@WAR - Trading Standards Scam Alerts from Warwickshire County Council for 05/04/2014

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.).

Safety Warning Potentially Faulty Defibrillators Beware Fake Babyliss Curling Electrical Hair Products Warwickshire Trading Standards Appears on Fake Britain Advanced Fee Fraud 192 Scam Emails May is Scams Awareness Month 2014 Business Job Application Fraud Warning Pension Warning Phishing Scams Jobseeker Scam VIEW IN BROWSER FOR MORE DETAIL

@WEL - Gaydon Village Shop and arrests

Hello,

The local village shop in GAYDON was burgled in the early hours of 6th May by offenders who damaged the front door to gain entry and cigarettes and cash were taken.

2 persons who were seen by police officers acting suspiciously nearby were = questioned & subsequently arrested and then taken into custody.

Incident no 3 of 6th May 2014 refers

Kind Regards,

Martin Sanford

PCSO 6060

Wellesbourne safer neighbourhood team

Stratford on Avon police station

Rother Street

CV37 6RD

Tel 01789 444600

@WEL - Kineton Farmers' Markets 2014

KINETON

FARMERS’ MARKETS

MARKET SQUARE, KINETON

Dates for 2014

May 10^th

July 12^th

September 13th

OPENING FROM 10am to 12.30pm

@WEL @SOS - Wellesbourne rural watch update 03/05/14

Hello,

Just off our Snt area ( covered by our Shipston colleauges ) but relevant due to it's close proximity to Wellesbourne.

A large outbuilding on a farm  situated on Stratford road LOXLEY has been broken into overnight between Friday 2nd & Saturday 3rd May 2014.

A large quantity of tools including chainsaws have been stolen by offender/s who forced the side door of the building and it is believed they then made their escape by driving across fields to the main road. ( incident number 57 of 03/05/14 refers )

Please be wary of any persons or vehicles seen acting suspiciously near rural premises or farms whatever the time of day and try ( without putting yourself at risk ) to obtain any registration numbers or descriptions then immediately dial us on 101 or obviously 999 if a crime is taking place or should you feel that an immediate response is required.

Thanks and kind regards,

Martin Sanford

PCSO 6060

Wellesbourne safer neighbourhood team

Stratford on Avon police station

Rother Street

CV37 6RD

Tel 01789 444600

@WEL - Recent incident in Wellesbourne

Yesterday my elderly parents came back from shopping and noticed a short man wearing a woolly hat and Wellington boots knocking on doors on the Dovehouse estate. He eventually knocked on their door and offered to power wash the front drive for only £5 per metre. He told them he would show them what he could do so then the garage was opened so he could access the water supply.

He proceeded to clean the whole drive without permission and demanded £350 in payment. He was offered a cheque but refused abruptly and said that he would take my mother to the hole in the wall. They refused to pay £350 so he told them he would let them have it for £300.

They paid him just to get rid of him as they were frightened of what he could do. They rummaged around the house for £300 cash.

Just wanted to make everyone aware of this scam, do not let him show you what he does.

Police have been informed.

@NAT - Warwickshire Police - press release on scams

Please click on to this link and read the message carefully

http://onlinenews.warwickshire.police.uk/wpnews_pressrelease/police-repeat-warnings-in-warwickshire-and-west-mercia-about-telephone-banking-scams-/16237

Note item 7.  “Do not be embarrassed to report a fraud if you have been affected. This is a national scam and you are not alone – many people have been taken in by it “.

@WAR - Door to door collections, South Warwickshire

Door to door collectors for the charity Oxfam are active in Harbury and this much has been confirmed  by Oxfam ( telephone 0300 200 1300) to me. Furthermore it is their intention to canvass post code areas CV1 through to CV47 over the next few days/weeks.

It is likely that these collectors are agency staff working on a commission basis.  They can be very persistent and are expert at overcoming objections. It is not a good idea, in any circumstances, to give details of your bank account and/or a specimen of your signature to a stranger.

If they will not take ‘no’ for an answer, if they become aggressive and/or if you feel threatened, you should call the police on 101.