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  • BoGoF
    BoGoF Posts: 7,098 Forumite
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    Out of interest what was the 'honest work' you were doing ?
  • GillsAndy
    GillsAndy Posts: 15 Forumite
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    It was meant to be delivering solar powered items in my local area. I would get jobs allocated for me in that month and the money put into my account and then invoiced at the end of the month and left a percentage of the orders.
  • MEM62
    MEM62 Posts: 5,351 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    GillsAndy wrote: »
    I genuinely thought I was doing some honest work.
    Browntoa wrote: »
    Were you recieving money for a 3rd party for "commission" and passing on the remainder ?
    GillsAndy wrote: »
    Yes Browntoa exactly that I feel such an idiot now.

    Holds head in hands in disbelief.
  • jonesMUFCforever
    jonesMUFCforever Posts: 28,898 Forumite
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    GillsAndy wrote: »
    It was meant to be delivering solar powered items in my local area. I would get jobs allocated for me in that month and the money put into my account and then invoiced at the end of the month and left a percentage of the orders.

    So how many solar powered items did you deliver?
    How much was paid into your account and what was the commission?
  • GillsAndy
    GillsAndy Posts: 15 Forumite
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    Hi, I think some of you might actually be disappointed by this but I’ve actually managed to get my CIFAS marker removed. Fair play to Metro bank who have been brilliant in this and could see how cleverly scammed I was.
  • jimbo26
    jimbo26 Posts: 954 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    Well done. Moving forward I hope this has been a lesson to you.
  • heartbreak_star
    heartbreak_star Posts: 8,286 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Rampant Recycler
    I'm not disappointed at all GA, I'm glad you got a good outcome :)

    HBS x
    "I believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another."

    "It's easy to know what you're against, quite another to know what you're for."

    #Bremainer
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    GillsAndy wrote: »
    Hi, I think some of you might actually be disappointed by this but I’ve actually managed to get my CIFAS marker removed. Fair play to Metro bank who have been brilliant in this and could see how cleverly scammed I was.

    Im not disappointed one iota.

    Were you scammed, sounds like you were tricked more than scammed. It was explained in such a way that it was made to be legal, honest.

    Not sure how long it takes for a marker to be removed, expected longer.
  • tetley
    tetley Posts: 104 Forumite
    You are very lucky, my daughter works in fraud for a bank, when things like this happen she closes an account down and sends them a letter, if they challange it, its gets escualeted with the police/insurance company getting involved.
  • Tallaght
    Tallaght Posts: 1,632 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    The bank and police will say ignorance is no excuse.There seems to be a thread like this everyday now on these forums.
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