Handbag Theft Scam

xx_Jo_xx

I cant believe this has waffled on for four pages......:rotfl:

viktory

xxlaurissaxx wrote: »

The same sort of scam happened to a collegue of my boyfriend just before christmas. Except her handbag was in the changing room and they grabbed her bag when she went out of the cubicle to show her boyfriend her outfit and ask his advice. She got a phonecall the next day saying John Lewis, was told to come along and ask for Mr X, went along, told there wasnt a handbag there or anyone there by that name, got home and all her xmas presents (wrapped under her tree, ready to give out) and her tv etc were all gone. I can promise this was 100% true!

Now I give my bag to OH/sister etc when im in a cubicle or dont leave when Im trying it on and just shout on the person im with to come and look.

xx

I still don't understand why she had not changed the locks to her house. If my bag was stolen it would be the first thing I would do - and I would make damn sure someone was at home with the deadlock on at all times until the locks had been changed.

Still smells very fishy to me.

It's been a great thread though!

twentypenceoff

Originally Posted by yorksrabbit
My wife left her handbag containing her satnav on the outside hook of a door to a public toilet and when she got home she discovered our house had been repossessed by a man named John Lewis.



true story

once i went to a public loo in a shopping centre, leaving my boyfriend outside and when i came out and tried to find him he had gone into John Lewis and was looking at shirts.:eek:

trisontana

That talk of Coronation Street has just reminded me that One Foot In The Grave had a variation of this "scam" as one of its story-lines. In that case, Victor and Margaret were given free West-End theatre tickets and while they were at the theatre their house was completely ransacked.

hollydays

I don't be-leeve it!:p

soolin

trisontana wrote: »

That talk of Coronation Street has just reminded me that One Foot In The Grave had a variation of this "scam" as one of its story-lines. In that case, Victor and Margaret were given free West-End theatre tickets and while they were at the theatre their house was completely ransacked.

Was it Morse or Frost that had that story line as well? I remember the scene but just can't remember which police series it was.

Mind you a lot of TV drama is where these urban myths originate anyway and they just keep recycling the stories.

Sublime_2

xx_Jo_xx wrote: »

I cant believe this has waffled on for four pages......:rotfl:

Great fun though!:j

trisontana

I think I have figured out why John Lewis stores are being targeted. The thieves are using a stolen sat-nav which has all the JL stores programmed into it. This is why they can easily travel from Edinburgh to Blue Water.

trisontana

Well it must be true! The UK Independence Party featured both this "warning" and the parcel delivery "scam" on its website back in December. Idiots.

Also, on another website I found this very nasty comment about this so-called handbag theft :-

thats what happens when you open up the country to everybody/anybody who wants to come here especially the poorer countries

organised crime and easy pickings in uk

So it's all the fault of the immigrants!

Valli

trisontana wrote: »

Well it must be true! The UK Independence Party featured both this "warning" and the parcel delivery "scam" on its website back in December. Idiots.

Also, on another website I found this very nasty comment about this so-called handbag theft :-

thats what happens when you open up the country to everybody/anybody who wants to come here especially the poorer countries

organised crime and easy pickings in uk

So it's all the fault of the immigrants!

yes because of course, before the war we could all leave our doors unlocked and nobody nicked anything:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: