CSN Message
Burglary / Suspicious Vehicle
Around 2:45pm yesterday afternoon at least two males using a black Renault Megane are believed to have activated a house alarm in a property on the Mullaghcarton Road area of Lisburn. It is believed that these males were using a black Renault Megane car.
Around 1:15pm an elderly resident in Killowen Park Lisburn disturbed two teenagers in the house who made off with a handbag and cash. Both were males described as one wearing a royal blue top and the other wearing a black hoody.
Also in Killowen Park around 1pm two males were noted acting suspiciously around various properties. One is described as wearing a dark denim shirt and the other wearing a baseball cap. They were observed driving off in a black car.
The three incidents may well be connected.
Did you observe a black Renault Megane style car in the area? Can you offer a description of the two males involved or a registration of the vehicles?
If so please contact police with details. Please be aware of any activity involving a vehicle or persons as described above acting suspiciously in your area and contact police if concerned.
Theft
A 15' Super Simms speedboat and trailer were stolen between Tuesday 21st June and Thursday morning from a property on the Old Ballynahinch Road, Lisburn.
The boat is white in colour. Did you see any boats being towed in the area and if son can you decribe the vehicle, occupants or details of the registration?
If so please contact police at Lisburn.
Suspicious Vehicle
A burglary / vehicle theft was interrupted at Robinsons 4x4 Sales, Moira Road Hillsborough. Three males were believed to be trying to steal a vehicle when disturbed by neighbours. They made off in a red Audi A4 car towards the A1 carriageway.
Again if you can assist in identifying this vehicle or occupants please contact police with details.
Saturday, 25 June 2011
Thursday, 23 June 2011
Holiday Advice
`Willie Nickit?` – Yes he will!!*Picture courtesy of Safer Lisburn*
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Help to make your community safer, and deter criminals by securing your property, by reporting suspicious activity promptly to police, and by demonstrating that you are switched on to crime prevention.
Holidays? - Want Peace of Mind while you’re Away?
Follow this good advice on making your home more secure:
Make your home look like it’s occupied. Use automatic timer switches to turn lights on when it gets dark.
Cancel milk and newspaper deliveries.
Avoid discussing holiday plans where strangers may hear details of your absence from home.
Tidy the garden before you go and trim back any plants that obstruct the view to your house.
Remove valuable items from view, place documents and valuables in a safe, if you have one.
Ask neighbours to keep an eye on your property. Have them remove your post and leave a contact number for them in the case of emergency.
Is there a Neighbourhood Watch scheme in the area? Local Police will tell you if there is one.
Do not put your home address on your luggage when you are travelling to your holiday destination.
Remember to lock all outside doors and windows, and if you have a burglar alarm, make sure it is set.
Park your car tight to the garage door to prevent forced access.
Finally, just before you leave, spend a couple of minutes checking that you’ve done all you can to secure your property, so you can leave with peace of mind!
Help to make your community safer, and deter criminals by securing your property, by reporting suspicious activity promptly to police, and by demonstrating that you are switched on to crime prevention.
Holidays? - Want Peace of Mind while you’re Away?
Follow this good advice on making your home more secure:
Make your home look like it’s occupied. Use automatic timer switches to turn lights on when it gets dark.
Cancel milk and newspaper deliveries.
Avoid discussing holiday plans where strangers may hear details of your absence from home.
Tidy the garden before you go and trim back any plants that obstruct the view to your house.
Remove valuable items from view, place documents and valuables in a safe, if you have one.
Ask neighbours to keep an eye on your property. Have them remove your post and leave a contact number for them in the case of emergency.
Is there a Neighbourhood Watch scheme in the area? Local Police will tell you if there is one.
Do not put your home address on your luggage when you are travelling to your holiday destination.
Remember to lock all outside doors and windows, and if you have a burglar alarm, make sure it is set.
Park your car tight to the garage door to prevent forced access.
