Scam - General - "Euro City Lotto"

Scam

Recently, a Lisburn resident received a letter from a company called “EUROU CITY LOTTO”, informing him that he had won a large prize in the Spanish Sweepstake. Included with the letter was a “Payment Processing Form”. This form contained a section for Bank details, including the bank name, account number, sort-code and address.

If you receive ANY such correspondence, PLEASE DO NOT complete these details. This is a “Scam”, and unfortunately members of the public are being defrauded. If you were to return your bank details to the Fax number provided, before you could change your mind, it’s highly likely that you bank account would be “cleaned out”!

If you have any concerns about “scam” lottery letters or emails, the details can be checked out on the Internet.

These unscrupulous criminals often specifically target elderly and vulnerable members of the public. Please make sure that friends, relatives and neighbours are warned about this activity.

Merry Christmas!

CSN - Christmas Bulletin

CSN Message

Just a short message to thank all those who have contributed to Lisburn CSN over the past year both in practice and by way of new members coming on board.

The crime prevention and alert ethos has been notably reflected in the manner of calls made to Lisburn Police over the last twelve months and in the excellent results in the reduction of crime in our area.

However, such praise has little effect on those who seek to profit from your efforts in the year as they will continue to fund their own Christmas by way of burglary and thefts.

No doubt the Christmas tree is now surrounded with parcels and packages, last minute shopping will be in the car and ATM's will be in full flow.

Please continue to ensure property and vehicles are locked and secure. Where possible store gifts form view and keep wallets, purses and handbags out of reach of would be thieves.

Queues are long and tempers are short out there at the moment - please be patient and administer a bit of "goodwill to all"!

Most of all please enjoy your "festive cheer" responsibly (no domestics please) and remember the night before can influence the morning after. No drinking and driving!

All said and done may I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy and peaceful New Year in 2009 and that for the next few days at least please make this job an unnecessary one.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY

Nigel Fitzsimons Lisburn Community Safety Network
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Moira and General

Green Vauxhall Cavalier with a red boot lid. Two male occupants wearing yellow reflective bibs. Vehicle noted in the Lisburn Road, Moira area around midday today.
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Please notify police if sighted - a silver Mitsubishi Colt UIW1166 may be linked to an incident at Currys, Sprucefield yesterday.
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Burglary Limestone Meadows, Moira - two properties were subject to burglaries overnight into this morning.If you noted any activity in the area please contact police with details.

All Areas - "Finders Keepers"

Finders Keepers

Since Friday approximately 12 incidents were reported of the loss of benefits cheques / cash in Dunmurry and North Lisburn. These cheques were to the total value of £1300.

Since April 2008 there have been 106 reported incidents of the loss of benefits cash and cheques to the value of approximately £17,400 in the Lisburn / Dunmurry area.

No doubt each of these losses will have almost immediately been cashed or spent by the unscrupulous finders!

This means a double payout by the taxpayers - you. This is because the criminal forging the signatures for the cheque payments or spending the found cash benefits but the victim of the loss also requires re-imbursement for loss of their benefits.

Should you locate any such benefit cheques or large amounts of cash in the Lisburn North area or in the vicinity of the Stewartstown Road area of Dunmurry where the vast majority of reported losses occur please notify the relevant authorities of the find and hand the cheques or cash into the police or the local DHSS offices.

Ballinderry Burglary

At around 2.20am this morning thieves were believed to have been disturbed at a burglary at Ashcroft Close Ballinderry. Did you note any persons, vehicles or suspicious activity in the area?

Maghaberry and Ballinderry - Burglaries

During yesterday daytime a property at Edenview Road Maghaberry and Thornleigh Place, Lisburn were broken into and a number of items stolen. An overnight burglary was also reported at Brook Lodge, Ballinderry. The items stolen at each burglary included flat screen televisions, game consoles, computer and jewellery.

A vehicle would most likely have been used at these burglaries. If you did note any persons or vehicles in the area please contact police with details.

Moira CPLC - Abridged Minutes - 10th December, 2008

1. Police Update – the main trends in all areas were a slight increase in anti-social behaviour and malicious damage – and the need to be vigilant regarding bogus callers, distraction burglaries and the vulnerability of elements in our community. There had been encouraging community relations projects involving multi agencies including “Safer Lisburn” - striving to produce positive youth development programmes, increasing awareness and attempting to diminish the “fear of crime”.
“Quick Check” will be promoted around the CPLC area over the next few weeks and will give the opportunity through FreePhone 0800 0132290, to check the authenticity of callers. This will be a 24/7 advice line.

