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Warwickshire Police are investigating four telephone fraud attempts in the last couple of days. In one incident, a couple from Atherstone were conned out of £20,000 after being contacted by someone claiming to be from Barlcay’s Bank who told them there had been suspicious activity on their account. In other incidents, people were contacted by…

Criminals are using the Covid vaccine as a way to target the public by tricking them into handing over cash or financial details. They are sending convincing looking text messages letting people know they are eligible for the vaccine or phoning people directly pretending to be from the NHS or a local pharmacy. Remember, the…

Please find attached the latest newsletter from our Rural Crime Team: Newsletter for January 2021

In the early hours of the morning on the 13th January 2021, a Yamaha Grizzly quad bike worth £10,000 was stolen from a farm near Shipston on Stour. Warwickshire Police also received a call from a member of public from a neighbouring village in the early hours of the morning reporting suspicious activity whereby a…

A 20-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy, both of an address in Pathlow have been sentenced in connection with this offence. On Tuesday 21st April 2020 we received a report of a theft of a two week old lamb from a field near to Long Marston, Stratford upon Avon. This report came from a member…

More than £2million has been lost nationally to scams involving criminals impersonating broadband providers. They claim the victim has a problem with their computer, router or internet and persuade them to download and connect via a Remote Access Tool (RAT). This allows them to gain access to the victim’s computer or mobile phone. Victims are…

Received an email which you’re not quite sure about? Is it asking you to login to an account and “verify” your payment details? If you are suspicious, you should report it by forwarding the email to: Report@phishing.gov.uk

Assistant Chief Constable Alex Franklin-Smith, Warwickshire Police, has issued this update on the policing of the current lockdown. “We are now a week into the current lockdown, and while the majority of people in Warwickshire are following the rules, we are continuing to see some ignore the restrictions and choose to put others at risk.…

Warwickshire County Council’s Trading Standards Service are warning to consumers to beware of puppy scams. Trading Standards Animal Health Officers have received reports of criminal gangs illegally smuggling puppies in to the UK to sell, puppies being stolen and sold on and consumers paying thousands of pounds to bogus online sellers for puppies that don’t exist.…