Fake Money in my deposit !!Update pg5!!

EvilDes

I understand what you are saying, but my point was that the fact she had to phone up and ask about accepting a cheque, makes me question whether she had the knowledge to just accept Scottish notes without asking.

However, we know there were no Scottish notes in the deposit, so that's neither here nor there.

And yes, we have every bit of paperwork we need. So we'll just see what they have to say for themselves.

shaven-monkey

EvilDes wrote: »

the police informed him that (for whatever reason, Im unsure as to what) they have ceased their enquiries into the matter. The police officer said (off the record) that they could blatantly see discrepancies in the estate agents stories, the way things panned out on the day, and the whole fiasco with the notes being Scottish.
To this day, the police still haven't actually managed to get hold of the apparantly fake notes from wherever they are today, so they obviously haven't been able to do forensic tests on them.
Which does leave me in a bit of a dilemma. I do not feel as though justice has been done, and now I'm awaiting contact from the estate agents still demanding the £500. I can see this whole issue going to court, or when it comes to collecting the deposit back, the estate agents will no doubt be complete !!!!!! about it.
Des

The EA was not expecting you to call the police, you were supposed to say "oh my goodness, how foolish of us" and provide them with another £500.
The police phone him and start making enquiries about forged notes. He tells them a bunch of stories. They can tell he is lying but can't do much about it. He isn't pressing charges for your passing him dodgy notes because if any tests are carried out on the notes your fingerprints will be conspicuously absent whereas HIS prints will be on them and he then has to explain why he said you'd passed him the notes and why he has these notes at all....

You have documentation which is evidence of a deposit being paid (the tennancy agreement)
Politely contact the EA for details of your deposit protection scheme.
If, at the end of your tennancy, the EA tries anything funny about the deposit you can always ask him if he plans to try defrauding you out of the deposit a second time.