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July 2015 Newsletter
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Message sent by Phil Brandreth (Police, PCSO, Western Rural NPU)
Monthly Newsletter July 2015
Western Rural Police Team
Email western.rural.npu@cheshire.
Twitter @WesternRuralNPU
Website www.cheshire.police.uk
Message from Inspector Keith Curbishley
It has been necessary for Cheshire Constabulary to make organisational changes in order to continue to deliver a quality service into the future. Without cutting front line police officers, the existing Neighbourhood Policing Units (NPU’s), of which ‘Western Rural’ is one, are being restructured into Local Policing Units, (LPU’s) covering different geographical areas. The majority of the Western Rural NPU will be encompassed into the new Chester LPU. The only Western Rural beats which are not joining Chester LPU are Tarporley, Cudduinton & Oulton which will be covered by the new Northwich LPU. Officers will continue to respond to and deal with incidents in exactly the same way. The majority of these organisational changes are taking place during early July.
I will be taking up a new post in Force Headquarters. This change will mean that my Western Rural Monthly and Weekly Newsletters will cease to exist in their current guise. Let me reassure you that the newsletters will continue, possibly seeing some new content and format, under a new Inspector. Thank you for the support and constructive comments that you have made about the evolving communication formats that have been introduced. I hope that you have found them beneficial and informative.
Fraudulent Apple Pay Alert
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| Action Fraud (Action Fraud, Administrator, National) |
Fraudsters are targeting classified advertisement websites like AutoTrader to advertise vehicles for sale. Buyers are then contacting these ‘sellers’ to find out more about the vehicles and are being told to pay for them via ‘Apple Pay’. In this case the fraudsters are not using the genuine Apple Pay service and potential victims pay money directly to bank accounts in control of the fraudsters. Individuals receive emails claiming to be from Apple Pay with a web link to a cloned website with false terms and conditions of the ‘escrow’ service. Any money remitted to the fraudsters is then unrecoverable and the vehicles are not delivered.
Protect yourself:
- Meet the seller ‘face to face’ and view the vehicle before parting with any money.
- Be cautious of web links in an email. They may not direct you to the genuine website.
- Report scam advertisements to the classified advertisement websites.
- If the vehicle is below market value, consider whether this is an opportunity too good to be true!
Litter Pick Update - June 2015
The June litter pick had 13 of our team collected 12 bags of litter. there was not as much litter as usual.
Thank you to those who pick up litter and help to keep our village tidy. The next litter picks will be on Saturday 11th July, there will be no August litter pick and the September one will be on Saturday 5th September.
Could you give an hour once a month to help keep our village clean and tidy?
We will start at 10.00 am at the Community Centre.
New helpers are always welcome.
We provide all the equipment needed.
Eila Birtwistle – Litter pick co-ordinator.
Frodsham Singathon
Frodsham Community Centretainments Group are planning a Singathon to be held on Saturday 27 th February 2016 at Frodsham Community Centre.
It is our intention to have a wonderful community-wide event to celebrate the joy of singing and music. To involve all age groups, from school groups to senior choirs, and to include all types of music from pop to jazz, classic to folk. A 12-hour singing event for everyone to join in and sing.
Social Media Warning 21/06/2015
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| Victoria Fearnley (Police, PCSO, Crewe) |
Cheshire Police are issuing a warning to users of Facebook across the county regarding a blackmail scam.
A Facebook user was befriended by a girl. A short time later, a doctored image of the victim was sent to their employer’s Facebook page. This image showed the victim engaging in a sexual act in the presence of a child. The victim then received a message stating that unless £7,500 was paid the photograph and images like it would go viral and the victim’s life would be ruined.
Cheshire Police are advising people not to befriend people they don’t know on Facebook. If you are subject to any criminal activity contact the police on 101.
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