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6 Buckden Roundabout July 2021 Buckden Neighbourhood Watch OVER FIVE MILLION SUSPICIOUS EMAILS REPORTED Cyber criminals carry out phishing. The goal is to convince you to click on the links within their scam email or text message, to give away sensitive information such as bank details. These messages may look like the real thing but are malicious once clicked. You may be sent to a website which could down- load viruses onto your computer or steal your passwords. WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON PHISHING SCAMS ? The most commonly spoofed organisation reported in phish- ing emails is TV Licensing by following malicious links in the emails and inputting personal information into what looks like a legitimate TV licensing website Other organisations are impersonated included HMRC and DVLA. HOW YOU CAN PROTECT YOURSELF FROM PHISHING EMAIL MESSAGES. 1. Be cautious of email messages asking for your personal information. 2. Report suspicious emails if you receive an email you ’ re not quite sure about. You should report it to the Suspi- cious Email Reporting Service (SERS) by forwarding the email to report@phishing.gov.uk Your reports will help government and law enforcement agencies to remove malicious emails and websites 3. Report suspicious text messages if you receive a suspi- cious text message, you can report it by forwarding to 7726. It is free of charge. 4. Report fraud If you have lost money or provided per- sonal information as a result of a phishing scam. 5. Notify Your bank immediately and report it to Action Fraud For more information on how to protect yourself from fraud and cybercrime visit actionfraud.police.uk/cybercrime 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 Suspicions or concerns can be reported via the police force ’ s online web chat function here https://bit.ly/3tfssQF Or via the online reporting forms here https://bit.ly/3ck9z85 Village News Buckden WI 25 ladies enjoyed each - other ’ s company at a gloriously sunny garden meeting in June at the home of our president. Thank - you Ruth! We munched on choc - ices, while voting on this year ’ s national resolution, exchanging news, having a raffle and sharing out tomato plants to take home. Weather permitting, we hope to meet at 2p.m. on Tues- day 6 th July, again in the garden of Ruth and Ken Nicho- las ’ s house in Park Road. Please be aware that the day and time may change according to the weather so if in doubt contact Ruth, our president, on 07957 334142, or Judith, our secretary, on 07748 716709. If you ’ re not a member but would like to know more about our programme of meetings and events, do get in touch via the numbers above. In normal times, we meet at Buckden Village Hall on the first Tuesday of each month at 7.30p.m. with occasional extra day - time ‘ At Homes ’ or garden meetings and new members will be very welcome. Did you know …? Babies are born with approximately 300 bones, but as they grow some of these bones fuse together. By the time they reach adulthood, they only have 206 bones. More than half of your bones are located in the hands, wrists, feet, and ankles. The largest bone in the human body is the femur, also known as the thigh bone. The smallest bone is the stir- rup bone, which is located inside your ear drum. Teeth are considered part of the skeletal system, but are not counted as bones. Pound for pound, your bones are stronger than steel. A block of bone the size of a matchbox can support up to 18,000 pounds of weight. There is anywhere between 60,000 - 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body. If they were taken out and laid end - to - end, they would be long enough to trav- el around the world more than three times. From osgpc.com