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NEWS & Incidents - 2026

• Latest updates on Anti-RFID Zapping have been posted here (28/9/2026).

• URGENT notices and Anti-RFID Zapping Factsheets have been distributed to local public houses in Bracknell. Public Houses and members of the public have been asked to remove all forms of security cameras and CCTV cameras. These cameras fail to record real scenes, facilitating crimes taking place and are part of a rogue operandum of manufacture retailing in the UK at the moment. Switching these devices off does not prevent and may worsen the potential for zapping invasion. It is advised that the cameras are safely destroyed and discarded. 

• Avoid buying crisps from major retailers on the higstreet and online after incidents of counterfeit batches containing intxociating substances which can be fatal over time to young children. 

• Backdated bank account fraud. Be aware that fraudsters are back entering sales from online purchases on customers bank accounts, increasing amounts of original transactions and creating new purchases from retailers such as Just Eat, Ebay and Etsy, weeks sometimes months later, rejigging a customer's bank balance overnight without any obvious sign of error. While taking screenshots of purchases my help to deter this kind of fraud, these can be accessed from your smartphone and deleted. Always keep a separate bank account for online purchases to cover transaction amounts while keeping the balance at £0 the rest of the time. Always ask for printed bank statements from your bank, do not rely on day to day app checking. Keep a written record of your purchases, the amounts and what was bought. 

• Members of the public are being advsed to take caution and question unnecessary property surveys, organised by landlords, including housing associations, which may be used by rogues to implant or 'seed' microchips which can be later used to invade a person using taser like technology. Vulnerable or known victims of these inciences should reject any unnecesary surveys at this present time of risk. There are no properties in the United Kingdom which should require these surveys, and would be against Housing Regulations to rent them in such cases. All of these checks and regulations were implemented and completed iduring the 1990s. Please see anti-RFID zapping measures here for precautionary advice.

• Advice following repeated tresapssing of member's of the public's homes while residents are out. Do not leave unopened pet food at home, always buy sachets or keep in fully selaed packaging. Always take pets with you when you go out, transporting in a hard cover carrier with blanket on top if they are smaller animals. Pet owners appear to be a primary target.

• Be wary of buying online goods, even from established sites, folliwng incidences of counterfeit products and cloned websites redirecting customers from genuine to fake sites trading stolen and shoddy goods. Yankee Candles and Solo Dishwasher are some known victims of these kinds of corporate crimes. If you buy less than expected quality goods from these companies always report your suspicions to trading standards in the region the company's head office is located. And report the concern to berkspolice@gmail.com 

Avoid drinking tap water in some regions of the country. Even if boiled. Always use bottled water for day to day drinking and boiling for tea and coffee.