Finally, just before you leave, spend a couple of minutes checking that you’ve done all you can to secure your property, so you can leave with peace of mind!
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
General All areas
CSN Message
On 31/05/2011 a local female resident received a call from a foreign male purporting to represent “Microsoft Windows”. He used the name A.J or Ajay Shaw. He stated 'Would you please put your laptop on, we have knowledge that there is a hacker in your machine'. He asked the female to go into Windows and then a pop-up came up on her screen with times and dates when a hacker was allegedly trying to get into the machine. He proceeded to say he would put a temporary block on the hacker and that he would report it.
The male then said that the warranty on her machine was up and that if the female paid an amount they would secure the system. A pop-up window appeared asking for her details including credit card details, which she entered.
The phone call lasted 55mins in total. The victim later phoned BT and they stated that the telephone number that the call had been made from was 'Unavailable'. BT believe that this was a foreign call.
The victim is ex-directory and the caller appeared to know the victims full name.
There have been a number of similar reports over recent weeks, and criminals are constantly identifying and developing new methods to defraud innocent members of the public.
WARNING! If you receive any unsolicited calls where you are asked to provide your name, date of birth and any bank / credit card details – DO NOT provide these details over the phone. If the caller represents a legitimate company, advise them to send their request in writing.
If you are shopping on the internet, make sure that before you provide any details of Debit or Credit cards that you are actually on a secure site. If you regularly shop “on-line”, you should consider setting up a PAYPAL account.
On 31/05/2011 a local female resident received a call from a foreign male purporting to represent “Microsoft Windows”. He used the name A.J or Ajay Shaw. He stated 'Would you please put your laptop on, we have knowledge that there is a hacker in your machine'. He asked the female to go into Windows and then a pop-up came up on her screen with times and dates when a hacker was allegedly trying to get into the machine. He proceeded to say he would put a temporary block on the hacker and that he would report it.
The male then said that the warranty on her machine was up and that if the female paid an amount they would secure the system. A pop-up window appeared asking for her details including credit card details, which she entered.
The phone call lasted 55mins in total. The victim later phoned BT and they stated that the telephone number that the call had been made from was 'Unavailable'. BT believe that this was a foreign call.
The victim is ex-directory and the caller appeared to know the victims full name.
There have been a number of similar reports over recent weeks, and criminals are constantly identifying and developing new methods to defraud innocent members of the public.
WARNING! If you receive any unsolicited calls where you are asked to provide your name, date of birth and any bank / credit card details – DO NOT provide these details over the phone. If the caller represents a legitimate company, advise them to send their request in writing.
If you are shopping on the internet, make sure that before you provide any details of Debit or Credit cards that you are actually on a secure site. If you regularly shop “on-line”, you should consider setting up a PAYPAL account.
Monday, 16 May 2011
All areas - suspicious vehicle
Suspicious Vehicle
Around 6:45pm on Saturday evening a silver Mercedes E320 car with registration similar to EKZ8386 was noted in the Hillsborough Road, Dromara area.
The car and two male occupants called at a house in the area and when they realised the occupants where in enquired if their car was for sale - it wasn't nor had it been advertised as such.
If this vehicle is sighted acting suspiciously in the area please notify police with details.
Around 6:45pm on Saturday evening a silver Mercedes E320 car with registration similar to EKZ8386 was noted in the Hillsborough Road, Dromara area.
The car and two male occupants called at a house in the area and when they realised the occupants where in enquired if their car was for sale - it wasn't nor had it been advertised as such.
If this vehicle is sighted acting suspiciously in the area please notify police with details.
All areas - suspicious activity
Suspicious Activity
Around 1:30pm yesterday in the Kernaghan Park area of Anahilt a child described as AN 8 YEAR OLD FOREIGN NATIONAL called at a house allegedly collecting fro Trocaire. The occupier reports that the child had no ID and no indication of being accompanied by an adult. It was further reported that the child had a good look into the hallway of the house and on leaving was straight onto his mobile telephone!.
