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I’ve just been scammed

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MaybeImbad · 23/03/2024 17:10

I saw some guys with ladders in next door’s yard, then bloke knocked on offering to clear my guttering too. I agreed and - I am so stupid - paid when he knocked back on only 15 mins later.

I cannot believe how stupid I’ve been - I’m normally super conscious of this sort of thing - but I was mid phone calls, in a rush, have been having other work done, and it just sounded straight forward - he gave me a business card blah blah. Anyway, as soon as they’d left I knew it was wrong but too late.

I’m utterly embarrassed and furious with myself but am also now worried.

AIBU to think they were scoping out my house/stupid people and now I’m going to be a target? I don’t really know what to do.

I’m confident the business card is fake - have looked up all the details and can’t find anything online, tho haven’t tried the mobile number.

Please don’t just reply to tell me how foolish I’ve been - I absolutely know that.

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MaybeImbad · 26/03/2024 17:38

gmor6787 · 26/03/2024 15:34

it’s an awful feeling when you know you have been scammed. I was newly widowed, at the tail end of the first lockdown and was worried about a particular job that needed doing. Man came and talked the talk, very plausible, knew my husband and had done similar work for him before, so he said. I said go ahead. He said they’d do the work and invoice me. Sounded genuine. He wasn’t, work wasn’t and I paid a lot more than £70. I was so upset, I felt I’d let my husband down because he would never have been duped.
Hard lesson to learn but it won’t happen again. I am very suspicious of all tradesmen now unfortunately.

Thank you. And I’m so sorry that happened to you. There are some vile people out there.

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