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Weekly round-up from your local Neighbourhood Team |
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Hello Bloxwich West Residents,
As the week comes to a close, our team wanted to share a quick update on what your local neighbourhood policing team have been up to. It has been a busy and productive week for the Bloxwich Neighbourhood Team.
✅ Good News from Your Local Policing Team ✅
📅 Upcoming Police & Community Engagements 📅 Bloxwich Neighbourhood PCSOs are attending The Local Hub for a drop-in session. Please come in and speak to us, whether it’s to ask for advice or just a chat! The dates for the next Police and Communities Together (PACT) meeting for both Bloxwich East and Bloxwich West will be released soon with all the relevant details. We are hoping to be holding these meetings in the next couple of months, so keep your eyes peeled! If you have any suggestions on community engagements you would like to see from us or get involved in, please do not hesitate to contact us. Please see some suggestions below- 💬 Suggestions:
🚨 Crime Prevention Tips: 🚨 This week we are offering advice on email and mobile phone fraud. There are many scams out there, so precaution needs to be taken when using your mobile phones, receiving emails or text messages from unknown sources.
What to do to avoid scams:
Downloading them from unofficial or unknown sources could infect your phone with a virus. Never give your mobile banking security details, including your passcode, to anyone else and don’t store them on your phone. For added security set up a password or PIN to lock your mobile.
Examples of mobile phone scams: Text scams offering you money for an accident you may have had is often a ploy to get your personal details. Don’t reply, even by sending a ‘STOP’ text. Simply delete the message. You may get a text or advert encouraging you to enter a competition for a great prize. The scammers will charge extremely high rates for the messages you send them, as high as £2 per text message. Don’t reply. ‘Trivia scams’ involve you answering general knowledge questions to win a prize. The first few questions will be very easy, so you keep playing. But the last one or two questions you need to answer to claim your ‘prize’ could be very difficult or even impossible. If you try to claim your prize, you may have to call a premium-rate number, often beginning 0906. You then have to listen to a long recorded message, designed to keep you on the line. It’s highly unlikely there’ll be a prize at the end of it. Don’t phone back to claim. ‘SMiShing’ (SMS phishing) is when a scammer texts asking for personal or financial information. The message may appear to be from a legitimate company, like a mobile phone provider, but legitimate companies never ask you to provide sensitive information by text. Don’t reply to these texts. Simply delete them. Unless you’re using a secure webpage, don’t send or receive private information when using public WiFi. And be aware of who’s around you when using a mobile device to go online. For more information and help and to report this and many other types of fraud, visit Report Fraud, the UK’s national cyber crime and fraud reporting service.
📞 How to Contact Us or Report Information 📞
💬 Stay Connected with Your Local Team: If you are also interested in taking action to reduce crime in your area, you can start your own neighbourhood watch group! These schemes can help cut crime and the opportunities for crime; help and reassure those who live in the area; encourage neighbourliness and closer communities. To get set up, you can find out more by visiting Neighbourhood Watch.
🤝🏼 Our focus remains on reducing crime, supporting victims, and working with partners and the public to make Bloxwich a safer place for everyone. As always, thank you for your ongoing support. If you see something suspicious or have concerns in your area, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We’re here to help. Thank you for working with us to keep Bloxwich safe and informed. See you out and about!
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