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  • hi everyone
    im also from liverpool and luckily i didnt hand over any money but do feel really crap about it. mark shortland wants stringing up.i went out and bought clothes for interview and then for the job. i too was told the car i would get and a fuel and a mobile phone but as regards off the money coz im out off work i didnt have it to send and myself along with someone else were going to take the money on the 14th june[yesterday]. ive been in contact with merseyside police and i have been given a phone number in sheffield as this is who is dealing with it. number is 01142202020. the bank account was real and that too was located in a bank in sheffield. we need to catch this guy before anymore get hurt by his horrible tactics .
  • Hi Guys, I to have been scammed by the "person" Mark Shortland. I to went for an interview at Horton House in Liverpool on the 7th May and was interviewed by the said a***hole and some dumb blonde who stated she was a director as well as Mark Shortland. I was adviced like everyone else that I would have to deposit £100 key retainer with them for the keys for the car, which would be offset by a 1% share option on a quarterly basis after the 90 day trial period. A few days later I received an acceptance letter asking me to sign and return, and deposit the £100 into their Barclays bank Account. I was also given the start date of 14th June. The money was deposited into the account, which I received a receipt from the bank for. Then I received the contract of employment, again which I signed and returned. As I had not heard anything from them on where to collect car I tried contacting them on the phone number I was given, but it constantly rang out. I then tried the web site but it had vanished completely. I reported the matter to the local police ie Cheshire, who took a statement from me. This a***hole has totally ruined mine and my familys life and nearly split us up. As I have been out of work for 18 months I thought that this was a dream come true. How Bloody wrong was I. I have sinced emailed Juliet Faram at South Yorks Police and im awaiting a reply.:mad::mad::mad:
  • Antispam
    Antispam Posts: 6,636 Forumite
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    Report them to Trading Standards possible the Police. Maybe tell local paper to watch out for these scammers
  • check out nationwide on you tube the cheeky b*****d has got a promo vid on their
  • HO87
    HO87 Posts: 4,296 Forumite
    Antispam wrote: »
    Report them to Trading Standards possible the Police. Maybe tell local paper to watch out for these scammers
    The matter is already being dealt with by the police - see post #53 from S. Yorks Police - and has been in their hands since the end of May.
    My very sincere apologies for those hoping to request off-board assistance but I am now so inundated with requests that in order to do justice to those "already in the system" I am no longer accepting PM's and am unlikely to do so for the foreseeable future (August 2016). :(

    For those seeking more detailed advice and guidance regarding small claims cases arising from private parking issues I recommend that you visit the Private Parking forum on PePiPoo.com
  • Hey all, a update for you, Mr Shortland has been charged with offences under the proceeds of crime act he appeared in \sheffield magistrates court on the 7th and was remanded in custody to appear in crown court, so fingers crossed he gets the death penalty!!!!!!!

    Neil :)
  • this should be fraud and not proceeds of crime beacause


    Fraud by False Representation – Section 2 Fraud Act 2006
    Triable either way Power of arrest without warrant – Constables / other persons
    A person is guilty of an offence if he:

    The offence is ‘conduct based’ and not ‘result based’
    The gain or loss does not actually need to take place

    • Dishonestly makes a false representation, and
    • intends, by making the representation to make a gain for himself or another, or,
    • to cause loss to another or to expose another to a risk of loss.
    Offences of deception which were previous to the Fraud Act were sometimes difficult to prove because they relied on a result being achieved or being attempted to be achieved. The aim of Section 2 is to make this offence much easier to prove in that is ‘conduct based’. There is no need to prove any of the following:
    • a result of any kind • that the alleged victim or any person believed any
    representation • that any person acted on it
    that the accused succeeded in making a gain or causing a loss by the representation.
  • HO87
    HO87 Posts: 4,296 Forumite
    mossy2010 wrote: »
    this should be fraud and not proceeds of crime beacause
    .... and your thorough understanding of criminal law and its practical application is such that you can out-think the CPS? Not that that is necessarily difficult but gaining an understanding of POCA, how it works and how it might best be employed to tackle criminals handling potentially large sums of money might be useful. It might also be worth keeping in mind that this man would appear to be an undischarged bankrupt.
    My very sincere apologies for those hoping to request off-board assistance but I am now so inundated with requests that in order to do justice to those "already in the system" I am no longer accepting PM's and am unlikely to do so for the foreseeable future (August 2016). :(

    For those seeking more detailed advice and guidance regarding small claims cases arising from private parking issues I recommend that you visit the Private Parking forum on PePiPoo.com
  • Ye it dus,


    I completed 2 years probation with merseyside as a police officer so i no wa im talkin about tool!!!! an I have a friend who is a cps lawyer
  • Hi there,
    I am impressed to find out how this company worked.
    I am the real owner of the domain name which been used in the last months by Mark Shortland ... I have a contract with Nationwide Chauffeur Cars Ltd.
    I have rented this domain to him in march 2010 ... paid me through a credit card £200 and then in every month only delays ...
    I am not from United Kingdom so I even didnt met this person but all I know I lost around £1,000.
    Hope like him to be in jail right now.
    I have started to work from last week with other company from UK ... Connex Ltd ... Did somebody know something about them?

    Thanks in advance.
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