Crime: 21 February 2012

Paul Hay – my volunteer IT Guru, has been reading recent emails about scams and has prepared the short advice at the bottom of this message.

GOOD NEWS:
Man charged with two burglaries – Maidenhead

A man has been remanded in custody charged with two burglaries in Maidenhead.

Jason Perry, aged 22, of no fixed abode, appeared before Slough Magistrates’ Court yesterday (20/2), charged in connection with a burglary in Allenby Road and Portlock Road. Both offences occurred on 18 February.

During the burglary in Allenby Road, a laptop, handbag and cash were stolen. Three laptops, two handbags and cash were stolen during the other burglary.

Perry has been remanded for sentencing at Reading Crown Court - date yet to be fixed.

CRIME:
BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS, LITTLEWICK GREEN & KNOWL HILL:
cookhamneighbourhood@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
18/2 Saturday 11.30 a.m. Bisham village. Chainsaw stolen from a garden. The owner was cutting his hedge. He went into his shed to get a saw. When he got back, the chain saw had been stolen.
11/2 – 19/2 Stone House Lane, Cookham. Burglary – Summerhouse entered then the rear patio doors were forced – TV stolen.
15/2 – 17/2 Wednesday / Friday Hills Lane, Cookham. INSECURE garage entered – hedge trimmer and chainsaw stolen.
20/2 – 21/2 Monday / Tuesday Farm, Church Hill, White Waltham. Attempt to break in through a wall – no entry gained.

BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:
boynhillcoxgreennhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
20/2 Monday 11.30 p.m. Boyn Valley Road. 2 men were disturbed breaking into a garage. They immediately made off towards Maidenhead.

RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:
maidenheadriverside&belmontnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
19/2 – 20/2 Sunday / Monday Penyston Road X 2. Car rear windscreens smashed.
18/2 Saturday 4.30 a.m. Portlock Road. Burglary – via forced front door – mobiles X 3, laptops X 3, jewellery, watches, handbag and contents and sunglasses stolen. The owner returned disturbing the offender who immediately made off.
17/2 Friday 7.20 p.m. / 7.35 p.m. Alexandra Road. Burglary – A witness saw a man leaving the property and getting into possibly a Saab. Upon investigation a window had been forced. Not known what was stolen.
16/2 – 17/2 Thursday 10 p.m. / Friday 9 a.m. Ashley Park. The owner has found the lock to his garden gate, damaged with a broom handle – no entry gained.
17/2 Friday 3.15 a.m. Ashley Park. Burglary – The owner heard a noise and went to investigate. They disturbed a man in the property who immediately made off, fence hopping over neighbours gardens and fences. Mobile, laptops X 2 handbag plus contents, keys, and glasses stolen. The police were called and attended immediately calling in the tracker dog. The offender was not located but some of the stolen items were.
18/2 Saturday 10.30 p.m. Ashley Park. The owner of a car heard his horn sound and went to investigate. He found a man in his car who immediately made off. He called the police who attended immediately. They carried out an area search and located a man who matched the description given and he was arrested.
17/2 Friday 3 a.m. Poplars Grove. The owner heard a noise and went to investigate. They disturbed a man with a small torch inside the house. The man immediately made off via the garden.
17/2 Friday 1 a.m. – 3.15 a.m. Lower Cookham Road. Burglary – via forced UVPC door - handbag& contents and camera stolen. Some items were recovered discarded nearby, other items found hidden under bushes nearby.

INNER MAIDENHEAD:
maidenheadtowncentrenhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

NO CRIME TO REPORT.

OLDFIELD & BRAY:
oldfield&braynhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
17/2 – 18/2 Friday 11 p.m. / Saturday 7 a.m. Old Mill Lane, Bray. Burglary – via letterbox entry 42’’ TV, mobile, hedge trimmers X 2, Leaf blower, strimmer and drills X 2 stolen.
17/2 Friday 9.15 a.m. – 6.15 p.m. Moor End, Holyport. Attempted Burglary forced rear door after entering garden – no entry gained.
20/2 Monday 1.30 p.m. – 11.30 p.m. Holyport Road. Burglary via forced rear patio doors – the alarm sounded and the thief tried to pull the keypad and a TV off the wall and escape. He made off empty handed.

PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:
pinkneysgreen&furzeplattnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
18/2 – 19/2 Saturday 11 p.m. / Sunday 12.50 p.m. Allenby Road X 2. Attempted Burglary – via forced front door – no entry gained. The owner heard noises and went to investigate – they found a man with a torch inside the property. He had entered via connecting door to the garage which had been left insecure. Laptop, mobile, handbag and contents stolen. He had entered via the garden. The police were called and attended immediately. They carried out an area search and located a man matching the description given. As they approached he threw down some items. He was arrested and charged. See above.


SCAMS:

Hi Jeff - more phoney 'IRS Demands' - the first of two had dozens of recipient email addresses and my Server said both emails were too large to copy to you.

Graham

Next from Sarah-Jane – the spelling and English will tell you it is a scam - probably translated through Google Translate !

Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY


I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY

please contact the bank through this email address ecobank_bf@voila.fr

Dear friend

i am Mrs Angela Mayer and i have been surfering from ovarian cancer disease and the doctor says that i have just two days to leave.I am from (limerick) Ireland but base in Africa Burkina Faso since eight years ago as a business woman dealing with gold exportation.
Now that i am about to end the race like this,

without any family members and no child. I have 3 Million US DOLLARS in Africa Development Bank(ADB)Burkina Faso which i instructed the bank to give St Andrews Missionary Home in Burkina Faso.

But my mind is not at rest because i am writting this letter now t……………………..

MEMBERS ADVICE:
Jeff,

In quite a few of your recent messages you have had people report the email scams. Here are some basic ways to spot if an email is not genuine.

A scam email will typically have one or more of these characteristics

Generic greeting. In almost all cases they will not use your real name because they don’t know you, it will say something like Dear customer, Dear online user or Dear ‘email address’. This shows they do not know who you are. Any direct email from a genuine organisation you deal with will know and use your real name. If the email does not have your name, delete it.

Request for information. It will say they want you to send them some information, usually for verification reasons. A genuine organisation knows your details they would not have to ask you for them by email.

Threat. It may say that if you do not reply, some undesirable action may take place, such as closing or suspending your account. Genuine organisations do not act in this way.

Suspicious link or attachment. To provide the information, they want you to click on a web link or open an attachment. The link will not be a real link to the organisation. Often it is to a fake site where it will ask you to provide your personal details, or take you to a site that is trying to sell you something or display undesirable content. If they ask you to open an attachment, this can often be a way of loading a virus onto your computer.

You may also notice bad spelling and grammar.

If in ANY doubt, do not action the email. Instead telephone the real company and ask them if it is genuine. In almost every case it will not be. Remember, if calling, do not use a telephone number quoted in the email, find out the telephone number yourself through the web or directory enquiries.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Paul
 

Our grateful thanks to Paul for making this simple and understandable.