Scam in Romford

Zinger549

In the shops where Benjys used to be they now have one of those cheap electronics scams. The ones where they advertise Ipods £20, Sony Laptop £70 ECT. Went in there the other dasy in it was the same old story. We've got Ipod, Colour Tv's, Gameboys and many other Items for bargain prices. Then some other man took over and stated the sale. He was was making lots of jokes and being very friendly with the crowd. He then started offering blank vhs cassettes and Batters for 1-10p. He then started offering 3,4,5 items for just £5 (game boy, IPod shuffle, Ds Lite) He did this a few times. HE then said '' Who will give me £5 for what's on my mind, every ones hand then shot up. So a man comes round collects the fiver's of people and gives them a laminated bit of paper that says £5. He asked if anybody else needed one and then went on. They then went round and collected the the bits of paper and giving the people a box. He then Said said he was only interested now in people that had a box. I had to leave then as I did not have a box.

It's just a shame that when those people leave the shops with there item they will looked a it a realise they've been conned.

DrFluffy

This is a classic and well documented scam though - do you really feel sorry for people????

gyzmo

Mock auctions. you can spot them a mile off, and I cannot believe that people still fall for these things. The old adage works: if it seems too good to be true...