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FOREST ROW, HARTFIELD, NUTLEY, DANEHILL, FAIRWARP AND HOLTYE
Community Contact Wealden Wednesday 28 November to Tuesday 4 December 2007
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Sent by PCSO Lucy Paffett, Community Contact Coordinator
APPEALS, MESSAGES AND NEWS
Good News
Banks to tackle cheque fraud – from East Sussex Trading Standards
Banks to tackle cheque fraud by
introducing a 6 day cheque clearing limit from 30/11/07. Good news that
the banks have finally acted to close this abuse of our banking system
and something we in East Sussex have been warning about for the last
year as we have had several local people targeted by such fraud.
Not fool-proof, but the fraudsters will
now have to get the victim to act on the bogus cheque very quickly as
the cheque will bounce so promptly.
For more information visit the BBC website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7112829.stm
Messages
Visa Security Check Scam
A member of Community Contact has
emailed in to make you all aware of a telephone scam that is out there.
The call claims to be from the Security and Fraud Department at Visa.
They go onto to ask you about a recent large purchase which has been
made on your card, when you say it’s not yours they claim they will
re-credit your account with the missing sum, in truth you’ll find that
they debit this mystery sum leaving you out of pocket. In order to do
this they ask you to confirm the three security numbers on the back of
your card. DO NOT DO THIS. These are the numbers that enable you to
purchase goods over the Internet. If the call was genuinely from Visa,
they would know this and not ask you, they would use your personal
information for a security check i.e. full name, postcode, password,
date of birth etc.
These fraudsters are canny and lull you
into a false sense of security. They achieve this by claiming to be
from a fraud department, they don’t ask you many questions and they
offer an 0800 number for you call should you wish to speak to them at a
later date. Clever. Well outsmart them, call the number on the back of
your Visa card, this is legitimate and request that the real Visa
confirm or deny the mystery purchase.
For information on how to protect your banks cards, credit cards etc. click on the below link from Card Watch:
http://www.cardwatch.org.uk/default.asp?sectionid=3&Title=Cardholders
CRIME REPORT
Parish Time and Date Offence Address Details Serial No.
HARTFIELD Approx 1:45pm Tues 27/11/07 Sus. Act Edenbridge
Road A white Ford Transit was thought to be acting suspiciously. It
drove down a track and stopped for a short period. 718 of 27/11/07
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Vehicle Crime
Parish Time and Date Offence Address Details Serial No.
FOREST ROW Approx 1:30am Thurs 29/11/07 Damage Lewes Road VW van had a window broken 309 of 29/11/07
Contact Information
In an emergency dial 999
For less urgent matters call the Sussex Police Call Handling Centre on 0845 60 70 999 (open 24 x 7).
E-mail Sussex Police to report crime, click on http://www.sussex.police.uk/contact_us.asp
Please quote the relevant
serial number and date if you are responding to a reported crime, if
not, ask to report a crime and request the serial number.
Information about any type of crime can be given anonymously by calling CRIMESTOPPERS (open 24x7) 0800 555111 or email www.crimestoppers-uk.org/
To find out who your local Police Officers and Police Community Support Officers are and how to contact them go to http://www.sussex.police.uk
type in your post code and you’ll now find the names of all your local
neighbourhood officers. Click on their pictures and you’ll see their
personal profiles and contact details.
Free Home Fire Safety Visits by East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service:
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Fire Safety advice available at http://www.esfrs.org/
Other Contacts
Safer Wealden Partnership: Dave Law Anti Social Behaviour Co-ordinator 0845 6070999 ext. 33231 Email
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Trading Standards: 01323 418200 Email:
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British Transport Police: 0800 405040
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