Neighbourhood Watch Update March 2021

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Neighbourhood Watch

Several villagers have raised questions about the possibility of re-forming a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme following various reports of suspicious late night activity around Flaxton and neighbouring villages.

At the last council meeting it was felt that Neighbourhood Watch (NW) should be a community-lead initiative as a successful NW scheme requires active involvement of all the community that it serves.

Re-establishment of a Flaxton Neighbourhood Watch Scheme is likely to be a topic for consultation in the development of the Parish Plan, which will also be a community-lead initiative.

In the meantime, a council member has subscribed to receive general updates from the National Scheme and will start to publish them on here and also (in time) on a dedicated web-page on the site.

Attached you will find the March 2021 Newsletter which provides some interesting information about how to spot a growing number range of cyber and telephone scams, news about the March 2021 National Census, and details of a successful NW Scheme in Derbyshire.

https://www.ourwatch.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/2021-03/Mar%202021%20OUR%20NEWS.pdf

 

 

 

 

Harton Benefice Newsletter – February 2021

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Update on the Messy Allotment

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Royal Mail Email Scam

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A member of our village has made us aware of the following email scam which is doing the rounds. Please be cautious when opening emails or clicking on links within emails.

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North Yorkshire Community Messaging – COVID vaccination scam

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Flaxton Parish Council would like to draw your attention to the below message which has been received from North Yorkshire Community Messaging

 

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On 27th January 2021 I advised of an email ‘doing the rounds’ which appeared to be from the NHS inviting the recipient to register for a Covid vaccination. This was a ‘phishing’ email which asked you to input your personal details, security information and more importantly your bank and card details. The emailed claimed that your bank details were necessary to verify your identity. North Yorkshire Police have been notified  of a similar email which I have replicated below.

Whereas this is different to the email circulated last week, the intention of the fraudsters is the same; to obtain your personal and bank details.

Please remember the Covid 19 vaccination is free and you will not be asked for payment. The NHS will never ask for your bank details.

If you receive such emails you can forward them to  and then delete from your inbox.

Please pass this message on to friends/family etc

 

                    NHS is performing selections for coronavirus vaccination on the basis of family genetics and medical history.

                    You have been selected to receive a coronavirus vaccination

                    Use this service to confirm/reject your (COVID-19) Vaccination:

                    >> NHS – Accept invitation

                    >>NHS – Decline invitation

 

North Yorkshire Community Messaging (NYCM) is managed by North Yorkshire Police.  The official website is www.nycm.co.uk which will allow you to sign into your account to change your delivery method preference or locations of interest. It also contains a FAQs section, which may assist with any queries you have.

Links and attachments:  North Yorkshire Police will only ever link you to secure web-sites we trust, we will only send you attachments where we believe it is absolutely necessary.

If you need to contact North Yorkshire Police please call 101 or in an emergency dial 999.  Alternatively please email any non urgent enquiries to: