Community Information - Friday 26 June 2009
email to info@loggerheads.eu
(1) "Community
News" news or future events covering August & September - deadline
Wed 1 July
(2) Can you alert people that there has been a youth
driving a white Ford reg T(or R?)953 RUY
(3) New PC to replace Ivan Cowley
(4) Sports Coaching - Summer
Camp
(5) Latest Trading Standards
SCAMS
(6) Village Agent for the communities of Whitmore
and Madeley needed
"Community News" news or future events covering August & September - deadline Wed 1 July
If you have a news item or an event, please email news@loggerheads.eu
Staffs incident number 146 /26.6.09
If you have any information, please ring the Police Non emergency number 0300 123 44 55
He is PC 4628 Neil Coward who is now in post and will be covering Loggerheads and the rural area with PCSO Colin Hodgkinson
Neil Prescott from Ball Sports Community Coaching Ltd, Please find attached a flyer for our summer camps in a variety of different areas.
Latest Trading Standards SCAMS
£3 Million Car-Selling Scam
The Office of Fair Trading is warning consumers about vehicle scams which
cost UK consumers nearly £3 million every year.
Vehicle matching scams work by approaching consumers selling their cars and promising falsely to match them with definite buyers. Typically the seller is cold-called by phone once they have placed an advert in a magazine, on a website or in a newspaper.
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Rogue Trader Alert
Trading standards have received reports of a possible rogue trader operating
near the Wombourne area. The trader is male and drives a yellow pick up
truck. He is going door to door asking for work as a tree surgeon or for
any scrap metal.
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Bogus Council Official
Lichfield District Council has received reports that someone calling himself
"Richard" is posing as a Council Officer and calling at local
homes. He has left a variety of messages asking people to call him back,
either about building work or a £25.000 prize draw. On all occasions
he has left the following number 0845 303 2637.
When called the number gives you a message asking you to leave your number.
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Garden Security Alert
Staffordshire Police are currently advising residents to make sure the
contents of their sheds and garages are secure.
Sheds and garages are popular targets for burglars as they are often overlooked when security is being considered. The value of the contents is often much higher than first imagined. There can be £400 to £500 worth of property including bikes, lawnmowers, power tools, barbeques and garden furniture and a basic padlock does not provide enough security.
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Identity Theft
Staffordshire Trading Standards recently dealt with a case of what was
thought at first glance to be an unsolicited goods scam. However as events
unfolded it now appears to be a possible case of identity theft.
The report was from a lady who had taken delivery of a parcel on behalf of her husband. However when he returned home he told her he was not expecting a parcel. The man then telephoned the company in question and he was informed an account had been set up in his name and that they would expect payment. After further contact the company agreed to accept the goods back and arranged a collection.
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Landlord Scam
There have been reports of tenants acting as landlords to scam would be residents out of a deposit for a house they will never be able to move into.
The scam works by the tenant posing as the landlord and conning would
be tenants out of a deposit. There is often little or no paper work and
the scammer usually targets people who have no understanding about tenancy
agreements or people who don’t speak English.
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Mail Order Scam
Staffordshire Trading Standards are warning consumers to be aware before
purchasing goods from unknown companies placing large advertisements in
local newspapers and magazines.
The large advertisements are quite distinctive offering a range of electrical
items including iPods, cameras, vacuum cleaners etc often at discounted
prices. They all claim next day delivery by DHL / City Link and to be
a ‘Trust UK Approved Trader’.
Village Agent
The Community Council of Staffordshire, a 50-year old community development
charity, along with its partners,
is seeking to employ a Village Agent to work in the communities of Whitmore
and Madeley.
Download job advert
REQUIRED OUTPUTS AND ACTIVITIES:
To engage with identified communities and facilitate the development consultation
and action
planning process within the community.
To support groups and individuals within identified communities in the
development of
existing and new initiatives and link to existing programmes and funding
mechanisms.
To act as conduit between identified communities and other agencies to
enable the
development of community capacity building.
To identify hard to reach groups and young peoples projects