Business Directory Renewal Scam 5th October 2012 2:41 PM
I was a victim to this yesturday at work thumbsdown, i had a phone call about 3.30, they said they were bailiffs working on behalf of business direct and i owed the sum of 7 thousand pounds, they were on there way to me to take possessions like my car !! i was in shock, questioning who they were what they were on about, the pressure was on , i said i will call the police if they came and tried to take my stuff, his reply was, the police will be coming with me.. they had an answer for everything, i requested the number of the person dealing with it from business direct,they gave me a mobile number belonging to an andrew Burton, again he was very convincing, he said we can take it to court if i wished and that he had a tape regording of me agreeing to the contact.he said he cant call the bailiffs off unless i make an imediate payment which he had now come down to 3,000, i was in a right state, scared to death, crying, shaking cause i thought have i done this, as i recognised the name, which wernt until later on in the night when i calmed down that i new why , they had tried to hit me for 240 pounds a year or so ago, but when your in shock you cant think straight . i was in 2 minds to pay him the 3,00 because if i never they would be chargin me the full 7,000 the following day, luckily someone came into the office, i told him what was happening, and he said its definatly a scam, so i called the police and they said it more than likely is aswell. so i didnt pay, and took me until about 9pm last night to calm down from it all, when we got into work this morning we tried the mobile number and it was no longer in use, ive forwarded all the information to trading standers, then this afternoon the scum bag called me again, which my reply was "f off and leave me alone" and i put the phone down, hoping to god not to hear from him again, it really scared the life out of me yesturday, what is this country coming too !!