Wtf! Woman lying she is my neighbour saying she’ll call police if I dont open door!

[Luxurylifequeen]

What was that???

a few hours ago I get a knock on the door. It’s a young white woman in bathrobe, slippers and a towel on her head.

Says she is my upstairs neighbour. I don’t open door, ask how can I help

says she is here to pick up her parcel and shows a photo of parcel

i reply “we never got a parcel, we don’t have it”

she says “what do you mean?? I have proof. I have a photo!!!! Give it to me now!”

I again say we don’t have it.

she starts raising her voice “open the door right now! You stole it didn’t you! I will not leave till you open this door!!”

I tell her once again, “miss, we don’t have it. Please leave”

she says I AM CALLING THE POLICE!!!

I hear her in corridor get her phone out and say “hello yes police? I’d like to report a stolen parcel. Yes. Yes. Yes. Flat 5. Yes. Yes. this short white blonde woman and a white brunette middle aged overweight woman. And this white middle aged big tall guy with glasses. They sound Eastern European. They have 2 kids, one teenager living with them, family of 5. They all live in this flat. They need to be punished! Yes. Ok thank you! Thank you!

she then says “POLICE WILL BE HERE ANY MINUTE”

I am very shocked and confused and annoyed and my mum who was there rolls her eyes.

half an hour later, police haven’t arrived but son comes home.

i tell him what happened. Ask him if he knows anything about a parcel. He says “wait what flat she said she from?” what she look like?”

he then says a black older woman lives there with her teen sons. Says he knows her son.

he goes upstairs, asks if they or someone in their family/relatives/friends were looking for a parcel. They have no idea what he is talking about, they never ordered anything, and they don’t know a young white lady.

what the hell???

was this some kind of prank?

Scammers can pop up anywhere. Next door was widowed in October. Twice since then she's had scammers over her roof, chimney. Luckily the first time DH intervened he observed one deliberately do some damage. He saw them off. A month later another van pulled up tried to pull the same stunt DH intervened again. They said they were just passing. We're at the bottom of a hill and the bottom of a cul de sac.

DH has a theory that they follow the obituary in the paper.

So I’ve been doing some reading online and I really hope these women were just scammers!!

just some news articles and in the uk

BLOOD EVERYWHERE' Horrifying moment fake delivery drivers storm family home all around the UK

Bogus Amazon courier jailed for attack on Luton family

Police have released CCTV footage of a man attacking and robbing three people at a home after pretending to be a delivery driver from Amazon.
A teenage girl and two women were badly hurt in the attack in Luton in September 2019.

Fake delivery driver tried force way into Watford home'

Burglars posing as police steal £20,000 in cash

Warning fake police in the tower Hamlets area
Two people dressed up as police are going around to people houses to rob them
This lady was smart as she asked for ID

Armed robber 'posing as police officer' in Birmingham attacks couple demanding money

Urgent warning after burglars dressed as police scope out homes and cars: Force releases Ring doorbell footage of 'fake officers'

Stomach-churning moment robbers posing as POLICE perform FAKE raid in London – 'Police!'
THE PETRIFYING moment robbers posing as police stage a fake raid on a north London home and savagely attack its occupants has been released by the Metropolitan police.

Seems to be a regular occurrence on here.....

Sounds like a scam. Keep a record of this and if she/someone returns to demand the non existent parcel.

Mumsnet classics?

I heard that exactly how it is in Still Game 😂

I only realised the other day that the young Ned is the son in Two Doors Down.

OP, your home is being targeted, this is not a coincidence. First get a Ring Doorbell installed ASAP. Secondly report to the Police. You do not know if these people are targeting vulnerable people as well and the Police may already be aware of these scammers. Everyone needs to be super careful opening their door to anyone these days.

I have a very incredible dog who insists on always opening the door with me & if he doesn’t like the look of someone trust me his demeanour shows that person that they need to run fast. He wont bark or growl you can just tell because he goes from I’m watching you to the werewolf in milli seconds. That’s why the kids are always told if you are opening the front door the door bouncer goes with you!

Now every delivery driver has met him and they now understand the correct protocol they have to follow……do not bang on the door use the doorbell because if you don’t you have already pissed him off and put him in a bad mood before the door has even been opened. My dog loves the quiet and anybody who ruins it will know about it. Once he gave me the dirtiest side eye ever all day just because I put music on in the kitchen whilst I was cooking and he was asleep. Back to the protocol, the parcel is to be placed on the step in front of the door and he/she must step back. You do not put your arm out for anything only we can if we have to sign. Last of all do not look at him! He sees that as being challenged 🤦🏼‍♀️ all the drivers love him apart from a couple who stay at the top of the drive. One good thing I don’t see anyone stupid enough to even think to enter 😂

Have you got a ring doorbell? Maybe you should get one, or a cheap CCTV camera. It might put them off or you could record them if it keeps happening.

