By: Mr G Lucas

Mr G Lucas — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:41:40 +0000

I have been subject to a similar scam whereby every year, for the past 5 years a company scam has been in operation. Every year generally around November time a phone call is recieved whereby the gentleman who is very friendly and confident informs you that the books you have ordered are ready and that he would like to know what message you would like put on the books for the little kiddies. When you state that you have never ordered any books the male becomes aggressive and informs you that an outstanding invoice is in existence of about £300-£800 the amount changes every year and when you say you are not going to pay the amount because you have never ordered any books, immediately you are threatened with court action and threatened with prison before christmas. I have just joined the federeation of small businesses and they are aware of the scam and advised to ask for the directors name which they stated was a Mark Wilson and to get the address but they were reluctant to give that information as i had already stated my intentions to report it to the police, which has been done within SWP, when I stated we would take their company to court for deception the caller hung up, suprisingly enough. The caller year on year normally phones from a witheld nember but this year he called from number 07595505976. This school book scam is clearly working as they would not be operating year after year if nobody was paying them out of duress.

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By: Mr G Lucas