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Title: Crime Update Post by: Thames Valley Police on May 24, 2021, 03:08:25 PM FIRST: Another of the scams we have reported recently – emails from someone you know – similar to ‘I am crying as I write this / my debit card was rejected, can you buy for me ? As the emails are from someone you know – they are addressed personally and look genuine.
An elderly resident in Horton, received an email purportedly coming from someone she knows well. Their debit card had been rejected and it was their niece’s birthday, could she please go to a local supermarket and purchase £200 worth of ITunes vouchers for her – they will refund the cost. Once she had purchased them, she was to scratch off the silver foil on the back to reveal the code, photograph it on her phone and send the images back to that email address. She went to a local supermarket and did as requested. Today, she has been asked to do this again – this time £300 worth of vouchers. She became suspicious and went to visit the person who had supposedly sent the email. They confirmed they knew nothing about it and that it must be a scam. These are obviously – as this is the second reported to us in a week – very prevalent at the moment. It means the person – who has purportedly sent the email has been hacked and this message has been sent to everyone in their personal address book ! Imagine how many people received and possibly acted on this email ! If you get one of these – make contact with sender – not using the email in the message to establish whether or not it is true ! Think – Pause – Breathe – then establish if it is true. DON’T LET IT BE YOU ! NEXT: VIDEO DOORBELLS – THE STARTING POINT. Our volunteer NHW Video Doorbell Guru, has put together a website with a lot of information you need to consider, if you are thinking about installing one: https://sites.google.com/view/videodoorbells/getting-started Once you have looked at this site and still want to go ahead, Valerie Pike, the Chair of the Windsor & Ascot NHW Association will put you in contact with the Guru. Email a request to: contact@windsorascotnhwa.org.uk We are receiving increased numbers of calls reporting suspicious people and cars out and about, particularly during the early hours, along with video clips from Video doorbells. We are really grateful for thse calls and the intelligence they contain. When we get a call that someone is walking along a road trying car door handles we respond immediately and carry out an area search for that person, so as good a description as possible is necessary. This gives us the necessary evidence to ‘stop check’ someone that matches the description given. Please keep the intelligence coming – it helps us to help you ! NEXT: You will notice 2 email address above each Neighbourhood below. The first is an email address for your local neighbourhood Team, if you wish to make contact with them. The second SR – email address is for any suspicious incidents / intelligence. CRIME I have attached reference numbers to each crime report. If you live in the vicinity of any of the crimes mentioned and have CCTV or a video doorbell, can you please check the footage. If you have any that might be of interest to the police, can you please make contact with us, quoting reference number given. I have added a new email address below. The first email address is directly to your local Neighbourhood Team. The second is to our investigation team. Please use it to send any intelligence / video doorbell / CCTV footage you may have, which is relevant to any of the crimes lists below - quoting the reference number. Alternatively you can call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or email - www.crimestoppers-uk.org MAIDENHEAD CENTRAL: maidenheadcentralgeographical@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk SR.windsor&maidenhead@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk. 21/5 Friday 7.30 a.m. Nicholson Walk. Security saw two men on the roof acting suspiciously. They then entered the building through a window. Ref. No: 43210219126 22/5 Saturday 8.05 a.m. Bell Street. 2 bikes stolen from a back garden. 1. Green mountain bike. 2. Dark blue Boardman racing bike. Both were chained and locked. Ref. No: 43210221026 RIVERSIDE & BELMONT: 24/5 Monday reported 11.45 a.m. Garage Block, Boulters Gardens. The owner found their garage door open and other garages entered and searched. Not yet known if anything stolen. Ref. No; 43210223955 23/5 – 24/5 Sunday 9 p.m. / Monday 8.30 a.m. Boulters Court. Black BMW 6 series Sport Gran Coupe index MF ** LSX stolen from the drive. The owner still has the keys. A rucksack which had been in the car and a rear index plate, was found dumped in a farm in Marlow. Ref. No: 43210223563 MAIDENHEAD WEST maidenheadwestgeographical@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk SR.windsor&maidenhead@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS, LITTLEWICK GREEN & KNOWL HILL: 23/5 Sunday 10.40 a.m. Junction of Long Lane / B447, Cookham. A witness reported a man walking along the road looking into cars. None reported broken into. Ref. No: 43210222464 PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT: 22/5 Saturday 2 a.m. Farm Road. House and 2 cars spayed with black paint graffiti. Ref. No: 43210221128 22/5 Saturday 0.30 a.m. St. Marks Crescent. Front wall damaged. Looks more like vandalism than a traffic collision. Ref. No: 43210222604 22/5 Saturday 2.30 a.m. Wagner Close. 2 men walked onto the owner’s drive and were looking around the cars on the driveway. They heard this and shouted. The two men immediately ran off towards Smithfield Road. Description, both dressed in black, wearing balaclavas about 17 – 20 years old. Ref. No: 43210221140 23/5 Sunday 2.25 p.m. Winter Hill Road / Golden Ball Lane. A witness reported 3 youths around 8 – 10 years old, throwing stones at passing cars. Ref. No: 43210222699 18/5 – 22/5 Wavell Road. A blue Rover Mini Cooper with silver roof, index X 6** FJB stolen from outside a house. The owner still has the keys and it may have needed a low loader to remove it. Ref. No: 43210221509 MAIDENHEAD SOUTH maidenheadsouthgeographical@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk SR.windsor&maidenhead@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK 23/5 – 24/5 Sunday 7 p.m. / Monday 9.50 a.m. Laburnham Road. Chained up bike beside a conservatory stolen. A blue mountain bike. Ref. No: 43210223664 OLDFIELD, BRAY & HOLYPORT: 22/5 Saturday 9.40 p.m. Lindores Road. A witness reported a group of 6 youths in late teens who banged and kicked on a neighbour’s front door, causing a lot of noise. They went outside to confront them. The group immediately ran off across a field. Ref. No: 43210221938 21/5 Friday 2 p.m. / 3. p.m. Braywick Service Road. Catalytic Converter stolen from under a Toyota Prius. |