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Courier fraud
Thursday December 20, 2012 Operation Sterling is run by the MPS proactive fraud prevention/disruption team to counter this scam. Operation Sterling have prepared the following advice: What is a courier fraud? Someone will call you at home claiming to be from your bank or the Police and they will say there has been criminal usage […]
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Neighbourhood Watch scuppers police hoaxers
Tuesday November 6, 2012 Telephone fraudsters are impersonating police officers and bank staff in a bid to scam borough residents out of thousands of pounds. But one West Kensington resident cottoned onto the cunning ruse after recalling an email warning circulated from her dedicated Neighbourhood Watch organisation. The fiddle works when someone claiming to be […]
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Neighbourhood Watch 2012 Awards
Wednesday September 26, 2012 See more photos on the H&F Council Flickr photo gallery Members of more than 70 Neighbourhood Watch (NHW) schemes from across the borough attended a ceremony at Hammersmith Town Hall (Tuesday, September 18). And a woman who twice helped the police to apprehend shoplifters from the Westfield Shopping Centre picked up […]
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Action Fraud website
Friday August 10, 2012 Please visit the Action Fraud website for advice about fraud and to report any suspicious incidents from your business or as an individual. The website is run by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau who will field all fraud reports, filter them and ensure they are passed onto the appropriate investigative body.
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Latest crime figures and the Olympics
Monday July 16, 2012 I apologise that it has been some time since you heard from me as I had been waiting for some clarification on possible major changes to neighbourhood policing. As best as I can tell, nothing will now change until at least 2013. For the moment I’d like to cover several points: […]
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Card fraud telephone scam
Thursday March 8, 2012 In the news yesterday (March 7, 2012) it was stated that card fraud has fallen to its lowest level in 11 years. This is positive news. However, we want to highlight the need to be ever vigilant to new and existing card fraud scams such as the one detailed below. How […]
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Neighbourhood Watch praised
Thursday March 1, 2012 The more information we get from residents – the more we can disrupt and catch criminals. This was the message that the Police Borough Commander delivered to 80 of the borough’s Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinators who packed into the Lyric Theatre on February 21. Chief Superintendent Lucy D’Orsi praised community spirited residents […]
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H&F Council ‘Crime in Your Area’ consultation
Tuesday Jaunuary 17, 2012 Please see the message below from Hammersmith & Fulham Council: As part of H&F’s ongoing work around crime and disorder we want to get the views of local residents on local community safety problems. The results of this consultation will feed into our strategic process and go towards setting the future […]
