21/11/2020
Preston
Deepdale area last night
From a house on Broad Oak Lane:
Dear all, I would like to make you aware of an incident which took place recently [16/11/20 at 23:15]:
A woman knocked on our door and rang our doorbell repeatedly late last night asking me to open the door because she had allegedly lost her dog. Due to this being an odd request and as it was late at night, I refused to open the door. Instead, I spoke to the woman via our Ring doorbell. Even though I was talking with the woman and had already refused to open the door numerous times, she persistently urged me to open the door. This behaviour was clearly suspicious.
I have attached footage which shows the woman removing a phone from her pocket and saying “_be quiet_” before placing it back out of sight. Later in the video, the woman can be seen stepping away from the door and talking into the phone, which was once again partially concealed. Alarmingly, the woman can be heard saying “_Can you see?_” to which a male voice replies “_Yeah_”. This indicates that the woman was not acting alone. Although her male accomplice was not visible in the video footage, a neighbour had spotted an unfamiliar black Nissan Juke parked nearby at the same time.
I am sure that if I had opened the door, the woman and her accomplice(s) would have attempted to enter my house. The blatant manner in which the woman made no attempt to hide her identity, her insistency that I opened the door, and the fact that she was not acting alone are all extremely worrying.
As I was very shaken by this incident, I reported it to the police to make them aware. If you have had or know of a similar incident please report it to the police to ensure that they have an audit trail.
Please be vigilant.
