You may have seen on our social media warnings around scams and frauds where victims are cold-called via the telephone by fraudsters purporting to be Police Officers/Detectives from London Police Stations. While there are some variations, the general theme of the scam is that the caller tells the victim that they have someone in custody who appears to be in possession of a cloned bank card belonging to the victim. The victim is asked to provide their bank account or card details to verify. Another theme is that the police are investigating a fraud involving banks and the victim is asked to withdraw cash to assist with this investigation which will be collected from the home address of the victim by a courier or if the victim advises that they can’t get to a bank the fraudster may arrange for a taxi to collect the victim and take them to the bank.
All of these scenarios are scams designed to con vulnerable members of our society out of hard earned savings, sometimes several thousand pounds. Fortunately, in South Norfolk although we have been aware of this type of fraud very few people have actually handed over any money. This is largely due to the sharing of information and warnings distributed by Police via our social media platforms and key community contacts such as yourselves. These scams generally target a specific area before moving on but they invariably return several weeks later. We are aware of incidents in the Broadland, Breckland and Kings Lynn areas and in an effort to safeguard South Norfolk Communities I would be very grateful if you could distribute and display the attached leaflet and general message that:
Police will NEVER call and ask for your bank account details, bank card or credit card details or ask you to withdraw cash to hand over to couriers. If you get a call like this hang up and report it to Police.
NEW: (14.11.20): Police Community Update – 13.11.20
NEW:(04.11.20): Police Community Update – 04.11.20
NEW: (20.10.20): Please find attached a leaflet, from Norfolk County Council, explaining how residents who are forced to self-isolate can get help
NEW: (05.10.20):NORFOLK PARTNERSHIP AGAINST SCAMS – National Trading Standards Scam Team have produced a useful leaflet. It is especially useful for people at risk and those who support them, but it will provide valuable pointers to us all.
Hope you can give this the widest possible distribution because it contains invaluable advice for almost everyone. Please click on link for the anti-scam leaflets, www.friendsagainstscams.org.uk .
NEW: (12.09.20): Annual Governance and Accountability Return 2019/20 Part 3.
Notice of conclusion of the audit, which details the right to inspect the Annual Governance & Accountability Return for the year ended 31 March 2020 and Section 3 – Certified AGAR (Sections 1, 2 & 3) can be found on the financial reports page.
NEW:(23.06.20): Accounts for the year ending 31st March 2020: Annual Governance and Accountability Return 2019/20 Part 3. Full details on financial reports page
Mulbarton and District Men’s Shed: for more information contact them via email: mulbartonmensshed@gmail.com . More information about Men’s Sheds can be found at: mensshed.org.uk
Temporary Traffic Restriction Orders: details on can found here. (updated 15.09.20)
