[HTS-members] Fw: Door To Door Sales Scam 04/06/2014 09:57:53 [77241]

[Karl Lawrence]

From: alert at neighbourhoodalert.co.uk 
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 9:57 AM
To: lawrencek28 at btinternet.com 
Subject: Door To Door Sales Scam 04/06/2014 09:57:53 [77241]

     
            Door to door sales scam 
     
     
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                        Maggie Carpenter (Police, Neighbourhood Policing Administrator, Chiltern & South Bucks LPA) 

                  Police in Chiltern and South Bucks are warning residents about a door to door sales scam involving young men and women claiming to be ex-convicts trying to earn some money.
                   
                  We have recently been contacted by residents in this area reporting these individuals knocking on doors locally.
                   
                  The bogus salesmen target one area at a time and knock at doors claiming to be ex-convicts on a young offenders’ scheme and try to sell the occupant everyday households products such as dusters and house cleaning products at high prices.
                   
                  Bogus salesmen are not involved in any officially recognised offender rehabilitation programme and many do not carry Pedlar’s Certificates which are issued by the police and permit people to sell door-to-door.
                   
                  If any salesperson comes to your door, you should ask to see their Pedlar’s certificate - these are only issued to individuals under very strict conditions. You can contact the police station it was issued at in order to prove if it’s genuine. Selling door to door without this certificate is a criminal offence.
                   
                  It is important that residents call us and let us know this is happening in your neighbourhood to give us the opportunity to check out whether their activity is indeed lawful. Please call us on 101 and let us know.
                   
                  Residents are reminded that they can request a free ‘no cold calling’ sticker for their front doors by calling the Community Safety Team on 01494 732089. If a doorstep seller comes to your door you can just point at the sticker and ask them to leave. If they refuse to leave or return they are committing a criminal offence.
                   
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