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Locksmith on £2,750 benefit fraud charges – we need licensing!

Crime / By Nigel Tolley / 20 April, 2007

http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-4620 From August 19th 2005: — Locksmith sentenced on £2,750 benefit fraud charges A self-employed locksmith, who fraudulently claimed more than £2,750 in job seeker’s allowance and housing benefit while working, was given a 40-hours community punishment order and told to pay £100 prosecution costs at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Thursday 18 August). Darron Williams,

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Yes, we are 24 hours – for emergencies

Locksmithing jobs / By Nigel Tolley / 17 April, 2007

I am beginning to think that we are the only 24 hour locksmiths who work the weekend, particularly the Friday and Saturday after midnight. The last two weekends have both had a call out where, whilst chatting to the caller at the door, they have offered the fact that they had called at least 4

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Hacking google maps revisited

on-line / By Nigel Tolley / 11 April, 2007

Turns out you can put a lat/long into Google maps. You need to use the following format: http://maps.google.com/?sll=53.616%2C-002.816 sll tells Google it is Lat/long, and then you enter it with xx.xxx,yy.yyy format, same as usual. (%2C is the URL safe version of a comma) When you press go, you will see a map of your

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Security through Obscurity

Locksmithing jobs / By Nigel Tolley / 10 April, 2007

Got a bit of post today. I looked at it, and thought “Junkmail”, no return address, plain “fake handwritten” manilla envelope… and opened it anyway. Inside was a pair of cards either side of another envelope. The card said “FRAUD OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT” and so I opened this second envelope. Inside was a new credit card.

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Bumpkeys – what they are, and how to stop them!

Crime, Locksmithing jobs / By Nigel Tolley / 3 April, 2007

(Continued from yesterday’s post) So, how do we stop this new and very effective attack? Buying your own keyway is possible for a large company or the very wealthy – get in touch! – but, for the rest of us, there are only two options. The first is to buy a bump-proof lock. As far

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Bumpkeys – what they are

Crime, Locksmithing jobs / By Nigel Tolley / 2 April, 2007

Bumpkeys are specially cut down keys that will open almost any cylinder lock currently on the market. Sometimes they are temperamental, and other times they will open an otherwise very secure lock in a matter of seconds. Your uPVC door is probably at risk, along with your expensive Mul-T-Lock or Garrison cylinders at work. Lever

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