Conmen working in area

[flipper]

We are having works done on the house,scaffold up etc and a young lad with more front than dolly asked one of the builders to let him in saying we had asked him to come round to do some painting. He had a brush and paint pot and knew my name somehow. Although I shred letters I may have had a parcel with my name in the recycling bin.

Luckily my builder rang me to ask if I had sent anyone to paint and I told him no, don't let him in, but I can see how this could have worked in some cases especially on chaotic sites where there are lot do operatives who do not know each other and the job is not being managed properly. Reported this guy to local police but beware of these tricks.

[SLad]

I had this happen when I lived in W Norwood and was having a glazer work on my windows. Apparently some fella approached him whilst he was working on a bench at the front of the house and asked for entry (though he didn't know my name). Thankfully the glazer told him to sling his hook.

Must work a lot for it to be such a well-used con. What rotters!

[grace3]

Old London glaziers are wide to this stroke, forty years ago he would have give him a punch up the froat.

[uncleglen]

Isn't it punch up the bracket?

[grace3]

grace3 Wrote:

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> Old London glaziers are wide to this stroke, forty

> years ago he would have give him a punch up the

> froat.

I was only quoting Chas and Dave.