A neighbour in Loddon sent in the following extract from a post on Facebook yesterday. Curiously the same individual was also peddling spare pea gravel in Claxton yesterday morning. We reproduce it here to alert villagers to a possible scam.
“Just had a guy tried to drop some gravel off. For allegedly £5.00 because he needed to pick some machinery up from the next village. not the case at all. had to call police in the end. he put some sprinkles of gravel on drive, that was already 1|2 inch thick. No visible change. Wanted £5.00 per yard. Didn’t get it. Be warned that these people are about. I ended up calling 999 and he left with £50.00. if I had been at home when he arrived he would not have got anything. Thank goodness the police advised him to take the £50.00 & go. DO NOT ALLOW ANYBODY ON YOUR PROPERTY unless you have asked them to come. I have registration of the vehicle and a receipt for what the police officer said was fair. Do Not Allow anybody unless requested.”
