Crime: 10 October 2012
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the group email addresses for your local Neighbourhood teams have been
updated and the correct addresses are below – please use them if you
want to talk to or discuss anything with them. The photo cards of
all your team members are presently being updated and I will attach them
electronically as soon as they are available. They will also be
available as post cards and if you email the team they can drop some off
for your members / friends / work colleagues.
CRIME:
BISHAM,
COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS, LITTLEWICK GREEN & KNOWL HILL:
Neighbourhood
Page:
8/10 Monday
5.30 p.m. / 10 p.m. Popes Lane, Cookham Dean. Car index
plates stolen.
BOYN
HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:
Neighbourhood
Page:
Monday 5
p.m. / 5.30 p.m. Winbury Court, West Road. Attempted
Burglary to flat. Door forced – nothing stolen.
10/10 Wednesday
2 a.m. / 7 a.m. Barn Drive. Car driver’s window
smashed – nothing stolen.
RIVERSIDE
& BELMONT:
Neighbourhood
Page:
9/10 Tuesday
8.20 a.m. / 5 p.m. Marlow Road. Index plates stolen
from a car.
9/10 Tuesday
2.30 p.m. / 2.50 p.m. Car Park, Cannon Lane. Car rear
quarter light smashed. Black, wallet and contents stolen.
8/10 Monday 2.30
p.m. / 7.50 p.m. Blackamoor Lane. Burglary – front
door forced – tidy search. IPODs X 2, Pillowcase, mobile, Laptops
X 2, jewellery box and contents, watches X 2 stolen.
7/10 –
8/10 Sunday 4 p.m. / Monday 12 noon. Farm, Ray Mill Road
East. Metal beer barrels which were supporting a boat stolen
along with wooden supports which have been cut on site.
INNER
MAIDENHEAD:
Neighbourhood
Page:
9/10 Tuesday
5.30 p.m. / 11.30 p.m. Hairdresser, High Street. Front
door forced – 18 sets of hair straighteners. And a charity box stolen
OLDFIELD
& BRAY:
Neighbourhood
Page:
8/10 Monday
8 p.m. / 10 p.m. Restaurant, Windsor Road. Car parked
in the car park - rear windscreen smashed IPOD and suitcase stolen. CCTV
shows the thieves running down an alley and discarding the suitcase,
which was recovered.
PINKNEYS
GREEN & FURZE PLATT:
Neighbourhood
Page:
9/10
Tuesday 11.40 p.m. Lancaster Road. Arson. A
witness looked out of a window and saw someone running away from a car,
which had been set alight. The fire service were called who put out
the fire before it caught hold. A youth has been arrested.
8/10 –
9/10 Monday 11 p.m. / Tuesday 6.45 a.m. St Marks Crescent. Burglary. The
thief reached in via the cat flap and opened the rear door with the key,
which had been left in the lock. Handbag and contents
and paperwork stolen. The cash card was used at a cash till at 4.20
a.m. and money withdrawn.
8/10 Monday
7 p.m. / 7.15 p.m. Culham Drive, Furze Platt. The owner
heard a noise and went to investigate. A group of youths had pushed
over the bins and stolen a pair of secateurs
MEMBERS
COMMENTS:
RE THE
ADVICE FOR THE WINDOWS COLD CALLERS – We work for Windows and can see
your computer has some problems and is running slowly.....
Hi Jeff,
You can get
rid of these calls !
I've been in
business for three decades and I used to be a salesman in the 1980s.
Whenever
anybody rings just say my son (or daughter) deals with that and he's
here on Wednesdays. They rarely call back but if they do "he's on
holiday this week, not in yet, just left, having his lunch etc. Very
rarely a sales person is persistent and rings back on Wednesday.
In that
case, as well as saying he's is very difficult to contact just say
(After asking if it's a sales call and we are on the telephone
preference list) "My son says leave your name and number and he
will ring you back" They won't do this and you can say that your
son says if you don't leave your name and number he doesn't want to
speak to you.
The caller
is trained to get info and will ask endless questions: Is there another
number I can reach your son on? Is he the person that pays the phone
bill/gas bill etc.
The only
reply necessary is "I'm sorry but we don't give out information to
people we don't know" (or cold callers).
Q:Who am I
speaking to?
A: Who are
you calling? You have to ring back and speak to my son on Wednesday./
"I'm sorry but we don't give out information to people we don't
know" (or cold callers). What is your name and number etc.
Q:Are you
the home owner?
Who is
calling and what is your phone number? "I'm sorry but we don't give
out information to people we don't know"
"my son
(or daughter) deals with that and he's here on Wednesdays. "I'm
sorry but we don't give out information to people we don't know"
(or cold callers). What is your name and number etc.
Never give
out information. Answer questions with questions.
Don't get
upset. They will! NEVER GIVE ANY INFORMATION!
Ask them to
put it in writing to the address/email they have on file. NEVER GIVE
THEM YOUR ADDRESS/EMAIL when they ask you to confirm it. Nearly always
they don't even know who they are ringing.
The best way
to treat it is a game. Invent a son called Jasper or Jimmy and when
somebody does ring back saying "Is Jasper in?" "Jasper
asked me to ring him today when I spoke to him yesterday" etc
you know
immediately it's a salesperson/conman/scammer and can deal with it
easily.
David
AND
FROM CHRIS, FOLLOWING ON FROM THE ADVICE YESTERDAY:-
Hi Jeff,
It's even
more effective - if you really do have an Apple !
Chris
Finally –
as I have said, I am having difficulty putting out warnings, re
‘strange’ emails. If I use any of the wording from these
emails, your computer recognises it as dodgy and sends a bounce back to
TV Alert. Alert then immediately suspends that recipient ! I
have 1,400 of you suspended at the moment. Myself and a team of
volunteers are working through the list – re-activating everyone as
quickly as we can. As I say, I have to be very careful with the
words I use ! Someone has let me know that the ‘UPS’ delivery
email plus attachments, is still doing the rounds. Do not print out
the ‘attached’ label. Just bin it.
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