Our community has been the focus of "Scammers" over the past few years. Their "Scams" come at us primarily via phone and email, however from time to time via snail mail. 1… Recently reported were two incidents (scams) in which the victims lost a total of $36,000 dollars. Both of…

#2 is reprinted here because it was cut off: Another alert resident in village 14 received a letter in the US mail stating that the factory warranty on the vehicle has expired and to call within 5 days to obtain coverage of "mechanical breakdown insurance". There was no mention of…

Don't fall for these scams: 1. An alert resident in village 10 who moved to Lincoln Hills in July received a postcard indicating it was the final notice for a parcel on hold. No company name is shown on the card. The phone number to call is 925 278-5938 which…

A resident reported the she had received an email, alleging that her Verizon Wireless "AUTO PAY" account had been cancelled, "AT HER REQUEST". This email stated that she was to click on a link listed in the email, to make a payment. This VERY ALERT resident called Verizon Wireless and…

The address of the new Neighborhood Watch website is SCLHWatch. ORG . If you have an old bookmark, it will take you to a screen with a message asking to enter a PIN. Type in SCLHWatch.org and save a new bookmark.   Two recent scams which none of our "Alert…

LOCK DOORS AND WINDOWS WHEN NOT IN USE ~ BUG SCREEN DOORS ARE NOT SECURE LEAVING TOWN: Use our Worry Free Vacation checklist of things to do before leaving town: https://sclhnwatch.org/pagedownloads/Worry_Free_checklist.pdf Notify your Mail Box Captain and/or neighbor. You can request the Lincoln Police to do a Vacation Home Check…

Now that telephone books are obsolete, we have two choices to find a vendor’s phone number: 1. Look on a statement 2. Find the website for the vendor in question and track down the phone number When we try to save time by “Googling" the vendor’s name, we can become…

A resident reports that he received an email asking for help, in the name of his "SCLH Line Dance Instructor". The "Scam email" stated that she was out of the country and it was her granddaughter's birthday. The "Scammer" asked the resident to purchase " iTunes cards" in the amount…

There were 134 Kidde models with plastic handles (both white & red canisters) recalled November 2, 2017. Two problems caused the recall: 1) failure to discharge properly 2) nozzle became detached with enough force to cause injury on impact Click here to see the full list of models on the…