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Scammer of the year 2009

bromsgrovebarry
bromsgrovebarry Posts: 806 Forumite
in Parking tickets, fines & parking
I gather that BPA have their own parking awards ceremony. In view of all the fun that the scammers have given us over the year, shouldn't we have our own Parking Scammer of the year award? I nominate Parking Eye for their innovative spoof websites and Excel for going to considerable expense to prove that private parking 'fines' are unenforceable. Lastly, I nominate PCN-UK for their services to diversity, proving that even semi-literate neanderthals can make a go of it in the scamming trade. Any other suggestions and what should be the prize(s)?
Still waiting for Parking Eye to send the court summons! Make my day!

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  • trisontana
    trisontana Posts: 9,472 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 7 December 2009 at 8:46PM
    How about the "Moonlighting Award" to Michael Sobell of Graham White Solicitors for managing to hold down two jobs? One with the Hackney Council, the other one with Central Ticketing Ltd.
    What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?
  • trisontana
    trisontana Posts: 9,472 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 8 December 2009 at 7:13AM
    The "Road Safety Award"" should go to CP-Plus for proving that's it's perfectly OK for a tired motorist to keep driving along a motorway.
    What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?
  • ripped_off_driver
    ripped_off_driver Posts: 453 Forumite
    Memory Award for "Perky" Perkins. Anyone who can remember scores of user names and passwords must have a hidden talent. And we thought the bozo was only good for making a bacon roll.
  • bromsgrovebarry
    bromsgrovebarry Posts: 806 Forumite
    Troll of the year must go to Cyberman1956, Starofbengal was a worthy runner up. Commonsenseclive, hardly worth a mention. Cyberman wins a copy of my first spelling book and a morning in charm school.
    Still waiting for Parking Eye to send the court summons! Make my day!
  • DaveF327
    DaveF327 Posts: 1,160 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    ripped_off_driver wrote: »
    Memory Award for "Perky" Perkins. Anyone who can remember scores of user names and passwords must have a hidden talent.
    I think I missed that one. You mean he hacks into accounts?
  • philatio
    philatio Posts: 678 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    I nominate PCN-UK.
    They even give scammers a bad name!
  • SarahMoon
    SarahMoon Posts: 262 Forumite
    ripped_off_driver wrote: »
    Memory Award for "Perky" Perkins. Anyone who can remember scores of user names and passwords must have a hidden talent. And we thought the bozo was only good for making a bacon roll.
    Perky is a legend, He has a special place in their hearts over on PePipoo You know the sort of place that some rennie can sort out :D
    philatio wrote: »
    I nominate PCN-UK.
    They even give scammers a bad name!
    PCN-UK their site makes me laugh, They should have the "Michael Perkins (Perky) achievement award for issuing the most unenforcable invoice ever"
  • trisontana
    trisontana Posts: 9,472 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I think the deception award should go to "The UK Parking Enforcement Agency" for making people think it's some sort of government department.
    What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?
  • SarahMoon
    SarahMoon Posts: 262 Forumite
    The award for services of entertainment should either go to Perky or Ashford (PCN-UK)

    Winner will receive a dictionary and in Perkys case his ego will grow even more
  • Spartacus_Mills
    Spartacus_Mills Posts: 5,545 Forumite
    bromsgrovebarry wrote: »
    Troll of the year must go to Cyberman1956, Starofbengal was a worthy runner up. Commonsenseclive, hardly worth a mention. Cyberman wins a copy of my first spelling book and a morning in charm school.

    Commonsenseclive, what a numpty and what a contradiction.

    I still LOL at some of his gormless posts.

    Cyberman1956 was something else. Absolutely troll of the year. Illiterate and stupid. What a heady mix.
    "There's no such thing as Macra. Macra do not exist."
    "I could play all day in my Green Cathedral".
    "The Centuries that divide me shall be undone."
    "A dream? Really, Doctor. You'll be consulting the entrails of a sheep next. "
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