A man has been charged following a crackdown of scam text messages. The man from Enfield was one of eight people arrested in the early morning (May 24) as part of an investigation in fake messages - known as smishing - posing as the Royal Mail, that asks victims to pay to retrieve a parcel. Arrests were made across the country, including London, Essex, Birmingham, Coventry and Colchester. The Enfield man faces charges of fraud by false representation, possession of articles for use in fraud and money laundering. While he will appear at Inner London Crown Court on June 21, the others have been released under investigation.
May 24, 2021
A few weeks ago I listened to young Jamaican student Deane Weatherly talk about the importance of Queen Nanny of the Jamaican Maroons to her and Jamaican national life.
Queen Nanny, the leader of one of the country’s maroon groups, defeated the British in the 18th century, thereby establishing Nanny Town, a maroon town in the Blue Mountain region.
I read Carey Robinson’s The Fighting Maroons of Jamaica which spoke about the accomplishment of these valiant people in their struggle against British slavery. Years later while I was researching Resistance and Caribbean Literature, my first book, I visited Accompong, the historical village in which some Maroons had set up their sites of resistance to view the terrain where they fought and to understand the obstacles they had to overcome to gain their freedom.
Eight arrests following police raids over Royal Mail scam text messages
The raids took place in a week of action by police
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Eight people have been arrested in a series of dawn raids over Royal Mail scam text messages
Officers from the dedicated card and payment crime unit (DCPCU), a City of London and Metropolitan Police unit, carried out warrants in London, Coventry, Birmingham and Colchester in a week of action.
Royal Mail scam: 8 arrests made as part of police investigation. (PA) Eight men have been arrested following raids across England over a number of scam text messages duping victims out of cash during lockdown. The suspects were allegedly involved in sending scam text messages, primarily posing as Royal Mail asking customers to pay a fee to retrieve a parcel for delivery. Raids were carried out in London, Coventry, Birmingham and Colchester, a specialist unit of the City of London and Metropolitan Police said. The unit detailed how the arrests were part of a week of action against such scam messages.
Police arrest eight men after Royal Mail text scam targeting shoppers
Police officers recovered devices that were allegedly used to send the phishing messages during the operation. One of the suspects has since been charged with fraud
21:58, 24 MAY 2021
Officers made the arrests in several English cities (Image: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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