CHILD DESCRIBED AS 8 YEARS OLD, 3'6 TALL DARK HAIR, SWARTHY SKIN, LIGHT GREY TRACK SUIT TOP AND DARK BOTTOMS.
There is no indication of the child being involved in criminality but given the circumstances and previous incidents of distraction type burglaries please be wary of any strangers or any suspicious activity in the area and notify police if concerned.
Please continue be mindful of vulnerable and elderly members of the community.
Around 1:30pm yesterday in the Kernaghan Park area of Anahilt a child described as AN 8 YEAR OLD FOREIGN NATIONAL called at a house allegedly collecting fro Trocaire. The occupier reports that the child had no ID and no indication of being accompanied by an adult. It was further reported that the child had a good look into the hallway of the house and on leaving was straight onto his mobile telephone!.
CHILD DESCRIBED AS 8 YEARS OLD, 3'6 TALL DARK HAIR, SWARTHY SKIN, LIGHT GREY TRACK SUIT TOP AND DARK BOTTOMS.
There is no indication of the child being involved in criminality but given the circumstances and previous incidents of distraction type burglaries please be wary of any strangers or any suspicious activity in the area and notify police if concerned.
Please continue be mindful of vulnerable and elderly members of the community.
Monday, 9 May 2011
Advice re scam and fraudulent emails
Note the following advice details circulated from Action Fraud (from the www.directgov.gov.uk) which may be of use given the numbers of recent email scams.
Help disrupt fraudsters by reporting scam emails
Action Fraud has set up a dedicated email address where you can forward any scam emails that you receive. [25 February 2011]
People receiving scam emails are urged to forward them on to email@actionfraud.org.uk.
Important: When you send an email you are doing so over the open internet, which we cannot guarantee the security of. Therefore please do not send personal information, such as your address or bank account details, when emailing Action Fraud.
Please note: Once you have forwarded your scam mail, you do not need to contact Action Fraud again and you will not hear from them.
Got an email bounce back? Action Fraud have still received the scam emails you forward to them even if you get a bounce back message. The bounce back message just means the email has gone into a holding area for spam, which is then released and received by Action Fraud as usual. You therefore do not need to contact Action Fraud again once you have forwarded your scam emails.
The emails received by Action Fraud will be forwarded to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau run by the City of London Police for collation and analysis. This will enable crucial intelligence to be gathered and preventative action to be taken. The activity will seek to disrupt the fraudsters and close down the links between them and the victim.
Dr Bernard Herdan, CEO of the National Fraud Authority who runs Action Fraud, said: ‘This is the first time we have been able to collect and analyse scam mail and emails in this way. Collecting intelligence is the key to us being able to disrupt the activities of fraudsters and target their networks for closure.’
What should you do if you’ve received a scam email?
Do not click on any links in the scam email.
Do not reply to the email or contact the senders in any way.
If you have clicked on a link in the email, do not supply any information on the website that may open.
Do not open any attachments that arrive with the email.
Visit the Action Fraud website where there is information on how to forward on your scam mail. When you send an email you are doing so over the open internet, which we cannot guarantee the security of. Therefore please do not send personal information, such as your address or bank account details, when emailing Action Fraud.
If you think you may have compromised the safety of your bank details and/or have lost money due to fraudulent misuse of your cards, you should immediately contact your bank.
If you've been a victim of fraud, report it to Action Fraud.
Fake emails often (but not always) display some of the following characteristics:
the sender’s email address doesn’t tally with the trusted organisation’s website address
the email is sent from a completely different address or a free web mail address
the email does not use your proper name, but uses a non-specific greeting like “dear customer”
a sense of urgency; for example the threat that unless you act immediately your account may be closed
a prominent website link. These can be forged or seem very similar to the proper address, but even a single character’s difference means a different website
a request for personal information such as user name, password or bank details
the email contains spelling and grammatical errors
you weren't expecting to get an email from the company that appears to have sent it
the entire text of the email is contained within an image rather than the usual text format
the image contains an embedded hyperlink to a bogus site
Help disrupt fraudsters by reporting scam emails
Action Fraud has set up a dedicated email address where you can forward any scam emails that you receive. [25 February 2011]
People receiving scam emails are urged to forward them on to email@actionfraud.org.uk.
