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Hello Everyone,
Unfortunately quite a lot of scams have come to our notice recently, making this potentially a rather long email.
You may be interested in the website ‘Have I been pwned’ (that’s correct, not my dodgy spelling) brought to my attention by the Cyber Protect Coordinator with the Police. If you put your email address into their search tool it will check the database to see if your email information has been breached. I have checked a number of email addresses here, both for myself and others and have found quite a few have been subject to data breaches by online organisations.
If your email has been breached it is advisable to change your password, but the website will give you information as to what data has been stolen and whether it has been subject to a ‘paste’. This is where criminals add the details they’ve stolen to a shared space so that other criminals also have your personal details. Fortunately I have not found anyone who has been affected by a paste.
I have included below an Action Fraud warning regarding a ‘sexting’ scam which is extremely alarming for those receiving it. Please do not panic if you get one of these emails, they are unfortunately getting all the more common. You may notice that the fraudster would like paying in bitcoin. The other payment methods popular with scammers is bank transfer and vouchers, such as iTunes. These payment methods are very hard to trace so be wary of anyone asking for payment these ways.
A solar panel scam recently reported to us runs something like this; an unexpected call from a company who claim that the installer of your solar panels has gone into liquidation and they had taken over responsibility. They ask to visit (at no cost) to check the safety of the installation, then ‘find’ that you need a replacement inverter. The resident who reported this scam luckily called their original installer to check. The genuine company (who had not gone into administration or liquidation) were aware of similar scams where such firms get access to an installation and then claim, wrongly, that the installation is faulty. They then install a more expensive inverter (charged to the householder) and also sell on the original perfectly good inverter.
We have also been alerted by a resident who placed an advert on Gumtree. A person who responded to the ad sent a fake PayPal confirmation of payment via email. If you sell goods online please double check your account balance to ensure the money has really been paid into your account and do not supply any goods before payment.
eCops have been warning about fake texts from ‘Argos’. The Argos text scam (more details below) claims that you have a refund owing. It will direct you to a website, often a good copy of the genuine site, which is designed to trick you into giving away personal and financial information.
eCops is an email messaging system brought to you by Cambridgeshire Constabulary. By registering with eCops, you receive news and appeals, local crime information and crime prevention advice – direct to you as an e-mail. The service is completely free and works alongside Neighbourhood Watch to bring you messages about your local area. It also allows you to feedback information to your local policing team, to help police your neighbourhood effectively. If you would like to receive alerts from eCops yourself you can sign up from this page.
Please stay safe and as always, let me know if you would like to come off my email address list.
Kind Regards
Elaine Mountfort
Community Protection Officer
People and Communities Directorate
Telephone: 01954 286006 or 07810153604
It is always sad to report another school friend passing away, Peter Austin Carter (09/03/52 – 09/07/18). Peter married class mate ‘April Hall’ and were together all their married life.
Funeral service to be held on Thursday 26th July, 2.30pm at Peterborough Crematorium.Family flowers only please, donations may be made at the service for Melanoma UK.
©RG – Picture taken at our Sir Harry Smith School Reunion September 2002 with Peter & April Carter.
I hear that some ‘Brits’ feel so sorry for Nigerian Scammers, who are still using e-mails 20 years old to try and ‘fleece’ our vulnerable with their stories….
The latest is what came out….
ATTENTION: (No Name)
MY NAME IS JEAN ABBAS. I AM 23 YEARS OLD BOY AND ALSO THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE CHIEF PETER ABBAS. MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA AND GOLD MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN, BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS ASSOCIATES.
BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY LATE FATHER IN A HOSPITAL HERE, HE TOLD ME THAT HE DEPOSITED TRUNK BOX THAT CONTAINS (US $12.5M) IN A SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN MY NAME AS THE NEXT OF KIN AND MY LATE FATHER DECLEARED THE TRUNK BOX TO THE SECURITY COMPANY AS FAMILY VALUABLE NOT AS MONEY FOR SECURITY REASON AND I HAVE CONFIRMED THE DEPOSIT WITH THE SECURITY COMPANY AND I HAVE THEIR CONTACT AND ALL THE DOCUMENTS WITH ME BEFORE I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU TO HELP ME RETRIEVE THE TRUNK BOX ON MY BEHALF AS MY FOREIGN BUSINESS PARTNER FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT BY YOU FOR MY FUTURE.
