Tag: Police
Excuse me! I’m new here. Can you direct me to …
A moment later your purse and cards have gone and so has that nice young stranger …
You feel annoyed, as much with yourself as the thief – ‘how could I have been so stupid?’ Well YOU are nice and helpful but read more …
Don’t be a sucker for a scam – plus ça change plus c’est la même chose
We know you’ve all hear about these tricks usually to try to diddle us out of money or get information about us or people in our Contacts lists.
It’s almost always the same thing – trying to get you to click on an attachment to an e-mail that will either lead you to revealing information to someone different from whom you supposed or, without further action on your part, do unpleasant things to your computer either overtly or covertly causing at least hassle, but more read more …
Police Alert – Courier Scam … again
This is a re
minder to residents in Aylesbury Vale to be on their guard to a telephone/bank card scam that is now spreading across the country. The scam is as follows:-
The victim receives an unsolicited telephone call from the fraudsters claiming to be their bank (or in some cases the police), stating that their systems have spotted a fraudulent payment on their card or read more …
Spammers – Episode 32543 – Cryptolocker ransomware
You are NOT being paranoid –they ARE out to get you.
Well, joy of joys there’s a new virus/trojan/nasty-thing out to get us … if we let it.
Let’s start with what it is. As usual it is delivered neatly wrapped in an innocent looking e-mail as an attachment looking just like set of funny cat pictures, or a message from your bank, anything to entice you to open it … and you do. read more …
Annual Community & Emergency Services Day
Annual Community & Emergency Services Day
at
Waddesdon Manor
on
Saturday 14 September, from 10am to 4pm.
Burglary prevention
With the current spell of warm weather the Aylesbury Town and Rural Neighbourhood Policing Teams are asking local residents to be vigilant with the security of their homes.
When it is warm it is easy to leave windows or doors open when either enjoying your garden, or in another part of your home. If you can’t see these windows / doors from where you are, it would be easy for an opportunist thief to gain access, steal your property and leave, without you even noticing.
Please remember not to leave accessible windows open at the front of your property when you are in your back garden and make sure that all accessible doors and windows are shut and locked before you go to bed. Don’t make life easy for opportunist criminals!
Make sure you report any suspicious activity at the time it is happening, to the Police. If you can, obtain a description of them, along with details of any vehicle they are using, especially the registration number. If the police are called at the time we stand a better chance of catching them.
Phone any suspicious incidents through to the Police via the 24 hour Police Enquiry Centre on 101, or if a crime is in progress dial on 999.
Shed Security
As thefts from garden sheds and outbuildings continue to be reported across the Vale, please take a moment to review the security of your own buildings.
The attachments (below), give some good tips and advice on increasing the security of sheds, garages and outbuilding. The harder it is for a potential criminal to break in, the more likely they are to not try in the first place.
- Many security measure cost little or no money, such as:-Shed alarms – which can be purchased from DIY stores and garden centres and emit a loud noise if the padlock is tampered with.
- Anti–tamper screws – these can used on doors read more …
Do you know how to report a fraud?
Six months since a new way to report fraud was introduced in the Thames Valley, residents are being reminded to remember Action Fraud.
On 3 December 2012, Action Fraud was rolled out to forces in the south east as a one-stop shop for fraud reporting. It has since gone live in every police force across the country and now deals with all fraud reports centrally. read more …
Garden Shed Security
Your shed or outbuilding may not be as exotic as this wonderful creation (yes, really, this is one of a large range of weird garden buildings made by a company in Elk River, Minnesota) but its contents might total a tidy sum.
As the weather has become warmer this is often a time when burglaries to sheds and outbuildings are committed.
During June in our area a burglary to a garage has been reported on Grenville Avenue, Wendover, a shed burglary on read more …
Dial 999?
Get me the Police!
There used to be no choice – dial 999, whatever the situation.
There are three critical numbers now in use in Buckinghamshire for police and medical matters. read more …