I find this really alarming. Don't trust anyone so insistent that you have to open your door! I can just imagine she is the front and there's actually other people hiding around the corner.
As someone else said, I would make reports aware to the police - and get a camera! Hopefully deters them away, but you can also collect evidence if needs be.

The worst is what happened to me at another house. Two guys dressed as workmen said they were from "the gas" and needed to come in to check as a leak had been reported. I didnt believe them and called the police. It was a scam. That resulted in my taking my name off the public electoral role so there is just a gap at my address. You cannot see how many people live here.

Be very wary of people saying they are a utility worker (checking for leaks or water pressure), social services or the council. If I bother to answer the door at all I tell them they will have to write on letterhead requesting an interview and there will be a £50 fee for my services. If people call offering to do my drive/roof/etc I tell them its a rented house and the LL has their own team of tradesmen. its a sure fire way to be rid of cowboy workpeople without risking a lot of abuse. Last week there was a group of workpeople in an unmarked scruffy van washing roofs. I dont know what they were charging or whether they did a good job as I didnt answer the door when they knocked. I just saw them on doorbell camera.

YABU to bring race into the whole thing.

That made me question your motives in starting this thread.

Seriously, who keeps 20,000 in cash in their house?!

OP lets her into the house to search fpr the parcel and see it's not there. She either cases the home for future robbery or demands the value of the parcel before she will leave. Or both.

Would you come up with something way more interesting twice without mentioning the other two times? 🙂

It’s very strange that this has happened.

It’s very strange that this has happened twice.

It’s very strange that the second time it happened you forgot that the first time it had happened you had already checked that this person wasn’t your neighbour and your son had to remind you again.

It’s very strange that you explained the whole story in detail without mentioning in your opening post that the exact thing had also happened a couple of weeks ago.

Is that a bit like how a missing suitcase is always full of designer clothes, expensive watch, camera and laptop.

I would have said if you dont stop being deluded I will call the police myself

Did you even read my posts???

what do you mean

“It’s very strange that the second time it happened you forgot that the first time it had happened you had already checked that this person wasn’t your neighbour and your son had to remind you again.”

have you ever considered some people live in big buildings? Or have more than one upstairs neighbour?

I live on ground floor in a big building.

these two women named different flat numbers.

the first time was one flat number, I checked, different person lived there

now this second time my son tells he knows the person in that flat second woman claimed and we ask them, they confirm they never sent anyone.

“It’s very strange that this has happened”

Well yeah people tend to post strange or odd or bizarre or huge or weird things that happen to them online. Over regular mundane events. Usually because they need advice because they don’t know how to deal with them themselves. Or don’t have friends who know much about it so they post it online in case someone knows. The trending thread is full of them everyday. They don’t usually tend to post regular everyday things like

“omg my neighbour just smiled at me!” Or “my husband says I make the best lasagne“ or “my co worker is having a baby!” in fact I seen people say so? Why are you posting this when someone did

and reading online now quite a few people including on this thread said this happened to them, it’s some kind of doorstep scam. So not that “very strange”

it’s more likely on an online forum you’d find people posting strange things than everyday regular things

“It’s very strange that you explained the whole story in detail without mentioning in your opening post that the exact thing had also happened a couple of weeks ago.”

comments like yours is why I didn’t.

you didn’t even bother reading my posts but you run in accusing me.

i didn’t because it would of made it longer and people don’t bother reading long threads or don’t read them carefully. I left out some other stuff this woman said too to keep this as short as possible. I was saving the first time it happened in update

And Ironically I also thought of leaving it out because I was worried it sounded too crazy and people will think I’m making stuff up

Rich people I guess?

someone on here once actually posted their grandparents did. Because they were paranoid/conspiracy theorists and didn’t trust banks

Forgot to add in my last reply to you

no i was in a different flat two weeks ago

i live in big building on ground floor.

these two women said two different flat numbers

I genuinely don’t see it

I said age and gender too. Simply describing

if you think I’m making white people look bad because that lady was white, well I’m a white myself. And if you think I’m making black people look bad? How? They are victims too some crazy scammer is impersonating their flat

i mentioned race to describe how shocking it was to see black people come out when I expected a white woman. (She was very convincing) just like last time this happened I was shocked to see a young man and not a posh elderly lady come out

They're trying to get into your flat to steal things. It's probably because you're on the ground floor and possibly they think there are only females living there?
Get yourself a ring doorbell or similar, and if it happens again then phone the non-emergency police number and report. Chances are they're doing this to different people every day.

i definitely wouldn’t post same story only few weeks apart if I were trolling. That’s a sure way to get caught

Ironically one of the reasons I left it out was because I was worried I’d be accused of making stuff up