VILLAGE INFORMATION
VILLAGE INFORMATION
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Facebook Hacking
We want to make you aware of a recent surge in hacked Facebook accounts being
used to perpetrate fraud. Fraudsters are gaining access to people's accounts and
using them to advertise and sell non-existent event tickets, products, and more -
often targeting local community Facebook groups and Marketplace.
Remember, there is more than one victim here - both the person whose account
was hacked and those tricked into sending money. If your Facebook account has
been hacked and used illegally, make sure to contact Facebook right away to secure
it, change your password, and notify contacts. You should also report the incident to
Action Fraud.
For more information on how to spot scams and stay safe online, visit the website Get Safe online, which offers hints and
tips.
Here are some tips to help identify hacked Facebook accounts and accounts selling fake event tickets or products:
Look for a change in tone or writing style from the account's previous posts. Hacked accounts often show odd changes if the
hacker is posing as the person but not mimicking them well.
Check when the account last posted or had regular activity. If there's a gap of weeks or months, that can indicate it was
inactive then suddenly became active again in a questionable way.
Look for friends commenting confusion on the posts selling tickets/products. They likely know if that behaviour seems strange
coming from their friend.
Click on the seller's name and check their profile and past posts. Scammers often hack accounts that have been inactive,
with few recent posts.
See if the account repeatedly posts the same or very similar ticket/product sales posts. Scammers tend to reuse the same
ads across targeted groups.
Check for other posts warning of the account being hacked or fake if the person has reached out to warn their legitimate
connections.
Reverse image search any photos of tickets or products. Scammers often steal images from other sites or past events rather
than taking their own.
Look out for one another, so please share this message to help prevent further victims. The more awareness we can raise,
the less power these fraudsters have to deceive members of our community. Thank you for your help and vigilance!
I am calling on residents in Dorset to join us in our fight against drug crime by reporting the small things which could make the
biggest difference to where you live. Have you seen odd or out of character behaviour on your street? Perhaps you’ve
witnessed a drug deal but haven’t reported it because you don’t think it’s important. Perhaps you don’t think anything will be
done? I am urging you to report your concerns, no matter how insignificant you think they might be. It could provide the
missing piece of the puzzle officers need to act.
DCC Transport Survey
Please complete a survey on transport in Dorset.
Dorset Council and BCP Council need your views to help them develop a
new local transport plan to travel safely and easily around the county, while
protecting its special landscape.
This is essential to help the two councils shape a transport plan that works for
everyone in Dorset.
Find out more and complete the survey
https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/.../local-transport-plan-4
Survey closes Sunday 3 March 2024.
Superfast Broadband - Update 15th February 2024
After everyone’s effort to pledge their votes with Openreach, they tell us that ultrafast fibre should be starting to go live in the
main streets of Litton and Long Bredy around April this year (2024). This looks to be about 2 years earlier than if we’d all sat
back and waited for it to come.
For those who pledged, you may be asked to reconfirm your pledge prior to actual connection to your property.
Anyone in more outlying areas who is worried they will be left out of the build, please contact Angus 07770582877 and we’ll
try to check for you.
Background
During the first few months of 2024 you will perhaps have seen Openreach engineers up poles and in roadways cleaning out
existing ducting.
As we understand it, work had already been going on during December in the main exchanges. From those, main spine
cables were installed taking the main cabling to areas for distribution at a splitter (1-32). From here the cabling fans out to
Customer Box Terminals on poles (CBT terminals). CBTs may be installed before cabling connections from the splitters are
made, so if you see them don’t expect an immediate connection. Then, when all these main cables are up and running the
connection to properties will begin.
Delays and road closures
Homes that have existing cabling underground may suffer delays as it is more difficult to connect them, in which case the new
supply may have to go above ground. You may have to negotiate the installation route with Openreach.
Openreach may have to arrange road closures such as Whiteway in Litton for the work to take place, or where poles are
jointly used with other utilities. At some point it may even be necessary for the partial road closure of the A35 to enable a safe
working environment whilst installing and extending these cables to the likes of Kingston Russell and beyond.
Please be patient. After all the effort that’s been put in by everybody, Fast Fibre is on its way and with fingers crossed we
should be connected soon. Litton Cheney and Long Bredy main streets will probably be the first to go live, followed by
Compton Vallance, then the more outlying areas.
That’s the current plan but schedules may change, and we will try and keep you up to date as much as possible.
Want to contribute to the well-being of Litton? Why not join the Premier Crew, a group of well-intentioned citizens of our village who
clean and tidy up areas when they need a little bit of care and attention. Your ability to help will undoubtedly depend on your
availability and you are not expected to turn up everytime there is a call to arms. Gender equality is alive and well, as is the
bonhomie or bonfemme on offer whenever we meet. With enough volunteers we could even become the Grand Crew! If you would
like to join us, please contact John Firrell on 01308 482313.
Premier Crew – Come & Join Us
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