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Scams and Useful information
This was sent to us in November 2007
A bit of useful advice - verified by the Dorset Police?
The number does work from a mobile. This actually happened
to someone's daughter.
Lauren was 19 yrs old and in college. This story takes place
over the Christmas/New Year's holiday break. It was the
Saturday before New Year and it was about 1.00pm in the
afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend, when an
UNMARKED police car pulled up behind her and put its lights
on.
Lauren's parents have 4 children (of various ages) and have
always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on
the side of the road, but rather wait until they get to a
service station, etc So Lauren remembered her parents'
advice, and telephoned 112 from her mobile phone. This
connected her to the police dispatcher she told the
dispatcher that there was an unmarked police car with a
flashing red light on his rooftop behind her and that she
would not pull over right away but wait until she was in a
service station or busy area.
The dispatcher checked to see if there was a police car
where she was and there wasn't and he told her to keep
driving, remain calm and that he had back-up already on the
way. Ten minutes later 4 police cars surrounded her and the
unmarked car behind her.
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the
car behind. They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him
to the ground the man was a convicted rapist and wanted for
other crimes. I never knew that bit of advice but especially
for a woman alone in a car, you do not have to pull over for
an UNMARKED car.
Apparently police have to respect your right to keep going
to a 'safe' place. You obviously need to make some signal
that you acknowledge them i.e., put on your hazard lights or
call 112 like Lauren did.
Too bad the mobile phone companies don't give you this
little bit of wonderful information. So now it's your turn
to let your friends know about 112 (112 is an
emergency number on your mobile that takes you straight to
the police because 999 does not work if you have no signal).
This is good information please pass it on to all your
family and friends, especially any females.
A member sent us this in February 2008.
Four things you probably never knew your Mobile Phone could do.
There are a
few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your
mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for
survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:
Emergency
The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find
yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there
is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing
network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly
this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it
out.
Also in
Australia , the Australian emergency number 000 can be dialled
whilst your mobile phone keyboard is locked. This is another reason
why 000 receives so many false emergency calls!
Have you locked your keys in the car?
Does
your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday.
Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car
and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile
phone from your cell phone.
Hold
your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person
at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile
phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having
to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be
hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the
other 'remote' for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the
trunk).
Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our
car over a mobile phone!'
Hidden Battery Power
Imagine your mobile
battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile
will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50%
increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge
your mobile next time.
How to disable a stolen mobile phone?
To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following
digits on your phone!: star-hash-zero-six-hash * # 0 6 # A 15 digit
code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your
handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone
get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this
code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the
thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You
probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that
whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this,
there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones. Not only
the above, but also in Australia your stolen phone is added to a
'Stolen Mobile Phone' database, so if your phone is found later on
it can be returned to you.
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Scams and Useful information continued
This was received from a member in April 2008.
House
fires - please read
Received from a
friend who is in the insurance property business. It is well worth
reading.
The original
message was written by a lady whose brother and wife learned a hard
lesson on February 3rd 2008.
Their house burnt down, nothing left but ashes. They have good
insurance so the house will be replaced and most of the contents.
That is the good news.
However, they were sick when they found out the cause of the fire.
The insurance investigator sifted through the ashes for several
hours. He had the cause of the fire traced to the master bathroom.
He asked her sister-in-law what she had plugged in
the bathroom. She listed the normal things, curling iron, blow
dryer. He kept saying to her, 'No, this would be something that
would disintegrate at high temperatures'. Then her sister-in-law
remembered she had a Glade Plug-In, in the bathroom.
The investigator had one of those 'Aha' moments. He said that was
the cause of the fire. He said he has seen more house fires started
with the plug-in type room fresheners than anything else. He said
the plastic they are made from is THIN. He also said that in every
case there was nothing left to prove that it even existed. When the
investigator looked in the wall plug, the two prongs left from the
plug-in were still in there.
Her sister-in-law had one of the plug-ins that had a small night
light built in it. She said she had noticed that the light would dim
and then finally go out. She would walk in to the bathroom a few
hours later, and the light would be back on again. The investigator
said that the unit was getting too hot, and would dim and go out
rather than just blow the light bulb. Once it cooled down it would
come back on. That is a warning sign!!
The investigator said he personally wouldn't have any type of plug
in fragrance device anywhere in his house. He has seen too many
places that have been burned down due to them.
Please pass this on. Not only
could it save someone's home, it could save someone's life.
House Fires Update
April 2008. We have received the following information with regard
to the above.
Your article regarding the dangers
of plug-in air fresheners is, in fact, an urban legend or
'e-rumour' that's circulating the web via email and internet
forums. They're just as safe as any other electrical device, so
long as you use it properly and treat it like any other
electrical device (Don't leave it on overnight or leave
it on when you go out of the house). Visit this page and you'll
see what I mean
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/p/plug-in-air-fresheners.htm
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