21 Million Scam Emails Reported – June 2023

  Almost 21 million scam emails reported by the public Almost 21 million reports have been made to the Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS), resulting in the removal of over 235,000 malicious websites. SERS was launched by the National Cyber Security…

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Suspicious Emails – July 2022

  Over 12 million suspicious emails reported by the public What is phishing, and how does it work? You wouldn’t let a thief enter your home, but what if the thief was masquerading as someone familiar, such as a postman,…

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Trader Cold Calling Selling Fish

Nottinghamshire residents are being warned about door-to-door fish salesmen. The salesmen are known to charge excessive amounts for fish that is largely unlabelled and some of which is unfit to eat. The fish scam is a growing national problem. We…

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Crop Damage – 29 May 2015

Message sent by Antony Crofts (Police, SGT 879, East Bassetlaw) Police Officers from East Bassetlaw have seized two large off road vehicles in the last 3 weeks as a result of reports of crop damage by offenders who had driven…

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Bogus Callers

Trading Standards Officers, (Nottinghamshire) in conjunction with Neighbourhood Alert System report the following: A report has been made by a Nottinghamshire resident stating that he was cold-called by someone claiming to be from Trading Standards.  The telephone caller asked to…

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Diet Supplements Scam

Diet Supplements Scam This is a message sent via Neighbourhood Alert. This information has been sent on behalf of Trading Standards Message sent by Rhodri Williams (Nottinghamshire County Council, Trading Standards Officer, Notts) Nottinghamshire County Council Trading Standards have received…

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Burglary Incident in Mattersey Thorpe

Burglary incident in Mattersey Thorpe, please ensure your home is secure. This is a message sent via Neighbourhood Alert. This information has been sent on behalf of Nottinghamshire Police. Message sent by: Aaron Stocks (Police, PCSO 4778, Ranskill & Sutton…

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4x Burglary dwelling incidents in Ranskill

4x Burglary dwelling incidents in Ranskill, please ensure your home is secure. This is a message sent via Neighbourhood Alert. This information has been sent on behalf of Nottinghamshire Police. Message sent by: Aaron Stocks (Police, PCSO 4778, Ranskill &…

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Bogus County Council Cold Call Warning

Bogus County Council Cold Call Warning This is a message sent via Neighbourhood Alert. This information has been sent on behalf of Trading Standards Message sent by David Brocklebank (Nottinghamshire County Council, Trading Standards Officer, Nottinghamshire) Nottinghamshire residents are being…

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Have you been cold-called by The Drive Doctor?

Have you been cold called by The Drive Doctor? This is a message sent via Neighbourhood Alert. This information has been sent on behalf of Trading Standards. Message sent by David Brocklebank (Nottinghamshire County Council, Trading Standards Officer, Nottinghamshire) Nottinghamshire…

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Crime Alert

Crime Alert This is a message sent via Neighbourhood Alert. This information has been sent on behalf of Nottinghamshire Police. Message sent by: Linda Dickenson (Police, PCSO 8122, East Bassetlaw ) The Safer Neighbourhoods policing teams, wish to make residents…

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Could this man help after garage burglary?

Could this man help after garage burglary? This is a message sent via Neighbourhood Alert. This information has been sent on behalf of Nottinghamshire Police. Message sent by: Gemma Berry (Nottinghamshire Police, Media Relations Officer, Nottinghamshire) Do you know this…

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Dealing with Doorstep Callers

Dealing with doorstep callers This is a message sent via Neighbourhood Alert. This information has been sent on behalf of Nottinghamshire Police Message sent by Lindsay Donnelly (Police, Administrator, Nottinghamshire) With the arrival of spring there is likely to be…

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