Handbag Theft Scam

pelirocco

Bowling_4_Gold wrote: »

I asked my Sister today more about it, and she told me that it was in fact her HUSBAND's work colleague it happened to, and he knows her by name. He was told the story by her, and in fact it was NOT my Sister's friend. Sorry if the information in my 1st post was misleading, but i'm afraid theres not alot I can do about it.

Obviously you are all entitled to your own opinion, so if you think it is a load of b/c, I am not stopping you from thinking that. I am just presenting to you what I have heard in the hope that it has perhaps made a number of you more alert and aware of these sorts of things that are apparently going on.

Now, for some FAQ's

Why did she leave her bag outside the cubicle? I can only assume it was too large to take in with her or she seized the first possible opportunity to hang the bag(s) up after a long day of shopping

Why are you calling her 'Jude'? For ease of typing. I am not saying this is her name, or it even sounds remotely like her name, I just thought it would save time as opposed to typing 'my Sister's friend' every time. Again, Sorry if this causes any offence

Why are you still believing it even after seeing a certain website? Because a close relation told it to me, and I believe what she says

Why bother putting it on MSE? See last 2 lines of 2nd paragraph of this post

Youre a guy, why do you care? After being involved in the 'industry' for a length of time, I know how important it is to warn potential victims of crimes before they are committed, thus reducing the risk to any potential victim. This thread was put on here in the hope it might raise awareness of the potential risk

I hope the above has answered some of your queries/questions. Feel free to discuss on this thread but please don't leave any negative personal replies.

Regards,
M

Its obvious you are a man , think about it , who would hang up a handbag outside a toilet , no .....i mean really think about it

pelirocco

Does anyone have a shovel for the OP please?

Justamum

Valli wrote: »

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

A couple of years ago I accidentally left my keys in the front door and went off to collect my daughter. I didn't realise until I got home!

Another time I not only left the keys in the lock, but left the front door open and went off to town. I only realised it when I was on the bus and on my way there. Luckily I didn't panic too much as we're still pretty safe here. I do worry about my memory though (must be getting menopausal :rolleyes:)

Justamum

pelirocco wrote: »

Does anyone have a shovel for the OP please?

He's already using one. Someone should go round and take it off him!

pelirocco

You are lucky to find a hook on the inside of the door , why would they have hooks anywhere else?

Justamum

pelirocco wrote: »

You are lucky to find a hook on the inside of the door , why would they have hooks anywhere else?

And if they had any on the outside most people would look at them and think "which idiot thought of putting that there?"

Sublime_2

carolinosourus

Jaffa. wrote: »

I couldn't help it

Lol neither could I. I wonder if the OP got it?

carolinosourus

I think that the lesson here is that anyone who would hang their bag on the outside of a door while they went to the toilet in a public bathroom deserves to have their bag taken, it might teach them to think next time?

Also, I doubt this would be covered by home/contents insurance as the claimant basically GAVE her keys to the theives... Did the OP's sister's brother's husband's wife's acquaintance's colleague's dog say what had happened re the insurance? Would love to know...

Dustykitten

This version is much scarier:

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/soho-bag.html