Welcome

This is the official page of North Tamborine Area 2 Neighbourhood Watch.

North Tamborine Area 2 is a rural/residential area in the Gold Coast Hinterland and comprises approximately 1,500 dwellings.

The generic area of Tamborine Mountain comprises 3 communities (Eagle Heights, North Tamborine & Mount Tamborine) and our NHW area covers the entire Mountain, from Eagle Heights in the northern.part of our mountain hinterland, through to Mount Tamborine in the southernmost part of the Mountain.

Upcoming meeting dates

We hold community meetings 4 times a year - upcoming meetings are listed below:

              
Tuesday 29 August, 2017                                       7.00pm
Tuesday 28 November, 2017                                  7.00pm        
The November meeting has been cancelled - further details will issue in the near future.........      

St George's Church Hall, 2 Dapsang Drive, Eagle Heights

All local residents are welcome to attend our meetings.

Meeting Sponsors:

Personal safety

Whether you are staying at home with family and friends or heading outdoors these Christmas Holidays you should consider your personal safety.

It and can be as simple as being aware of your surroundings and body language.

• Display an air of confidence, try to appear comfortable in your surroundings
• Your body language demonstrates your confidence so stand tall and walk with a purpose

An awareness of your surroundings will enable you to be more alert to possible dangers and also identify places or people who may be able to provide assistance if required.

• Trust and act on your instincts, if you feel unsafe remove yourself from the source of potential danger regardless of whether the person is known to you or not

Lastly develop a personal safety plan and have a safety network.  Make sure that if you are going away you tell someone trusted where you are going, your expected travel route and when you expect to return.

Wishing you all a very happy and safe Christmas Holiday!

Source: myPolice Logan

Next NHW Meeting - update

Please be advised that the NHW meeting scheduled for November 28, 2017 has been cancelled.

Further updates to follow in due course.

Don't gift a scammer iTunes cards

The ACCC is warning people to be on the lookout for scammers who are trying to con their victims into paying for scams with Apple iTunes gift cards. During 2017 to date, reports to the ACCC’s Scamwatch show 1236 people lost nearly $540,000 to scammers using gift cards as payments. This is a growing trend: in the 2015-16 financial year losses were about $480,000. “Scammers are increasingly getting their victims to pay with iTunes gift cards as they can quickly on-sell them and pocket the money,” ACCC Deputy Chair Delia Rickard said. “If someone asks you to pay for anything using an iTunes gift card, it is a scam. There are never any circumstances where a legitimate business or government department will ask for payment this way.” Apple’s website clearly states iTunes gift cards can only be used to purchase goods and services on the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or for an Apple Music membership. Reports to Scamwatch show there are three common scam examples the ACCC is currently seeing where scammers are demanding iTunes gift cards as payment: Tax scams – the scammer pretends to be from the Australian Taxation Office and claim there is a warrant out for their victim’s arrest. If the victim doesn’t pay an immediate ‘fine’ using iTunes gift cards, the scammer claims police will come and handcuff them. Catch-a-hacker scam – scammers pretending to be Telstra will ask their victim to help them catch a ‘hacker’ who’s trying to get into their PC or smart devices. They’ll use this sham story to get the victim to buy iTunes cards as a ‘trap’ for catching the hacker. Unfortunately the scammer will quickly get the serial numbers for those gift cards and sell them before the victim realises they’ve been duped. Centrelink scams – the scammer pretends to be from Centrelink and tells their victim they’re entitled to an additional payment, such as for their pension, and that they need to pay a ‘release fee’ in iTunes gift cards to receive the payment. The scammers will get their victims to travel to a business where iTunes gift cards are sold, such as a supermarket or department store, and get them to purchase amounts sometimes worth thousands of dollars. Businesses that sell iTunes gift cards are encouraged to inform their staff about these scams so that they can help warn customers and even question any customers spending large amounts of money on iTunes gift cards. “The scammers are very persistent once they have a victim hooked and will, for example, keep their victim on the phone while they’re in a store buying the gift cards. Once a victim has bought the card, the scammer will get them to quickly read the serial number on the back—it’s this information they use to then on-sell the gift card,” Ms Rickard said.  “If you pay for a scammer’s con with iTunes gift cards it’s nearly impossible to get your money back. Don’t ever believe the scammer’s lies, no matter how convincing they sound—hang up on their calls and delete their emails immediately.” People targeted by scammers asking for iTunes gift cards as payment can report the scam to www.scamwatch.gov.au.

