GOOD END TO THE WEEK
NO BURGLARIES
AND
NO CARS BROKEN INTO
FIRST - I would normally put this into COMMENTS, as it relates to a scam phone call, but this one is so disturbing, I want to deal with it first.
Hi
Please publicise a scam that was tried twice on a mother and daughter, in Cookham. The mother attends the day centre and received a call supposedly from HMRC, telling her she owed money and there was a warrant out for her arrest, unless she rang a phone number ! Fortunately, her daughter had warned her about a differently worded scam she had received, earlier that week, so the mother had let the call go to her answerphone. Her daughter ignored her scam, but reported her mother's to the police, because the wording was more threatening. She knew it was a scam, but many of my members would not have and would have reacted very differently.
Many thanks
Miriam Blazey
Manager Elizabeth House Day Centre
AND:
Hi
Message left on my answer phone yesterday, which I feel is worth reporting
A WARRANT FOR YOUR ARREST, YOUR WARRANT NUMBER IS WC4548. AS THERE IS A LEGAL CASE GOING TO BE FILED AGAINST YOUR NAME, NOW BEFORE THE CASE IS SENT FOR EXECUTION AND YOU RECIEVE THE LEGAL COURSE OF NOTIFICATION, YOU CAN PHONE THE HMRC ON 020 3286 3344.
DON’T IGNORE…………..
Obviously, I have not replied to this, but if somebody else gets the same message, they might be tempted!
Regards
Ken
I have now received dozens, upon dozens of calls, to say people, particularly elderly people, have received this call and they are very upset by it, as it is very threatening. This is the HMRC scam, I mentioned last week.
When you call the number, you are told you owe money to the Inland Revenue, from several years ago. You have been informed about this by letter, but you have not responded and several County Court Judgements have therefore been entered against you and as a result, a warrant has been issued for your arrest. The police will be arriving shortly, to take you to prison.
As you can imagine, this causes a great deal of anxiety. I mentioned last week, one of our members had phoned them back to try and prevent the police arriving on her doorstep. In their case, it was explained she owed £2,900. If she paid the £2,900 immediately, they could prevent the arrest and imprisonment. If they failed to pay, there would be more court proceedings and the bill could possibly be £68,000.
Can everyone circulate this as widely as possible please to avoid unnecessary anxiety ? If you visits a day centre, library, community group ask them to alert members to this scam.
NEXT: I was invited last night, to present to the Oakley Green & Fifield community Association AGM - it was a pleasure and I am always happy to come out and talk to any group, to spread the warnings about scams and current frauds. If you want me to come and present, drop me an email to me police email at the bottom of this message. It is a good way to spread the warnings.
I mention the meeting because firstly there was a brilliant presentation by Andy McCabe, about his group called ‘Starfish’, who provide swimming lessons and fun in the water, to anyone who is disabled mentally / physically. Their current age range is 5 - 95. There is a waiting list for this brilliant service and they need more volunteers to reduce this. They do have qualified swimming teachers. They recently went to the National Championships and came back with a sack full of medals. They need sponsorship, funding and of course volunteers to help. If you want more details, email me again at my email below and I will put you in touch.
As we were discussing email scams someone came forward and offered their IT skills to assist anyone with IT fraud / Scam issues. That gives us two volunteer IT Gurus for you to ask, if you have IT security issues. We discussed how often computers should be backed up as a result of the current scams / viruses etc. He has automatic hard drive back up - every day ! Most of us are lucky to do it once a month to an external hard drive, but it is something we must do. If you have a any questions, I can forward them to him.
It was a brilliant evening, with some really good questions and experiences. If you want me to come along and talk to your group, just email me below.
MAIDENHEAD CENTRAL:
maidenheadcentralnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk19/5 Wednesday 9 a.m. / 5.15 p.m. Car park, Holmanleaze. Car keyed.
19/9 Wednesday 9 a.m. / 3 p.m. Grenfell Place. Bike locked in a bike rack stolen. A black, Carrera Vengeance, mountain bike.
19/9 Wednesday 5 p.m. / 9.15 p.m. Shopping Centre, Nicholson’s Walk. A grey & blue, Cross FXT500 mountain bike.
RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:
NO CRIME TO REPORT.
MAIDENHEAD WEST
maidenheadwestnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.ukBISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS, LITTLEWICK GREEN & KNOWL HILL:
NO CRIME TO REPORT.
PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:
NO CRIME TO REPORT.
MAIDENHEAD SOUTH
maidenheadsouthnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.ukBOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:
14/9 - 19/9 Friday 8 p.m. / Wednesday 12.45 p.m. Boyndon Road. Front and rear index plates stolen.
OLDFIELD & BRAY:
NO CRIME TO REPORT.
Wish these calls could be stopped, there are a ilot of vunerable people out there who will believe it and PRESS 1 
