Arun Association

All Arun Association members' meetings are held on a Wednesday and all take place at The Dairy Community Centre, Church Street, Littlehampton. They commence at 7.30pm and generally conclude at about 9pm. Meetings are scheduled for 20th February 2008, 16th April 2008, 18th June 2008, 20th August 2008 and 15th October 2008.

Bognor Regis Association

The last Annual General Meeeting was held Thursday 7th June 2007.

VISA & MASTERCARD TELEPHONE SCAM

Two people have recently received telephone calls from people supposedly at "Visa" and "Mastercard" saying that they were in Fraud and Security and giving a badge number - they then went on to say that the owner's card had been flagged for an unusual purchase pattern and they were just calling to verify - did the cardholder purchase a device/expensive item for £497-99 from a marketing company based in a certain town ? When they replied they had not the caller said it was a company they had been watching - charges ranged from £297 to £497, just under the £500 purchase pattern that flags most cards. They then verified the card owner's address and said that the amount would be credited back to the card - they would start the investigation and if they had any queries they should call the 0800 number on the card itself quoting a six digit number. They then said they wished to check the owner was in possession of the card, asking them to turn the card over and read the last three digits of the number on the signature strip. THESE THREE DIGITS WERE THE INFORMATION THE FRAUDSTERS REQUIRED. Within 20 minutes, the two people sensibly thought to call the 08oo number on their card and were advised that a new purchase had just been put on their card for £497-99. Apparently the fraudsters are using the same word for word script in each call, just varying the names.

Please be on your guard against giving out details of your card to anyone other than trusted sources. This particularly applies to the three digit number on the reverse which is needed for purchasing goods on the telephone or internet and which identifies your card.

"crimEmail" - the Automatic Crime Notification Service

This free service will automatically e-mail you with details of crimes reported in any of your specified local roads as and when they are entered on the Crime Sheets by the CPC. These are updated every morning.

For information and registration click on "crimEmail" either in left hand menu on Home Page or at bottom of left hand menu on Crime Scene page.

Virtual Bumblebee is part of the police Operation Bumblebee anti- burglary initiative and consists of a unique means of displaying found and stolen property, as well as lost property reports, on the internet. Members of the public can search for property that police forces and other organisations have recovered.

If you have had a burglary or have lost anything, then visit the site by clicking on to Virtual Bumblebee

Communications for the Committees can be sent by e-mail to ArunSec@HighdownNHW.org. or in writing to the relevant association's Secretary, for Arun NWA, c/o The Crime Prevention Co-ordinator, West Downs Divisional HQ, Centenary House, Durrington Lane, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 2PQ or for Bognor NWA, c/o CPC, Neighbourhood Watch Office, Police Station, Kingsham Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8AD. Matters requiring the attention of an Executive Committee will be included on the Agenda of its next Committee Meeting.
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Officers of the Arun Executive Committee for 2007 /2008