An alarm company is ringing householders saying that crime levels are high in the area (which is increasing fear of crime and isn’t actually true – crime in our area has been falling sharply in recent years).

They infer that they are working with police/council to improve security by offering “free” security equipment such as a burglar alarm (or charge nominal £1). They try to book an appointment and then do the hard sell trying to get the householder to sign up to very costly and long monitoring costs, quoting prices ranging from £4,000 – £6.000.

Vulnerable older people are being targetted by this scam – don’t be taken in.