There have been incidents reported over the last few days about bogus water officials knocking on doors, asking to come in and check residents’ water supplies, following the floods.
These bogus officials have been reported making calls in the Abingdon and Wantage areas. The incidents have been checked out with Thames Water, who said they had no one working in the area.
Please pass this message onto friends and family and remind any elderly or vulnerable residents NOT
to let anyone in without checking identification first. If you have any information relating to this message or have received any similar callers over the past few days, please call the police on 08458 505 505 and quote URN 687 of 25/07/07.