Whenever you arrive home and think that your home has been burgled, please DO NOT enter under any circumstances. It has happened on occasions lately and as recent as Friday last week that the intruders were still inside the house. These criminals are armed most of the time and will not hesitate to attack you. When you arrive home and there has been a burglary, please phone 10111 as well as your local Security Company, so that they can secure your residence. If the break-in has already happened, do not touch anything as this could disturb or even destroy any clues and fingerprints of the perpetrators. The assistance of the public in this regard makes it so much easier for the police to find these criminals.   

There is apparently another SARS E-Filing scam doing the rounds. Targets receive an email from “refund@sars.gov.za” or similar, with the subject line “Tax Refund”. They are directed to a website similar in appearance to SARS’ E-Filing site (as depicted below) and prompted to enter their bank details. This website can quite easily be identified as a fake. Read more on how to identify hoax websites and phishing scams and learn to protect yourself from these criminals.

Note that you should never provide your banking or credit card details unless you are 100% certain it is legitimate and secure. Under no circumstances should you ever have to provide a pin for your card or account.

The minutes of the Gen Exco and Public meeting held in january 2009 are available for download below.

Clive received the following from a member of the community this morning:

"Dear Clive

Just wanted to comment that this morning at about 9am I was crossing Cambridge and Kei rd at the stop intersection I saw a police car with two police officers searching a male and taking down his particulars.  The man was obviously not going any where nor had any business in Farrarmere.  Just the presence of the police had a dramatic impact on on-lookers.

Just please pass on to CMS & police officers to keep up the good work!  We really appreciate their efforts."

We received this yesterday from Atlasville.
These vehicles including a blue golf were also in Benoni area last night. They were following vehicles in the streets on their way home. Please keep a lookout for these vehicles and report them immediately if spotted.

"Hi All,
Just to report an incident with, we think, a phoney SAPS Officer attempting to gain access to the property. Incident occurred at 13H00 this afternoon and was a black male in a white golf who insisted on entering the premises at X Owl road to collect a signature and hand over some document to a Mr. X. Maid refused him entry and made him wait whilst she contacted us, we in turn contacted Bokburg North Police station and the duty Superintendent stated they had no one of that description there and his presence was suspicious. The person then drove off.
Please look out for this person.... Additionally our maid and her friends nearby (further down Owl road) reports that there is a red golf cruising aroud the Owl road area, keep a look out......."

The January 2009 edition of The Precinct Community News is out. Headlining with an article on the Hyacinth infestation in Benoni’s lakes, and including articles of relevance to all precincts in Benoni it is well worth the read. If you prefer to read the in digital form, it can be downloaded below.

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