Took a weird phonecall today in a friends home in South Ribble. Some security company wanting to tell them ‘what’s happening in your road tomorrow’. Sounded interesting so I asked for more. Said they were visiting homes to advise about the sort of crimes occurring in that area. Didn’t sound like a happening. When I said they were just trying to sell stuff there was no admission just a repeat of the message and a request to speak to the house owner along with a sarcastic sounding ‘hope you have a good day’ or words to that effect. It made me uneasy.
That they wouldn’t admit to selling burglar alarms and want to tell you about crimes makes you feel they’re playing on fear. The initial deception makes you wonder how far they’ll go if they get into a gullible persons house. Alarms, spotlights, CCTV, on-call service no problem at all.
They were quite up front about their name and they have an attractive website. I won’t name them in case they send someone round.