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CRIME WATCH: Local cars broken into, Crows Nest counterfeit note warning – and online scammers hit lower north shore residents.

Published On: May 12, 2021

Cremorne

A Reynold Street resident was woken early last Friday morning after hearing someone attempting to break into his vehicle.

The man looked out his window around 4.00am and observed a white SUV parked near his vehicle before it left the scene. The man later noticed that tools were missing from his vehicle.

Mosman

Police are investigating several reports of theft that occurred overnight on 4 May.

A Porsche and Mercedes were broken into on Wolseley Road with cash stolen. Police say offenders also attempted to gain entry to a Hyundai parked on the same street.

Thieves also hit Rawson St on the same night, with a wallet ripped from a parked Mazda and a Lexus stolen on Stanton Rd.

Anyone who saw anything suspicious that evening is urged to call North Shore Police or Crimestoppers.

Crows Nest

A counterfeit $50 note has been handed in to local Police by a large retailer.

The note is believed to have been received at the store on 5 May. For information on how to identify a counterfeit note head here: https://banknotes.rba.gov.au/counterfeit-detection/counterfeit-detection-guide/

North Sydney

A woman has been scammed after attempting to obtain a refund for goods she purchased online.

Police say the woman posted the items back to the retailer before receiving an email from scammers posing as Australia Post.

The email requested she follow a link to pay an additional fee. The woman then mistakenly agreed for $2000 to be debited from her credit card.

North Sydney

Police stopped a vehicle on Falcon Street on 5 May after it was suspected of being involved in theft. Police searched the vehicle and found several items of interest which are suspected to have been stolen.

Further checks by Police also revealed that the driver, a 36-year-old man from Rockdale, had several outstanding warrants in Queensland. The man was arrested and refused bail and investigations are continuing into the matter.

Mosman

Police were patrolling in Medusa Street on 5 May when they observed a suspicious vehicle. Police stopped the vehicle which was being driven by a 26-year-old man from Balgowlah Heights.

The vehicle was searched, and Police located cannabis, a knife and a sum of cash. The man was issued with a Court Attendance Notice and is due to face Manly Court in June.

Naremburn

A bus driver has had to make an emergency stop on the Gore Hill freeway on 5 May when an alarm activated, and smoke was seen coming from the rear of the bus.

Several passengers had to evacuate from the bus where it had stopped just before the Willoughby Road exit around 3.30pm.

Emergency services attended the scene and NSW Fire and Rescue extinguished the fire. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined but is believed to be due to an electrical shortage or mechanical failure.

Cammeray

A woman has been scammed of nearly $40,000 through a business email compromise scam.

The woman was expecting to receive invoices from trades people for work done. Offenders have hacked her email account and intercepted her emails, then pretended to be the creditors and sent her fake invoices.