September 2021

6 Buckden Roundabout September 2021 Buckden Neighbourhood Watch HOW TO STAY SAFE FROM ONLINE SCAMS Be wary of unsolicited messages You can reduce your vulnerability to online scams by being wary of unsolicited e - mails, phone calls and texts asking you for your personal information (date of birth, address etc) or information about your usernames, passwords, PINs or other security details. Cyber criminals send malicious communications in order to gain access to your device. For example, an attachment to an e - mail could, if clicked, install malware that activates your camera and microphone for the criminal to access, or a keylogger that records everything you type, records every app open and gives the criminal access to images, videos and doc- uments on your computer. Alternatively if you click on a hyperlink, it could lead to a webpage that looks genuine but is under the control of the criminal as they watch you enter personal information includ- ing e - mail address and password. Tip Take time to verify who the sender is. You can often do this by hovering over the sender ’ s email address. Emails from the government (HMRC, your local authority etc) all end in .gov.uk Tip Do not open attachments or click on links in e - mails, text mes- sages or instant message services like Messenger and WhatsApp unless you are confident the sender is genuine. If in doubt, do not open or click. The internet is a wonderful resource and increasingly essential in our daily lives. However criminals are clever at exploiting this to try to steal our personal and financial information. 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 In August, 18 ladies met in our President ’ s Garden on a sunny afternoon and informal chat took place and an opportunity to catch up on each other ’ s news. Every- one agreed it was an enjoyable afternoon. Thank you, Ruth for providing the ice creams and the use of your garden. We meet on Tuesday 7 th September at 7:30pm in the Millard Suite at the Village Hall with a guest speaker. On this occasion, please bring your own drinks and have a mask with you in case it is needed. We warmly welcome new members so if you would like more information please contact: Ruth Nicholas – 07957 334142 Judith Armitage – 01480 811717 The Great Fen: Progress on the Peat The Huntingdonshire Local Group of the Wildlife Trust invite you to our on line illustrated talk on Wednesday 8 th September at 7.30pm, which will be hosted via Zoom. Our speaker will be Henry Stanier, who is The Great Fen Ecolo- gy and Recording Officer for the Wildlife Trust for Bedford- shire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire with responsibil- ity for managing the monitoring of the Great Fen, including training volunteers in ecology monitoring. Henry has a wide knowledge of natural history, with particular expertise in birds, dragonflies, reptiles, amphibians and mam- mals, as well as botany. Tonight Henry will bring us up to date with progress on the management of the Fen and its wildlife and the plans for the future of this wonderful wetland. This talk is free. To book, please email Pat on jp.doody@ntlworld.com in advance and he will send you a zoom link before the meeting is due to start. Donations are gratefully accepted via the Wildlife Trust BCN website. For more information please contact Alistair on 07775 365507 or alistairrgrant@hotmail.com.