The unusual site banners are to bring attention to the fact that Labour activists in Bexley are manipulating Facebook Groups with fictional posters. They deny it, threaten police action for ‘harassing’ a fictitious character and then demonstrate their willingness to impersonate by creating a false Administrator account in my name. The banner on display is chosen randomly from a selection of three, with a fourth bearing the familiar Bexley Council is Bonkers logo.
22 August - A message to RS
During 2025 I have so far received three scam emails all of which have the same format. A lame excuse under the Subject line
of ‘Catch up’ for not being able to phone me and could I respond by email
instead. About what? The first one came from a cousin and I fell for it and rewarded with
a begging letter. As a retired Headteacher my cousin is not hard up for a few
bob so I investigated further. Her email address had been manipulated and my first reply
went to the scammer. My follow-up email said FO!
Two similar ones came later supposedly from friends, the last of them a couple
of months ago. The give away is that they address me in a manner not usually
adopted by the sender and today there was one from a BiB reader. It has the same
Subject line as all the others, basically the same message and once again is
addressed to me in a way the sender does not usually adopt.
It may just be a coincidence, the identical Subject line etc. but BiB readers do
not try to phone me let alone make excuses for not doing so. Perhaps I am
paranoid but I have not replied to today’s email. If it is genuine the man from
Welling is going to have to send the message again.