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June 2019<br />
PCSO’s REPORT<br />
I would like to draw your attention to incidents<br />
of fraud which are getting more and more<br />
frequent with persons calling you on the<br />
phone. These calls are commonly directed<br />
towards elderly persons perhaps living on their<br />
own. They usually call claiming to be bank<br />
staff, police officers or other officials, claiming<br />
there has been a fraud on your account and that you will need to take<br />
urgent action. Some of the most recent cases are where the victim is<br />
contacted stating they owe money to the Inland Revenue in taxes<br />
and that they will be arrested if instructions are not followed. They<br />
are very convincing. This is not the case, it is a SCAM.<br />
Remember the bank or Police will never<br />
Phone you and ask for your 4 digit PIN number or your online<br />
banking password.<br />
Ask you to withdraw money for them<br />
Ask you to transfer money to a new account for fraud reasons<br />
Send someone to your home to collect your cash, PIN, payment<br />
card or cheque book.<br />
If you get a call like this hang up and wait a few minutes for the line<br />
to clear then call your bank or card issuer to alert them of the scam.<br />
You can also contact Action Fraud on 0300 123 20 40 or use their<br />
reporting tool at www.actionfraud.police.uk<br />
Also, I would like to bring to your attention that residents in Thanet<br />
have had calls from a number starting with 01452****** this is a<br />
scam line that will bill your phone as soon as you answer.<br />
If you have any concerns about this or any type of crime feel free to<br />
speak to me when you see me out and about. Or call 101 and ask<br />
for me to contact you.<br />
MOBILITY SCOOTERS,<br />
WHEELCHAIRS AND AIDS<br />
Mobility scooters, wheelchairs, rollators, commode chairs, portable<br />
electric hoist (note: we do not have any slings) and a few smaller<br />
disability aids are available for loan to villagers and members of their<br />
families. We will also consider requests from residents in our<br />
neighbouring villages. We make no set charge for any of these but we’re<br />
open to receiving voluntary donations to help keep the equipment<br />
maintained.<br />
Thank you to everyone who has helped in some way to make this<br />
venture a success, if you or someone you know needs to borrow any of<br />
these please do get in touch, if we have it in stock you can borrow it.<br />
Thank you in advance to anyone who offers us items or storage<br />
space, we really do appreciate it.<br />
Please ring/text Ray on 07864 345 019, 07914 623 287 or email<br />
rayowen@gmail.com if you would like to borrow any of these, at any<br />
time, or if you have something you’d like to donate. Thank you.<br />
Minster Matters 5<br />
In Memory of<br />
Brian Morphew<br />
It is with great sadness that I have to<br />
advise that our Honorary Club<br />
Secretary Mr Brian Morphew, passed<br />
away in the early hours of Wednesday<br />
8th May following a short illness.<br />
Brian was a great servant to the club<br />
taking on the position of Club<br />
Secretary and doing it with great skill<br />
and humour. He was also an active<br />
playing member who really enjoyed<br />
the sport and was keen to pass on his<br />
enthusiasm to all. This was evident in<br />
setting up a new club competition for<br />
members who had not previously won<br />
a singles trophy and donated the cup<br />
as well! He was also instrumental in<br />
setting up regular Friday afternoon<br />
short mat sessions for the pupils of<br />
Minster Primary School.<br />
On a personal note, as the new Chair<br />
of the Club, Brian was a fantastic help<br />
to me and will be missed by all Minster<br />
Bowls Club members & the wider<br />
sporting community.<br />
Brian’s funeral will take place on<br />
12.15pm Wednesday 5th June at<br />
Margate Crematorium.<br />
Alan Blake<br />
Chair Minster Bowls Club<br />
MINSTER MATTERS<br />
READERS<br />
We are again looking for 1 or 2 people (age<br />
and gender not important) to step forward<br />
and offer to come and read for our audio<br />
version. This is not an onerous task, in fact<br />
our sessions are usually very light hearted.<br />
We do our recording at the Holiday Inn on<br />
a Tuesday evening, monthly from 7.30pm<br />
to around 9pm (but usually earlier). We<br />
have 2 teams, so you would only be<br />
expected to attend every other month and<br />
each person normally has just 3 or 4 pages<br />
to read. If you would be interested in<br />
helping please contact Ray, on 07864 345<br />
019 or email editor@minstermatters.org.uk
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