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Gloucestershire Constabulary are warning the public about a PPI scam which has targeted at least two residents in the county.

A man in Matson, Gloucester received a phone call on Monday 8 August from a bogus PPI payment company claiming he was due a PPI refund of thousands of pounds. The scammer, a woman with a Canadian accent, said he could claim this by paying the company £2,000 in iTunes vouchers.

The victim bought the vouchers and provided the scammer with the codes who asked for a further £600 in vouchers. He then realised it was a scam and reported it to police.

Another man in Littledean received a similar phone call on Friday (12 August). The scammer, a man with an Asian accent, used the same tactics and the victim provided £150 in iTunes vouchers before being told to give a further £150 worth. The victim then became suspicious and called police.

Officers are warning the public of this scam and offering the following advice:

• Be suspicious of an unexpected phone call offering you a big pay out for an unknown reason – if it’s too good to be true, it probably is.
• Do not provide money or vouchers to any company you are not familiar with, even if they claim to pay you back.
• If in doubt, take their details and tell them you’ll call them back. In the meantime, call police on 101 to seek advice.

Please make your family, friends and neighbours aware of this scam, especially the elderly and vulnerable.

Beware cold calls purporting to come from your broadband/internet provider.
There have been a number of cases from across the North Cotswolds of fraudsters cold calling purporting to be from your broadband/internet provider and claiming there is a fault with your router/equipment. They say you are entitled to a refund and that they need to take remote control of your machine.

If they contact you, do not give them access to your computer and report the attempt to Action Fraud ~http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/report_fraud / 0300 123 2040

This is a message from the Stow Local Policing Team.

 

Two properties in the Pound Lane area of Mickleton were targeted between 2000hrs 23 May and 1130hrs 24 May.

A window in an integral garage was broken in one property, and the offender/s were able to reach in to take items.

At the second property, sheds were broken in to, although it appears nothing was taken.

It is possible the same offender/s were responsible for opening a garage door of a house in the Back Lane area of the village.

 

Please report any information regarding these or any other incidents to police on the 101 number, or by e-mail to 101@gloucestershire.police.uk    Incident numbers 113/24.5 & 186/24.5 refer to the above incidents.

 

Local officers for the area are;

 

PC Nick Westmacott      Nicholas.Westmacott@gloucestershire.pnn.police.uk

PC Tim   Mason              Timothy.Mason@gloucestershire.pnn.police.uk

 

  Stow Police Station, High Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, Glos, GL54 1DL

Direct:  01242 247273

Force Control Room 101

From PCSO Mel Oliveira ~ Suspicious Female possibly checking out premises
A suspicious female, possibly using the pretext of selling compost from an allegedly defunct garden centre to check out premises. If spotted, please report to 101 quoting incident 226 of 02/04/2016.