PLEASE, I WILL LIKE TO RELOCATE FROM HERE TO YOUR COUNTRY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE MY WICKED UNCLE AND HIS WIFE IS AFTER MY LIFE BECAUSE OF THIS MONEY, THEY HAVE ALREADY SAT IN ALL MY LATE FATHER’S ASSETS AND PROPERTIES AND ALSO WANTS ME DEAD SO THAT THEY WILL TAKE THE DOCUMENTS AND THE CONTACT OF THE SECURITY COMPANY FROM ME BUT I THANK GOD TODAY THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW MY WHERE ABOUT NOW BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT MY LIFE IS IN DANGER AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY IF YOU CAN HELP ME SO THAT I WILL NOT LOOSE MY LIFE AND MY INHERITED MONEY IN THE HAND OF MY WICKED UNCLE AND HIS WIFE.
PLEASE I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT MY HEALTH IS MY WEALTH SO IF YOU’RE WILLING AND READY TO HELP ME KINDLY GET BACK TO ME FOR MORE DETAILS OR YOU CALL ME THROUGH THIS Email: (Removed Russian address) OR (Removed Russian address). YOU CAN REACH ALSO THROUGH THIS TELEPHONE NUMBER: (Removed)
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR BEING THERE FOR ME
There was 8 interested in a very good presentation by Maureen Watson about Whittlesey (Whittlesea) and our villages during the 59’/60’s
Another session at The Eastrea Centre next Tuesday 14:30 (Free)
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A suspicious van has been doing the rounds in Farcet – and maybe heading our way.
White Ford Transit Van Reg HV11 – checks reveal the van has NO MOT….
If you see this van in Whittlesey please let me know….
Members of the public are invited to attend the first Annual Public Meeting of North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust to find out more about how their local hospitals are run.
The Trust was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust and Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The Annual Public Meeting for the new Trust will look back on the first year of operation and the achievements of staff in that period. The meeting will be held in the Partnership Suite at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, at 5:30pm on Thursday 19 July 2018.
Members of the public are welcome to participate in the meeting by posing questions to the Trust’s directors and governors.
To register your attendance, and to let us know of any special requirements, please call 01733 678024 or email nwangliaft.communications@nhs.net
Note:
RG – Unfortunately I have another commitment and am unable to attend this meeting.
Another excellent talk being given by ‘local’ historian Maureen Watson, at the Eastrea Centre, Tuesday 17th July @ 14:30 for the next 6 weeks.
History on the Villages and Whittlesey.
FYI – I’ve a very good little booklet below for those who maybe unaware of ‘some’ of the history of Coates, I actually lived on South Green from 1952 to 1962 ‘Almost A Coates Boy’
Wheatley, S Bedford, F R Wheatley
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ps Maybe would be candidates for next years local elections would benefit from doing a bit of research on the area they are hoping to be elected for…..I doubt it.
Disclaimer: These observations are not the ‘official’ minutes of the meeting, these are supplied by Whittlesey Town Council, normally (1) month following the meeting and can be viewed on their website.
Other Business:-
Kings Dyke Bridge – nothing much to report than was published last week on this site.
It is ‘hoped’ that a detailed plan and costing will be done by September.
Kings Delph Layby – meetings have taken place between various stakeholders in respect of the Layby being used at a toilet by those parked there.
No money to do anything permanently – but a Portable Toilet maybe installed and financed for 6 months initially.
New Council Offices – All progressing – No budget as such has been set or agreed, awaiting detailed plans and costings. Invitation to local contractors and businesses to tender for the work.
Gravel House Corner -A somewhat overly lengthy debate 30 minutes took place on applying for a 40mph on Gravel House Corner took place – more to follow on this.
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I’ve been asked to clarify and give a better quality images of what I posted yesterday.
Councils have to publish records of Councillors attendance at official meetings.
In the case of Whittlesey Town Council these statistics became available on Tuesday.
To clarify the rules – if a Councillor misses 6 months of meetings without an excuse (illness for example) they declare themselves barred from office.
In the case of Whittlesey Councillor Steve Garrett although he has missed more than 6 months of ‘Full Council meetings’ he has attended ‘1’ meeting in February 2018
I still maintain this is an extremely poor attendance for a Councillor – and is an insult to the electorate he represents, going to meetings is a core requirement for Councillors, not only to make representations but to hear and listen to other issues.
When members of the public have attended more Council meetings than Councillors themselves is a very poor show indeed.
By the way – congratulations to those Councillors who attended 100% of their meetings…..
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