Another Free Serving of ‘Phish and Chips’ – cyber-crime and data-security seminar for business 09/10/2015 When is a charity not a charity? By Simon Cripwell on Oct 09, 2015 12:53 pm Warwickshire Trading Standards has recently received a number of complaints and enquiries about charity donations. Residents have reported being approached on their doorstep, often in the evening, by people selling lottery and prize draw weekly or monthly ticket subscriptions, supporting a range of charities. Residents are asked to sign up and provide their bank details. These approaches are sometimes made over the phone as well. Residents may think they are signing up directly with a charity, but often they are actually signing up with a lottery and prize draw gambling business who claim to support the charity or charities in question and give an unspecified percentage of their profits away to good causes. The businesses may be licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission but they are not charities and will not have a charity number or be listed on the Charity Commission website (use their search facility to look up charities). If you want to be sure you are giving directly to a charity, ask 'are you a charity?' and 'can I see your charity number?' It is a criminal offence to falsely claim to be a charity.  If in doubt do not sign up.  Warwickshire Trading Standards does not in any case advise consumers to give any personal or financial information to unexpected doorstep or telephone callers. Read in browser » 08/10/2015 Businesses offered help to understand the biggest shake up of consumer law in a generation By Simon Cripwell on Oct 08, 2015 01:51 pm Warwickshire businesses are being offered help and advice by Warwickshire County Council Trading Standards to understand and comply with the biggest change to consumer law in the UK for a generation. Read in browser » 08/10/2015 Another Free Serving of ‘Phish and Chips’ – cyber-crime and data-security seminar for business By Simon Cripwell on Oct 08, 2015 01:49 pm Small businesses in Warwickshire, and especially in Nuneaton and North Warwickshire are urged to book now for a second helping of ‘'Phish and Chips'’, an expert led free cyber-crime and data-security advice and education seminar. Read in browser » Recent Articles: 22/09/2015 ‘Terrific’ car bought in Rugby was really a terror! 22/09/2015 Free electric blanket tests are now open to all 16/09/2015 Rugby World Cup fake ticket warning – buy safe with this advice 16/09/2015 Rugby Word Cup bogus lotteries and sweepstakes 15/09/2015 Puppy buyers who get it wrong face £1000 bill!

Our mailing address is: Warwickshire County Council Shire Hall Warwick, Warwickshire CV34 4RL United Kingdom

@SOU - Theft from car in Wormleighton, 11th October

Nurses bag stolen from vehicle parked in Wormleighton INC 98 of 11 October

Please be aware that at around 4am on 11 October, offenders broke into a vehicle parked outside a home in Wormleighton, Southam by smashing the rear window and the rear drivers side window.  The offenders made off with a nurses bag from inside.

If you have information that you believe may be connected to this incident, please contact Police on 101, quoting incident number 98 of 11 October.

Thank you

Julie Dale

Warwickshire Police