Important: When you send an email you are doing so over the open internet, which we cannot guarantee the security of. Therefore please do not send personal information, such as your address or bank account details, when emailing Action Fraud.
Please note: Once you have forwarded your scam mail, you do not need to contact Action Fraud again and you will not hear from them.
Got an email bounce back? Action Fraud have still received the scam emails you forward to them even if you get a bounce back message. The bounce back message just means the email has gone into a holding area for spam, which is then released and received by Action Fraud as usual. You therefore do not need to contact Action Fraud again once you have forwarded your scam emails.
The emails received by Action Fraud will be forwarded to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau run by the City of London Police for collation and analysis. This will enable crucial intelligence to be gathered and preventative action to be taken. The activity will seek to disrupt the fraudsters and close down the links between them and the victim.
Dr Bernard Herdan, CEO of the National Fraud Authority who runs Action Fraud, said: ‘This is the first time we have been able to collect and analyse scam mail and emails in this way. Collecting intelligence is the key to us being able to disrupt the activities of fraudsters and target their networks for closure.’
What should you do if you’ve received a scam email?
Do not click on any links in the scam email.
Do not reply to the email or contact the senders in any way.
If you have clicked on a link in the email, do not supply any information on the website that may open.
Do not open any attachments that arrive with the email.
Visit the Action Fraud website where there is information on how to forward on your scam mail. When you send an email you are doing so over the open internet, which we cannot guarantee the security of. Therefore please do not send personal information, such as your address or bank account details, when emailing Action Fraud.
If you think you may have compromised the safety of your bank details and/or have lost money due to fraudulent misuse of your cards, you should immediately contact your bank.
If you've been a victim of fraud, report it to Action Fraud.
Fake emails often (but not always) display some of the following characteristics:
the sender’s email address doesn’t tally with the trusted organisation’s website address
the email is sent from a completely different address or a free web mail address
the email does not use your proper name, but uses a non-specific greeting like “dear customer”
a sense of urgency; for example the threat that unless you act immediately your account may be closed
a prominent website link. These can be forged or seem very similar to the proper address, but even a single character’s difference means a different website
a request for personal information such as user name, password or bank details
the email contains spelling and grammatical errors
you weren't expecting to get an email from the company that appears to have sent it
the entire text of the email is contained within an image rather than the usual text format
the image contains an embedded hyperlink to a bogus site
Friday, 15 April 2011
Excellent Result
Excellent Result
Just before midnight last night a member of the public who is involved in Neighbourhood Watch & CSN noted suspicious activity in the area of the Filling Station at Glenavy Road Moira.
The matter was immediately reported to police whose equally prompt response duly resulted in the arrests of two men for attempted burglary, going equipped and possession of a stolen vehicle.
This was an excellent combination of vigilance by the public, police actions in responding and two criminals effectively caught "red handed" and clearly indicates the benefits of members of the public participating in projects such as Neighbourhood Watch / CSN.
Well done to all those concerned.
Just before midnight last night a member of the public who is involved in Neighbourhood Watch & CSN noted suspicious activity in the area of the Filling Station at Glenavy Road Moira.
The matter was immediately reported to police whose equally prompt response duly resulted in the arrests of two men for attempted burglary, going equipped and possession of a stolen vehicle.
This was an excellent combination of vigilance by the public, police actions in responding and two criminals effectively caught "red handed" and clearly indicates the benefits of members of the public participating in projects such as Neighbourhood Watch / CSN.
Well done to all those concerned.
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