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Getting Too Much "Junk" Mail? You can stop it - read on... The ’problem’ of direct mail is huge. We receive nearly 4 billion pieces of direct mail every year and about a third of this is thrown straight in the bin. It’s going to get worse as restrictions on the Post Office, on the amount of marketing mail, are going to be lifted. The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) has teamed up with the environmental charity Planet Ark to launch a campaign to promote the use of the Mailing Preference Service to stop direct mail reaching your doormat. But one mans junk is also another mans treasure - you may be happy to receive direct mail but want to turn it a shade greener. These letters and leaflets can be recycled with your newspapers through kerbside collections or in the paper banks. That way, recyclers can turn your unwanted mail into new paper products, if we all did that, it would make a big difference – 78,000 tonne difference per CouncilBorough. If you want to stop receiving unwanted direct mail from companies that you have not dealt with before, sign up to the Mailing Preference Service (MPS), you can register your details free of charge online at www.mpsonline.org.uk or call 0845 703 4599 (local call rate). By signing up to the MPS, you can take your name off 95% of the UK’s direct mailing lists.The DMA also have an email, fax and telephone preference service which is worth looking into. PLEASE NOTE:A) You can expect to receive mailings from companies with whom you have already dealt with in the past. Although the MPS removes your name from up to 95% of Direct Mail lists, you may also receive mailings from small, local companies. If you wish these mailings to be stopped, you should notify these companies directly. B) It may take up to four months before you notice a significant change in the Direct Mail you receive. C) The MPS cannot stop unaddressed material from being delivered BUT YOU CAN NOW OPT OUT OF RECEIVING JUNK MAIL DELIVERED BY THE ROYAL MAIL The Royal Mail delivers huge volumes of unaddressed direct mailings through our doors. If you do not want to receive this you can opt out by Emailing
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or writing to: Door to Door Opt Outs, Royal Mail Door to Door, Kingsmead House, Oxpens Road, Oxford. OX1 1RX Useful websites:DMA: www.dma.org.uk/content/home.aspPlanetArk: www.planetark.orgMPS: www.mpsonline.org.uk |
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Latest E Scam |
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This is the very latest attempt by Cyber Criminals to con you into providing your bank details. The email purports to come from the Financial Services Authority and is replicated below. "Financial Services Authority"
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Subject United Kingdom Banking Upgrade !
Date 05/01/2009 14:25
Dear United Kingdom Banking Customers Upgrade Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of your bank
account we have issued this warning message. It has come to our attention that your Bank account information needs to be
updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account in this year 2008 and to
reduce the instance of fraud on banking websites. If you could please take 5-10 minutes
out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into
any future problems with the online service. Once you have updated your account records your bank account
service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. To update your Bank records
Please Click Here Four you safety we will save ur ip adress Thank You. Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, Your Bank will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. As you can see there are a few spelling and other gramatical errors. This is a totally false communication, you should not answer and just delete the email. |
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Theft of High Value Vehicles |
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Due to the new immobilisor systems that are now fitted to cars, the original keys are required to remove them. The car criminals are now breaking into houses to steal the vehicle keys, in order to steal the vehicle. As we will highlight they have now developed a method of removing the keys without breaking into your property. This type of theft has been on going for a number of years throughout the UK, East Renfrewshire has had a very large number of vehicles stolen by this method. (This is a problem throughout the UK) It is called the 'Hook and Crane' method. |
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Email Scam Warnings |
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With so many scams, and warnings about scams, going around, it's difficult to know what's true and what isn't. http://www.safefromscams.co.uk/uk is a good place to start, with an easy to use menu of topics and a good search function. It's easy to read and it's a UK site. Snopes.com is another good resource for checking out whether the safety warnings we all receive via e-mail are genuine or are just scaremongering. http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/ There are pages specifically for these types of crime warnings (with a simple red, amber and green system of warning). |
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Bogus Callers |
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Doorstep Callers
Due to recent problems with Bogus Callers should a person or persons call without an appointment to offer any services such as, painting, plumbing, gardening, inspection of your property, water pipes gas or electricity even window cleaning services.
Always ask for identification or a trading license, refuse entry and call the police immediately with details, if possible of the type of vehicle and descriptions of those involved.
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