REFUND SCAM ALERT

Be aware there are (at least) two email scams operating at the moment, with one especially relevant during the income tax period. Australian Taxation Office scam A resident in our area received this ‘Australian Taxation Office’ refund email. Apart from the fact the resident hadn’t submitted his tax return yet, anyone who had received a tax refund previously would be aware that refunds are paid by cheque or direct debit into your nominated bank account. You’ll also notice the email is only address ‘Hello’ and not to the specific person. If you receive this one, do not clickon the ‘Refund’ hyperlink and delete it immediately. Telstra refund scam alert There have been a few variations of the ‘Telstra Account’ scam circulating by email. Below is the ‘refund version’ of the email scam. Firstly, you will only receive a Telstra bill/refund if you are a Telstra customer. Secondly, all Telstra accounts are addressed personally to the account holder, not ‘Dear Valued Consumer’. Do not click on the bill hyperlink or the ‘Log into My Account’ button and delete it immediately. There are a number of email scams operating, which are transmitted through infected computers. If you receive an email from a bank, government agency or business you do not have an account with, delete it immediately. If you do deal with a bank, government agency or business, check the account details with records you hold to determine if the email is genuine.  If you still can’t decide, locate the organisation’s telephone number in the telephone book or by Yellow Pages online and call. Finally, government agencies and businesses do not demand payment in Bitcoins, iTunes cards or gift cards. If you think the call or email may be fake, hang up or delete it. Source: Oxenford Neighbourhood Watch

NHW Meeting scheduled for August 29, 2017 has been postponed

Please be advised that our upcoming AGM Meeting scheduled to be held on Tuesday 29 August, 2017 has been postponed.

Unfortunately, continuing lack of support for our local NHW Group has resulted in the Logan Command NHW contact and our local Police meeting to evaluate the future viability of our Group.

Updates will be released as decisions on the future of our Group are made.

New combined red light and speed camera site and average (P2P) speed camera sites

A new combined red light and speed camera system and two average (P2P) speed camera systems have been installed in south-east Queensland to improve road safety.

The Queensland Police Service (QPS) in conjunction with Transport and Main Roads (TMR) has installed the combined red light speed camera at:

• Kingston Road, Waterford West, at the intersection with Muchow Road.
And Average Speed Camera (P2P) systems have been installed at:
• Bruce Highway (southbound direction), between Landsborough and Elimbah, and
• Mount Lindesay Highway (north and southbound direction) between Jimboomba and Park Ridge South.

Road Policing Command Assistant Commissioner Mike Keating said advisory signs had been installed at all locations for several months in preparation for the operation of these new road safety camera initiatives.

“The aim of these cameras is to deter drivers from speeding or disobeying red light signals as the consequences of this risky behaviour is known to contribute to road crashes,” Assistant Commissioner Keating said.

“Speeding and disobeying signals is illegal and dangerous. It is everyone’s responsibility to drive safely.

“We are urging motorists to travel at the appropriate speed for the conditions and the posted speed limits at all times.

“Driving through red lights or speeding through intersections is dangerous driving behaviour that can have serious or fatal consequences,” Assistant Commissioner Keating said.

The Waterford West intersection has a high volume of traffic travelling through it every day and has been identified as a high-risk intersection from road crash data analysis undertaken by TMR.

The average speed camera systems have also been installed on sections of road identified from road crash analysis undertaken by TMR as being a high risk.

“It is anticipated that the average (P2P) speed camera systems will encourage drivers to comply with the speed limit for these roads,” Assistant Commissioner Keating said.

“Road safety practitioners remain concerned that speed continues to be one of the main contributing factors to the state’s road toll.”


The new combined red light and speed cameras and average speed camera systems will commence enforcement from today.

Source:
myPolice Logan

Counterfeit money warning, Gold Coast

Detectives from the Gold Coast Criminal Investigation Branch are warning local businesses and members of the community to be vigilant after an identified crime trend in counterfeit currency circulating.

Officers are investigating 57 incidents where counterfeit $50 and $100 notes have been used to purchase goods in areas including Southport, Biggera Waters, Robina, Surfers Paradise and Parkwood.

Offences have occurred in a range of different retail, service businesses and online website purchases.
Police are urging business owners and customer service employees to be mindful of people presenting large value notes for low value purchases.

Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Dane Sheraton said this is a timely reminder for all customer service employees to check the quality of all $50 and $100 notes before giving change to a customer.
“Advice on how to identify counterfeit notes is available through the Reserve Bank of Australia website, but you should check notes for the security features including the coat of arms watermark, the clear plastic window is part of the note and not stuck on, and the Southern Cross stars look genuine and do not scratch off with moderate rubbing,” Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Sheraton said.

“The suspect currency appears real in photos. It is identified as counterfeit primarily through feel and identification of identical serial numbers.
More information on detecting counterfeit notes can be viewed on the Reserve Bank of Australia website: http://banknotes.rba.gov.au/assets/pdf/counterfeit-detection-guide.pdf.


Anyone who may have any information concerning the manufacturing or distribution of these notes is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

Source:
myPolice Gold Coast

Reminder - our next NHW is on Tuesday 30 May, 2017......

When:             7.00 pm, Tuesday 30 May, 2017

Where:           St George’s Anglican Church Hall,

Eagle Heights

Topic:             Domestic Violence - the DV cycle,

                        what police can do and available

                        support agencies

Speaker:        Qld Police Personnel    

ALL MOUNTAIN RESIDENTS ARE VERY WELCOME!