Merry Christmas – A Safe, Healthy & Prosperous New Year


Having a few days rest – so unless anything urgent arises there will be no planned updates
A very sucessful year for the
Roy Gerstner Community Activist Web-Blog.

Averaging between 1,200 – 1,500 individual people passing daily, which I am very proud of.
2+ Million Hits since I started….


2022 will bring new challenges to us all, so let us all play safe and wishing you all a
Peaceful day on Christmas Day.
Roy & Connie G…..

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Action Fraud – Good Advice

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Just Before Christmas A Very Convincing Scam

From a local resident I received a text message today stating that the Post Office had tried to deliver a parcel to me at 16.36 but that I was out (which I was not) and including a link to a website where I could arrange redelivery.
The Post Office doesn’t send messages like this, it is the Royal Mail that does so and when I copied the number and input it on the track and trace section of the Royal Mail website the number isn’t recognised which it would do if the parcel was already in their system and had been out for delivery.
The decider for me is the request for £1.99 whereas the Royal Mail does not charge for redelivery.
Royal Mail Scam

 

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Well Done – A Good Result Before Christmas

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Railway Station News Update

STATIONSIGNAGE - AA231221

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Today & Tomorrow (24th) Walk-In Booster Jabs

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Parcel Scams

Parcel Delivery scams

Online shopping has increased and therefore the use of couriers and mail carriers in order to deliver packages has also increased.

This has given an opportunity for scammers to send emails and texts pretending to be from well known courier companies asking for money as the postage price has not been paid, or for duty on items inside. You pay the duty or shortfall and no parcel arrives.

Most mail and courier companies will not collect the parcel if their is an outstanding amount on the postage cost. And for items with duty, you will probably, receive an invoice through the post asking you to pay, before they even try to deliver. In this case it will have the items details on the invoice and you will know you ordered it.

So our advice is, even if you are expecting a parcel and receive a message to say the postage is wrong, ignore it, at the very worst the parcel will be returned to sender, and you will email the company asking where your parcel is and they will resend, but you will probably find that despite ignoring the message, you receive your parcel any way, and there will not be a shortfall on the postage.

Here are the details for reporting Fraud based Crimes. Follow the ink:- https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/ or call 03001232040 
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Hurrah – Wonderful – Ottermans Is Cleared Up For Now….

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WTC Council Report # 1 – Updated

I am grateful to Mr Stephen Rice MRICS Director of SBRice., who has corrected some errors in my original report. As I have always made clear, mistakes and errors occasionally happen unintentionally.
Please see new version, with highlighted in blue the corrections.

Dec 2021 - WTC Meeting Pro Forma. Ver II
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Latest Local COVID Stats

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Road Closure Notices…..


Eastgate….

22-022 Eastgate Whittelsey

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Ottermans Corner Update @ 09:41 Thursday 23rd Dec

1. CNC have confirmed the works carried out by owners are acceptable.

2. Humphreys will be on site within the hour to remove barriers

3. Avanti will be on site this afternoon to remove the lights.


So all being well Market Street/Broad Street will be (almost) back to normal

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