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There was a piece in the tallaght echo recently about a woman calling around houses pretending to be a distressed neighbour in dire need for a loan of money so she can buy her child baby forumla/medicine... Sound familiar anyone??
 
xBeeeeBugx said:
There was a piece in the tallaght echo recently about a woman calling around houses pretending to be a distressed neighbour in dire need for a loan of money so she can buy her child baby forumla/medicine... Sound familiar anyone??
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Yes - it was discussed here in the past. Possible in this very thread. Try searching.
 
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I just recieved a text from Money Alert - Saying I need to contact them urgently . I need to ring a free phone number. Is this a scam , why would they be looking for me? Has anyone heard of this??

Thanks
 
Has anyone else been getting silly texts lately like mine- I've been getting texts from different numbers- always the same sort of thing, boyfriend texting girlfriend with few lewd suggestions- then an oops sorry wrong number? Took no notice of first but have received three now which seems a bit of a coincidence- in the last week.

Was just wondering if it is one of those wierd things if you text back they deduct money from account or is it just someone being stupid.
 
Not sure if this has been posted before but has to be a scam on carzone.ie.
I emailed to different sellers about cars that seemed like great value and this is the reply I got BOTH times by different sellers.
BMW 318Ci Coupe 2002
The price is 4800 euros
Petrol, 2 doors, manual transmission, silver.
ABS, Air Con., Airbags, Alarm, Alloys, CD, Cruise Control, Fogs, Immobiliser, Leather, Metallic Paint, Side Airbags
Excellent Condition, the car was kept in a garage , it has BMW service book,the tires have been changed recently, and doesn't need repairings.It has no engine problem, no scratches.
Registered in Ireland .The car is at the moment in Liverpool, UK.
I live in the USA, I bought the car for my brother who lived in Ireland and then moved to UK. Unfortunately he died recently and I cannot take the car with me.
You do not have to pay any taxes for this car. It is very easy to register it to your name .
I have all the documents ready for sale. The car documents are on my name, so it is very simple.
As payment I only accept cash and we will have to meet in Liverpool for the sale.

Thank you and I hope you will decide to buy my car.
Here are some photos.
Many thanks,Ann.
2002 Audi A3 Ambiente
Price : 4100 euro

Option : NCT 01/2010, Tax 08/2008, ABS Brakes, Air Conditioning, Airbags, Alloys, Car Alarm, CD / Radio, Electric Mirrors, Electric Windows, Full Service History, Ipod Compatible, Lady Owner, Metallic Paint, Power Steering, Remote Central Locking, Sunroof

Excellent Condition, the car was kept in a garage , it has Audi service book,the tires have been changed recently, and doesn't need repairings.It has no engine problem, no scratches.
Registered in Ireland .The car is at the moment in Liverpool, UK.
I live in the USA, I bought the car for my brother who lived in Ireland and then moved to UK. Unfortunately he died recently and I cannot take the car with me.
You do not have to pay any taxes for this car. It is very easy to register it to your name .
I have all the documents ready for sale. The car documents are on my name, so it is very simple.
As payment I only accept cash and we will have to meet in Liverpool for the sale.

Thank you and I hope you will decide to buy my car.
Here are some photos.
 
xBeeeeBugx said:
There was a piece in the tallaght echo recently about a woman calling around houses pretending to be a distressed neighbour in dire need for a loan of money so she can buy her child baby forumla/medicine... Sound familiar anyone??
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This one happened to me. I just didnt believe her. She was a great actress! But something struck me as odd about it at the door (I hadnt heard of the scam when she called), I wondered where the baby was, I wondered why she was calling to me instead of a next door neighbour, I wondered why Id never seen her about in the area etc..... All that went through my head in a nanosecond and when she asked for money I just stood there and said 'no, Im not gonna do that'. I reported it to the guards and she was caught later that day trespassing on someones property in the area, had walked through an open side gate to see could she get anything of value, and the observant home owners had locked her in the back garden and called the guards
 
Re: Gas boiler service

THe other day, we got a photocopied page through the letter box from "GRATE GAS SERVICES". It went like this:

"Grate Gas, on behalf of Bord Gais and Enterprise, have been trying to gain access to your house in order to carry out an essential safety check on all your gas appliances. Unfortunately, we could not gain access and we would be grateful if you could contact the number below to arrange a convenient time for us to visit.

There are two names and mobile numbers given.

We were puzzled as we hadn't made a call to Bord Gais about servicing our appliances. So, just to check, I rang Bord Gais and they said that they knew nothing of it. Their service engineers only come out if the customer requests it and the only way they advertise the servies is on TV and in leaflets accompanying bills.

I'm just posting this to make folks aware - I just hope that the elderly folk in our community aren't fooled into this...
 
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This will probably be my last post on AAM - I'll be leaving for the airport in 10 minutes!!
 
Hi,

I think I got a call from a potential scammer yesterday evening...

I received a call at 7PM from a number that just showed up as +10 on my mobile. It was from a guy called Greg from Arrow or Attack investments or something similar in New York, I didn't quite catch the full details as he spoke very quickly. He spoke in a very friendly but forceful manner bombarding me with information and was very vague about where he got my details etc.

When I finally got a word in and interrupted him, I asked him how he knew me (by name) and had my details. He said that he had spoken to me on the phone 6 months ago when I used to work at a large multinational (which he named correctly) and that I used to work with traders etc (which is vaguely right but not completely accurate). He was calling me to tell me that he had some really good advice on current shares and I would need to act very quickly to make money.

I was instantly suspicious because although I worked for the multinational and was in the area of traders etc, I never did any trading of any sort and never spoke to any share advisers or traders regarding shares etc. Also I left the company over a year ago and have since relocated outside of Ireland (kept my Irish mobile though). Also his tone was overly persuasive and he kept trying to reassure me that we had spoken before but I know we hadn't. When I questioned him more he just kept repeating the same stuff so I just said I wasn't interested but he kept on at me until I clearly said "No! I'm not interested at all!" and then he hung up without saying anything.

I suspect that somehow some details of former employment have been obtained by this crowd and with the current turmoil in the trading markets a lot of people would be taken in by it, particularly as the guy was so persuasive and confident.

Be warned, there may be money to made from the current economic situation but just don't expect a random phone call to be the source of your millions and millions

Cheers,
Stefg
 
Could we include these 'free' loans in this list? [broken link removed]

I was reading the paper at the weekend and it was saying at least some of these developers will charge very high interest rates if the loan has not been paid in full by the end of the short period of 5-7 years. This is just another way of fleecing people, particularly the vulnerable who cant and shouldnt get loans for more than they can afford.


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Have to say this made me laugh.
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