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Scam mail and Special Constables

Why scam mail is now more prevalent and Derbyshire's recruiting more Special Constables.

7.08am: We'll hear about a fight to target the companies responsible for sending scam mail.

7.15am: They might look like police officers and they have the same powers but they're not paid. We speak to a Derby Special Constable as the police try and find more despite a recruitment freeze on paid officers

7.37am: Check your pockets - if there's a 50 pence coin in there it could have been designed by a Derby student

7.53am: We'll hear about one woman's fight against scam mail after her mother was targeted for five years.

8.08am: Derbyshire Police want to recruit unpaid volunteers to work as Special Constables despite a recruitment freeze on paid officers

8.15am: We'll hear from a Derbyshire man whose was targeted this week by an international computer scam.

3 hours

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  • Wed 2 Feb 2011 07:00