There is no doubt about it. The Police have a tough job. Lots of baddies around and nary a Bobby to be seen. But occasionally, they get handed chapter and verse on a crime being committed and we think that's just great that they can apprehend the culprit without further ado.
This is an account, forwarded to me by our lovely Safer Neighbourhood police team urging residents to be particularly aware of scammers. It seems that a local resident/pensioner reported a man knocking on his door, claiming to be from Dial A Rod who, he said were working on the drains in the next street. He said they were turning off the water for the weekend but, since he was a pensioner, they could supply him with a pump to keep the water flowing but he needed to pay a deposit of £6000.
I am glad to say that our pensioner smelled a rat and phoned the police, telling them what had happened and passing on the mobile phone number that he had been given by the 'hire company'.
Good to report that the police acted promptly. They phoned the 'hire company' to let them know that they were aware of the scam and to leave the area. !!!!!!
In their email to me, as a member of our street's neighbourhood watch, they went on to say that this was a new scam and could be tried in another area.
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