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Burbage update Free online safety and car crime article

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Crime figures remain good in the village. We have been continuing with patrols, stop checks and investigating suspicious activity that residents have reported to us. Some of our target hardening includes streets such as Herald Way, Azalea Close and Jubilee Way.

We also managed to re-unite a resident with their wallet and all of its contents thanks to an honest resident. A big thank you to them.

As cybercrime and fraud continues to rise, and with Safer Inter Day just around the corner we are inviting residents across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to join us as we host a webinar to raise cyber awareness and resilience, helping everyone to become safer online.

Are you are interested in finding out more about protecting your accounts, using social media safely, online banking and shopping, keeping children safe online and understanding more about fraud and scams to help you win the battle against cyber criminals?

This is a non-tech session and will cover:

Device safety/protection
Password Guidance and account security
Protecting your Personal Information
Using social Media safely
Risks of free or public WiFi
Social Engineering and phishing emails/texts
Telephone and Letterbox Scams
Where to report
Online shopping & Online Banking safely
Keeping youngsters safe online – advice re home-schooling
Safer Internet Day – Using tech responsibly, respectfully, critically & creatively
Signposting to further sources of support and resources

There's something for everyone, advice to help keep parents, youngsters and grandparents safe!

To book a place on one of the free webinars, please book through Eventbrite using the links below :

Tues 9th Feb 1830
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/136800167985

Thurs 11th Feb 1530
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/137412521551

(NB : The two events will contain the same content - two dates/times in order that you can choose the most convenient)

Scams reported by residents

"0734996***5 called me, auto message said a tax fraud report had been registered against me and if I didn’t press 1 to get connected to an hmrc advisor and a warrant would be issued and I’ll be arrested immediately..."

Other images of scams include DVLA, HMRC and HSBC

Remember to never click on the links or give away personal information. See Action Fraud for more or book yourself onto one of the online sessions. https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/

Although there have been no recent issues relating to car thefts in Burbage. I thought this was an interesting article to give you an insight into the workings behind vehicle thefts. The link below is well worth a read.

Two men behind the theft of more than £1million worth of keyless-entry cars across the UK have been jailed for more than four years.
The pair conspired to steal 26 keyless-entry vehicles from 10 counties across England, before having them delivered to a ‘chop-shop’ in Peterborough where the vehicles were dismantled and thought to have been shipped out of the county.

https://www.cambs.police.uk/news-and-appeals/Baltors-and-Lukauskas-sentencing-Jan2021?fbclid=IwAR047aUKLg0fdtf4dZpq5BA8rHp04RALkW5d4oWcUVKT1iomY3sDnOD7Inc

You can access the links by copy/paste into your Internet search bar.

Thank you and take care.

Darren 6035

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