Recently 3 hoax devices, be they malicious or sinister, were causing some concern. All are advised to be vigilant.

There will be increased police patrol presence in targeted areas rlating to the above trends..

2. Aghalee. The state of the roads was mentioned as a mud covering, possibly caused by dumping, was becoming very hazardous with the recent onset of frost. The police will raise the issue with Roads Services to ascertain the nature of the dumping and the future cleanliness of the roads.

3. Ballinderry. General issues as raised in the Police Update.

4. Glenavy - Anti social behaviour and malicious damage was raised, as were the concerns over recent traffic accidents. The Police to investigate what road hazards might be prevalent.

5. Maghaberry –.Increased youth initiatives, with the desired outcome of more positive contribution by the youth to the community, seemed to be having a welcome impact. The Chairman congratulated all involved with this initiative and the other strategies mentioned above.

6. Moira –As per last month it was noticed that there appeared to be a significant absence of fireworks in general compared to past years– a situation that all believed to be to the benefit of the community. One firework incident was currently under investigation.

Anti social behaviour near to the church grounds was noted, as was the desire of the police that alcohol retail outlets and responsible parenting minimise the incidents of under age drinking. Police also to investigate the security of premises near to the Chemist’s property.

All Areas - general - Rogue Traders

Rogue Traders
A number of vans possibly offering powerwashing services were reported operating in the Kinallen & Dromara areas. This trait has picked up in the area over the last week or so. Whilst the operators may be offering a legitimate service please be wary of rogue traders who target the elderly and the vulnerable in the community.

All Areas - general warning - telephone callers

A male with a NI accent (not well spoken) contacted a local group stating he was a community police officer SHANE LYNCH. He informed the group leader that she had agreed some months earlier to contribute £90 to the community year book.
The lady was well aware that this information was incorrect (& knew who her local Community Police Officers were) and challenged the caller who became somewhat irate and hung up.
AT NO TIME DID THE CALLER MENTION ANY PAYMENT METHOD AND SEEMED TO HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE GROUP OR ITS LEADER WHO HE FIRSTLY CALLED BY A WRONG NAME. This was obviously a bogus call.
Please take care when conducting financial matters on the phone and be aware of scams. Identify the caller and ensure you have a contact number and means of identifying the caller and their organisation.

Ballinderry - suspicious photographer

A man in a silver Nissan X-trail was reported photographing houses in Hunters Chase, Ballinderry. The man was challenged by a resident and claimed to be taking pictures on behalf of the house sellers. Police are currently making enquiries as to the validity of this person.
Should you note such a vehicle involved in this activity please contact police with details.

Moira - Suspicious activity

Suspicious activity
At 0130am suspicious activity was reported in Torwood, Moira. 3-4 males in a white Peugeot car were spotted interfering with a vehicle in a residents driveway. Police arrived on the scene within minutes but the vehicle had gone.
Please ensure vehicles and property is secured overnight and report any suspicious activity.

Internet Cafe and Public Computer Fraud.

PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHENEVER YOU'RE USING A PC AT A PUBLIC PLACE (Like INTERNET CAFES..ETC).CHECK THE BACK OF THE PC AND SEE IF THE BELOW DEVICE IS THERE..IF SO..DO NOT USE IT!!!!

New storing device fits at the end of the keyboard cable connecting to the PC specialized to save all typed keys in it…Mostly could be used in net cafes, exhibitions, hotels and airports therefore be careful especially the people who use the internet in these places to enter their bank accounts online or any other important sites.After you enter the bank account and leave the PC it will be easy to open your account again as all what you have typed has been saved in the Black device.Therefore, you should check the PC for any suspicious piece behind it before using the net in public places for important sites.Please send it to all who you know to educate them against this fraud.

Aghalee - UNA the highland cow.

Thanks to all who responded to the appeal on Friday for the whereabouts of Una the Highland cow. (No, it wasn't a joke.) Despite some interesting comments Una was found safe and well on nearby lands. Apparently in this instance the grass was greener on the other side of the fence. If only it was that easy for the rest of us!!

Maghaberry Burglary

At 515pm yesterday a householder in The Meadows, Maghaberry returned home to discover a daytime burglary had occurred. A games consul and accessories had been stolen.

Ballinderry - Burglary

Burglary On 30/11/08 a house was broken into at Portmore Avenue Ballinderry. The incident occurred during the weekend and was discovered on Sunday by the owner on return at around 345pm.