A moment later your purse and cards have gone and so has that nice young stranger …
You feel annoyed, as much with yourself as the thief – ‘how could I have been so stupid?’ Well YOU are nice and helpful but
Crime
Don’t be a sucker for a scam – plus ça change plus c’est la même chose
We know you’ve all hear about these tricks usually to try to diddle us out of money or get information about us or people in our Contacts lists.
It’s almost always the same thing – trying to get you to click on an attachment to an e-mail that will either lead you to revealing information to someone different from whom you supposed or, without further action on your part, do unpleasant things to your computer either overtly or covertly causing at least hassle, but more
RansomWare – Modern Highway Robbery
The good folk at Which? magazine have published this useful page on spotting and dealing with ransomware. It is all described on this page. Also note the additional links at … Read more
Police Alert – Courier Scam … again
This is a re
minder to residents in Aylesbury Vale to be on their guard to a telephone/bank card scam that is now spreading across the country. The scam is as follows:-
The victim receives an unsolicited telephone call from the fraudsters claiming to be their bank (or in some cases the police), stating that their systems have spotted a fraudulent payment on their card or
Weston Turville U3A Newsletter – November 2013
Some of us had a great day out with the extreme visits trip to Goodwood where we learnt how to control a skid in both an automatic and manual car. Adrian will say more later: but I wanted to say it was a tad windy on the airfield and to try and get this across to you, I have attached a photo of Helen’s hair moving. Those of you who know Helen will know that
Spammers – Episode 32543 – Cryptolocker ransomware
You are NOT being paranoid –they ARE out to get you.
Well, joy of joys there’s a new virus/trojan/nasty-thing out to get us … if we let it.
Let’s start with what it is. As usual it is delivered neatly wrapped in an innocent looking e-mail as an attachment looking just like set of funny cat pictures, or a message from your bank, anything to entice you to open it … and you do.
Bank card courier scam …
Read this for yourself and then tell your friends. Yes, it’s another attempt to run up enormous bills on our credit or debit cards. It’s a smart con and many … Read more
More Internet Scams & How to identify them
Two ‘old’ scams have started doing the rounds again:
- Parcel carrier receipt &
- Log in to collect tax refund scams
You might have been suspicious of either – not expecting a parcel and, even less likely, not expecting a tax refund – but all scams are not the same so its worth noting how these particular ones give themselves away
Burglary prevention
With the current spell of warm weather the Aylesbury Town and Rural Neighbourhood Policing Teams are asking local residents to be vigilant with the security of their homes. When it … Read more
Shed Security
As thefts from garden sheds and outbuildings continue to be reported across the Vale, please take a moment to review the security of your own buildings.
The attachments (below), give some good tips and advice on increasing the security of sheds, garages and outbuilding. The harder it is for a potential criminal to break in, the more likely they are to not try in the first place.
- Many security measure cost little or no money, such as:-Shed alarms – which can be purchased from DIY stores and garden centres and emit a loud noise if the padlock is tampered with.
- Anti–tamper screws – these can used on doors