DON’T
GET CAUGHT OUT ON YOUR DOORSTEP BY BOGUS CALLERS
DO’s
DO close and lock the BACK door and remove the key BEFORE answering your FRONT door.
DO put on your door chain or bar BEFORE opening your front door.
DO ask for identification from the caller and ask him or her to pass it through the gap without removing the chain.
DO close the door again whilst you check the identification carefully. A genuine caller will not mind waiting outside while you do this.
DO ask them to come back another day when you can have a friend or relative with you if you are still unsure.
DO call the police on 999 if you are suspicious. Police do take these incidents very seriously and it will not be any trouble to them.
DON’TS
DON’T let anyone in who says they are from the Water, Electricity or GAS Board. These boards no longer exist and anyone who says they work for them is bogus!
DON’T believe all callers are genuine – even if they look respectable.
DON’T allow anyone into your home if you are at all unsure.
DON’T believe ‘scare stories’ a caller may tell you, or be pressurised into a cash or quick sale.
DON’T have any work done on your home by a doorstep caller until you have taken alternative advice.
DON’T keep large amounts of cash in your home.
DON’T buy or sell anything at your door.
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