February 2024

17 Buckden Roundabout February 2024 Village News Buckden Neighbourhood Watch BEWARE With a New Year we all make plans and sometimes resolutions the Crooks and Scammers are no different. They will be devis- ing new schemes to extract money from you. BEWARE Solicitor, invoice and ‘ CEO ’ scams. Scammers pose as your solicitor, supplier or colleague. You receive an email or invoice that looks like it ’ s from a company or person you ’ re dealing with. But it ’ s been intercepted by scammers who ’ ve changed the payment details – so you send money to their account instead. What you should do? • Always telephone the person who sent the email or invoice to confirm the request is genuine, using a trusted number – one you ’ ve used before or found on their website. • Verbally confirm with them that the account details are correct. • If you haven ’ t paid them before, send a small amount first and check it ’ s been received. IMPERSONATION SCAMS. Scammers often impersonate organisations like banks, HMRC, the police, or even your social media contacts. They ’ ll try to convince you to transfer money, download software or give out personal information. They may threaten you by saying your accounts at risk, or you ’ ll go to court. What you should do? • Legitimate organisations will never ask you to transfer money to a safe account. • Never download software or share your bank details with someone who calls you unexpectedly. • Scammers mimic numbers of well - known companies and even people you know, so use a different telephone to call them back to verify the details you ’ ve been given. PURCHASE SCAMS You could be buying anything from a car to gym equipment, advertised on online auction sites or social. The seller tries to convince you to pay by bank transfer to receive the item quicker or to bypass fees. What you should do? • If you can, see the item in person before buying. If it ’ s a car, checks the details match those held by the DVLA. • Check the seller ’ s reviews and look out for negative feed- back. • Paying by debit or with credit card, or the website ’ s recom- mended payment service, could give you more protection than a bank transfer. RICHARD WEST Village Coordinator 01480 811467 / 07841 866630 To contact the police: 999 in an emergency; 0800 555 111 Crime Stoppers; 0300 123 2040 Action Fraud. EMAIL burglarycrackdown@cambs.pnn.police.uk or visit www.crimestoppers.uk.org or you can telephone 101 Buckden Junior Football Club We ’ re coming into the last part of the season now – with the nights getting lighter, meaning our teams weekly training sessions will soon be coming back to the field at Buckden and hope- fully some more settled weather! Dribblers Sessions Our Dribblers sessions continue to run throughout the year, even in the holidays and are going from strength to strength. You will find us on Sunday mornings from 9 - 10am at Buckden playing fields. Sessions cost £2.00 per week, pay as you play - our guide age range is 3/4, to reception age but this is very much down to the individual child so if you think you have a child that is ready to join us – please contact us, you will find us on Facebook – Buckden Dribblers! Assistant coach for the next Under 7’ s team …. We are currently looking for an assistant coach to help Chris who will be taking our older dribblers, to form an Under 7’ s team in September. BJFC pay for all necessary training courses and FA coaching badges, all you will need to provide is enthusi- asm and a willingness to help support Chris in the coaching of this amazing bunch of young footballers. You would be joining a very supportive, forward thinking club with a lot of fellow coaches to help support you in your journey. If you would be interested in finding out more please message our facebook page or contact the club. Open Development Training Sessions – age 7+ We run training sessions every Monday evening at the playing fields, 7 - 8pm for anyone who currently doesn ’ t play for a team, who would like to learn some new skills, have a kick around and generally have fun. Each sessions costs £2, pay as you play and we will also try our best to help you find a team, if that is what you would like. If you would like to join us – just turn up, we always welcome new members or if you would like to know more message Matt on 07803 000690. Tea Bar returns! We will be running our tea bar on Saturday and Sunday morn- ings from 9am, at the pavilion on the playing field. We serve a range of hot drinks, cold snacks and bacon rolls! All profits go toward the running of the football club, we also will be stock- ing our range of BJFC Merchandise - woolly hats, thermal mugs and snoods. We are always looking for more volunteers to help run the tea bar, if you have any spare Saturdays – even just for an hour, please do contact us we would be very grate- ful!