Thieves monitoring social media to target farm machinery

[Ranger Security Solutions]

Criminal gangs are monitoring social media posts by farmers to create “shopping lists” of tractors and quad bikes they then steal from farms.

Thieves monitoring social media to target farm machinery - Farmers Weekly (fwi.co.uk)

 

[Skintagain]

Pretty obvious song with people tagging themselves on holiday days out etc

 

[Surgery]

Pretty obvious song with people tagging themselves on holiday days out etc

Quite agree , new tractors new quads , quads for sale etc with a name attached is an arrow over your address , plus the new toy thread on here not helping much either if there are many caravan dwellers on here taking a look

 

[Ranger Security Solutions]

Obvious to some, but unfortunately not obvious to all.

Whether it's farming, or any business or personal social media - personal security (or "persec") should be applied. If you walk down the street showing off your shiney gold watch or the latest mobile phone, expect to get mugged.

Post photos on social media of your car, 99" TV cum coffee-maker, don't be surprised if someone turns up with a swag bag.

Same goes for agricultural equipment... do you really NEED to show the world what you have (to be taken)?

 

[Skintagain]

Quite agree , new tractors new quads , quads for sale etc with a name attached is an arrow over your address , plus the new toy thread on here not helping much either if there are many caravan dwellers on here taking a look

It’s a sad state of affairs

the show offs just can’t help themselves

selling stuff is a pita

 

[Surgery]

Doesn’t really matter what security you have either , unless your Buckingham or Windsor castle and let’s be honest the Irish caravan dwellers club moved into the grounds of Windsor this week , shame Prince Phillip was not about to greet them with two barrels !

 

[farmerm]

Quite agree , new tractors new quads , quads for sale etc with a name attached is an arrow over your address , plus the new toy thread on here not helping much either if there are many caravan dwellers on here taking a look

I reckon a notable percent of our local facebook crime alert group are the perpetrators of the crimes! Why else would someone, often with only lurcher pictures showing on their profile, living 100 miles away give a hoot about crime occurring in rural Shropshire.

 

[Ranger Security Solutions]

Doesn’t really matter what security you have either

Your security can matter, if its done right. Most people, from all walks of life/businesses, buy security products and services without really knowing what they're doing with it, and no proper system in place - which makes it all quite ineffective and a waste of time and money a lot of the time.

 

[Vader]

Never had social media, never will.
Like to keep off the radar...

 

[7610 super q]

Yes, I've stopped posting pics, on here anyway. Quite a few TFF threads end up on Google.

 

[Spud]

Never had social media, never will.
Like to keep off the radar...

You realise that TFF is social media....don't you?

 

[Still Farming]

On the "flip side", we hope trading standards HMRC , Police and Insurance agencies etc etc are watching also along with relevant software,tracking ,apps etc to monitor known and not yet known culprits too.

 

[Surgery]

Never had social media, never will.
Like to keep off the radar...

Same here , but then if it were me that won £111 million last night in the Euro Lottery I probably would boast about it a tad !

 

[grainboy]

Security systems may be a deterrent, but will never prevent theft,
A ring of steel round every item or building, but then that’s not-normally impossible,
Plus if a security system is place, you need the police to respond, and that’s unlikely to happen,

If they want it, they will take it, !!

 

[Ranger Security Solutions]

Security systems may be a deterrent, but will never prevent theft,
A ring of steel round every item or building, but then that’s not-normally impossible,
Plus if a security system is place, you need the police to respond, and that’s unlikely to happen,

If they want it, they will take it, !!

You're quite right. It has to be a systematic approach; starting from the local community, right down to the physical measures securing your equipment, and as you say - the all important police response. But that too has to be worked on to some extent, creating a proactive working relationship before an incident, and not waiting until something goes wrong.

 

[grainboy]

Proactive working relationship, with the police,
Now you are having a laugh,
All they are interested in is giving you a crime no, for the insurance,
Ps, must be my turn soon, not had anything nicked or broken into lately,

 

[thorpe]

Quite agree , new tractors new quads , quads for sale etc with a name attached is an arrow over your address , plus the new toy thread on here not helping much either if there are many caravan dwellers on here taking a look

dont need to show it off round here therve probablly been round and had a look!

 

[Ranger Security Solutions]

Proactive working relationship, with the police,
Now you are having a laugh,
All they are interested in is giving you a crime no, for the insurance,
Ps, must be my turn soon, not had anything nicked or broken into lately,

Unfortunately, that is another sad truth.

Things are slowly changing, and some forces are improving as rural crime is creeping up the politics agenda, which then gets passed down the chain to the police.

It depends how concerned and motivated you are, but you can still do your bit locally, arrange for them to visit your property, arrange for meetings with the police and farmers/concerned local community to discuss issues. Get to know them, and let them get to know you. It can be surprising how that can make a difference.

 

[Vader]

You realise that TFF is social media....don't you?

Nope its a forum.
Also I don't use my real name.

 

[Ranger Security Solutions]

When I do get an alarm system I will ask for advice on here and probably fit it myself with a mate of mine who's clued up. I would think the laser beams running across wide openings around the farmyard would be my first cost effective choice?

How does/will the alarm fit in to your overall security system? Is it your 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. layer of protection?

What happens next, when your alarm goes off?