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Although Village Care hasn’t been operating
its usual service since the first lockdown in
March last year, our telephonists continue to call
our clients regularly for chats, checking that
they are coping, ensuring they have everything
they need and offering help or advice where
they can. We know that clients are appreciative
of these calls and telephonists are pleased to
provide a listening ear. Village Care telephonists
will only call clients between 10am and 1 pm
on a weekday , and clients are always welcome
to call the duty telephonists during that time if
they would like to chat or need anything, and
we will do our best to help if we can.
Following on from the announcement about
easing the lockdown, we are hoping to resume
driving on June 21st. Clients wishing to book a
driver will be able to do so as before, and a
reminder that we are available for local trips
anywhere- to visit friends and family for
example, as well as medical appointments, trips
to local clubs and to get your hair done (at last! )
Although it is disappointing that we aren’t
now able to welcome clients to our tea party in
May, we are happy to say that we hope to hold
it on Friday 3rd September instead. Details will
be available later in the year. By the time you
read this, clients will have had their invitation ,
together with a pack of Information produced
by the Leap Active Partnership and Bucks
Council offering some really helpful tips and
advice about staying healthy at home.
We are still planning to hold Open Gardens
on 6th June and have fingers crossed for a
beautiful day just like last year.
Tylers Green First School have asked for a
donation to provide a bench in their Woodland
Garden so we hope to include a photo in the
next edition. There will be a plaque on the
bench acknowledging the Village Care
contribution.
Village Care aims to offer help and support to
both individuals and organisations in Penn &
Tylers Green, Penn Street and Winchmore Hill.
Please do get in touch if you could use our
help.” Anna Allen
www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk
Village Voice April/May 2021
Warning Over Royal Mail
Text Message Scam
The text message attempts to obtain a person’s
personal and financial details
Everyone is being warned to watch out for a
new text message scam in which criminals pose
as Royal Mail in an attempt to steal personal
and financial details.
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute
(CTSI) has said that it has received evidence of
the scam, which uses a text message to claim a
parcel is awaiting delivery but a “settlement”
must first be paid.
The message also includes a link that leads to a
fraudulent website posing as a Royal Mail page
and asks for personal and payment details,
which could then be used by scammers for
further fraud.
It follows a similar email scam which was
flagged by Royal Mail recently.
Concerns have been raised about the increase
in online scams since the beginning of the
coronavirus pandemic as millions of people
began spending more time online and there
was a surge in online shopping.
The fraudulent text message asks users to pay
a settlement (typically £2.99) before their parcel
can be delivered
The CTSI warned that the rise in online
shopping means more people are likely to be
waiting for parcels and deliveries, making them
more vulnerable to this kind of scam.
Lead officer Katherine Hart said: “This delivery
scam is yet another example of fraudsters
attempting to make money out of the
unsuspecting public. Due to the lockdowns,
many millions of people rely on product
deliveries, so scammers have focused their
efforts on this theme.
The Royal Mail will only ever contact customers
via text or email if a customs fee is due, not for
domestic parcel delivery. If you have any
suspicions, contact Royal Mail to verify before
you click any links or share details."
These types of scams come in many forms, and
scammers do not only use Royal Mail branding,
they may be sent via text, emails and by phone.
Everyone is encouraged to report any suspected
scams to Action Fraud, or for email scams contact
the National Cyber Security Centre by emailing
report@phishing.gov.uk
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