Home Security - Bogus Calls.

We have today received the following message from the Leicestershire County Neighbourhood and Home Watch office:-

Nottinghamshire NHW have informed us that that cold callers are targeting elderly residents promising either to fit free burglar alarms or to "go 50:50" on the cost of fitting alarms to reduce the cost to older people.
In one of these cases the caller claimed to be from "Leicestershire Police Security" but was calling from an 0203 (London) telephone number. This is not a company that we are aware of.
A Google search on the full telephone number has revealed complaints from many parts of the UK in relation to this number. Other complaints allege that the caller seemed particularly to be trying to discover times when no-one would be at home.

Police advice is never to put your security in the hands of someone who has either turned up out of the blue at your door or has called you by telephone without your invitation. We would always suggest that you get at least two competitive quotes from NSI or SSAIB recognised companies (of which there are many in the Yellow Pages). Offers to carry out work free of charge should always be checked most carefully - think "if it seems too good to be true, it probably is."
- posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 14, 2011

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