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Florist’s warning after £800 debit card scam
A HEADCORN florist has spo- ken of the “horrific and frighten- ing” moment she fell victim to two fraudsters. Sweet William was targeted by two men whilst owner Julie Archer was alone in the shop on October 9. Mrs Archer was scammed out of more than £800 and is still waiting to get the money back. She believes other florists are being targeted across Kent after being inundated with calls across the county. Mrs Archer, who has owned the Foreman’s walk shop for 22 years, said: “I believe they knew I was alone, because my colleague had gone just before they came in. “They bought £82.95 worth of bouquets to the till and I typed in the amount and handed over the card machine to one of the men. “The other man was asking me questions about flowers, distract- ing me, but I could see the other
typing really fast and, looking back, I suspect he was copying from another card. “He had changed the amount on
the machine to £895, and then re- quested a refund.” Mrs Archer then unknowingly authorised the refund to a different debit card.
She added: “I have been inun- dated with calls from other florists
from Hythe, Margate, Dover, Sandwich all telling me they have experienced similar. It is horrific. They need catching because some of these stores are losing weeks’ worth of profit in one transaction.” A Kent Police spokesman said: “It appears the incident was re- ported to Action Fraud, but not po- lice. We have had no details passed onto us.”
News Festive fair
A VIRTUAL Christmas Market is being held by The Family Trust. The event will take place from Saturday, November 7 to Sunday, November 15. The Buckland Road-based Chris-
tian charity has a range of artisan stall holders already signed up, some local to Kent and some based further afield across the UK. For more information visit
www.familytrust.org.uk
Traveller site
APPLICANT Mark Hilden was given permission by the borough council to station three mobile homes on the existing gypsy/trav- eller site at Petsfield, Eastwood Road, Grafty Green, for use by his adult grandchildren, subject to landscaping gaps in vegetation around the site.
Barn in plan
A SCHEME for 17 houses at Gibbs Hill Farm, Grigg Lane, Headcorn, following removal of barn build- ings in disrepair, was approved by Maidstone’s Planning Committee. They will form an extension of an adjacent development.
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