Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Burglary scouts - check your letterbox
Hi All,
Just a heads-up, we've had a load of fake locksmith stickers been placed on our letterboxes on Lausanne Road over the past few days. These are placed on your letterbox by scouts as a way to inform burglars of good targets. It's a well known scam that has done the rounds over the years over London.
The stickers are small, transparent and carry the name "Ace Locksmiths 24/7" with a phone number.
The stickers have a genuine company listed although this is used as plausable deniability if the person attaching the stickers gets caught.
I'd advise you check your letterbox and immediatly remove if found.
Here's a link to the same scam in Putney back in 2020:
https://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&page=concri...
And another one in Wandsworth:
https://www.itv.com/news/london/2017-05-20/council-warns-fake-locks...
As Shaw Taylor used to say on Police 5, "Keep 'Em Peeled". Gosh that's dated me...
Best,
Olly
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Permalink Reply by kotkas
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What exactly do you think is the issue? I get the stickers are a nuisance but it doesn’t look like it’s the purported ‘burglary marker’ - which always seemed like a super far fetched concept. He appears to have achieved enough notoriety and hopefully has learned a lesson….
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Permalink Reply by JamesN
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It's probably worth giving him a call, if only to compliment the pointing work he's had done.
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