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Category: News
Alert: a telephone scam that has recently been reported in the Farnborough area.
Hampshire Trading Standards Service would like residents to be alert to a telephone scam that has recently been reported in the Farnborough area.
The scam starts with a phone call from a male purporting to be ‘Sgt Harris’ from Hammersmith Police. ‘Harris’ advises the resident that they have detained a member of bank staff under suspicion of fraudulent activity on the residents bank account.
‘Harris’ then askes the resident to call 161 (or 061) satisfy themselves that he is a genuine caller. The resident then hangs up, but ‘Harris’ then keeps the telephone line open. When the resident calls 161 or 061 an accomplice answers and confirms ‘Harris’ is a genuine caller.
The resident is then advised to call their bank. Again the line is left open by the accomplice, but the resident thinks they have started a new call. The person answering this time claims to be from the bank, and after taking some security details and a mobile phone number, tells the resident that a large amount of money has been removed from their account, and put back in as counterfeit money. This money needs to be withdrawn from the account and handed to the Police at an arranged contact point.
Further calls are made to the residents mobile phone number to encourage them to get the money.
It should be noted that there are variations on this scam and the information is not restricted to the above. Although reports have come in from the Farnborough area, there is no reason to suspect that this may not be a countywide issue.
Trading Standards would advise consumers never to give personal details to any person who has called them on the telephone, no matter who they say they are. The Police will never ask a resident to withdraw money.
If any resident is contacted by the Police, and they are suspicious, best advise is to get a collar number from the caller. Using a different phone, or after 20 minutes, call 101 and ask for the officer.
To report a scam or suspicious phone call, contact our partners at the Citizens Advice Consumer Helpline on 03454 05 06 07, or the Police on 101.
Hampshire County Council Trading Standards Service
Montgomery House Monarch Way
Winchester Hampshire SO22 5PW
Tel: 01962 833620
Fax: 01962 833698
E-mail: doorstep.crime@hants.gov.uk
Friends of the Family
Train to be a volunteer befriender this spring
“We need volunteers!” That’s the message from local charity, Friends of the Family, who have just launched their latest campaign to recruit volunteer befrienders for the 5s to 13s Project.
The Project supports vulnerable children and families living across the Winchester district through the provision of a trained volunteer befriender who visits a family for a two hour period each week. Befrienders spend quality time with a focus child and undertake activities both inside the home and outdoors.
Friends of the Family will be running its next free training course over two days in April and local men and women, aged 23+, are encouraged to get in touch to find out more about this rewarding voluntary role.
5s to 13s Project Leader Sam Hunt said: “If you’d like to train to become a volunteer befriender and join likeminded people on our next training course then please get in touch. Just two hours a week of your time can make an incredible difference to a child and their family.”
To apply, or find out more, please email volunteer@fotfwinchester.org or call Lisa Travers, Volunteer Co-ordinator, on 01962 864466.
Parish Connect -December 2015
Parish Connect – December 2015
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Heritage Index
The Royal Society of Arts is collaborating with the Heritage Lottery Fund to better understand the links between heritage and identity at the local scale. The RSA has analysed over 100 datasets to produce a Heritage Index to help people understand local heritage assets and activities, and access relevant data through a single site. Data ranges from the length of canals and size of protected wildlife sites, through to the number of historic local businesses and the proportion of residents visiting museums and archives.
The Index is designed to stimulate debate about what is valued from the past, and how that influences the identity of its current residents. This can help a place achieve its aspirations to grow and prosper, socially and economically.
Rachel Bebb is a ‘Heritage Ambassador’ for Hampshire, one of a number of Fellows of the RSA who have an interest in heritage and the local community. If you would like to contribute to the conversation please find out more by visiting this link to the RSA’s website and contact Rachel with your contributions directly.
RSA website
Rachel Bebb
rachel@gardengallery.uk.com
01794 301144
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