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We live on Dunstan's road and this morning around 8am a guy came to the door with a slightly confusing story about needing a lift to hospital cause his dad needed help - the story was really sketchy and didn't really make sense. We said we didn't have a car (which is true) so he wanted money or to leave something valuable in return for a taxi.


They only reason we didn't help (apart from not having a car) is that he said he was from a number house were pretty sure he's not.


Anyway, be careful as seemed like he might be doing door to door checking things out.

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As I've been burgled after something similar (man at door saying he got the wrong house number, left on school run within minutes of him leaving - with dogs, back home to find I'd been burgled), I always answer the door with my phone in hand. If it's an emergency, I can phone the police. If it's odd, I have my phone ready to take a photo. Sad days, but it is what it is.

Oh I was going to ask if anyone had had a man come to the door on Friday night in the Whateley Road area. He rang the bell around 7.30pm and when I shouted out to ask who it was he said something like: "er.... I was just wondering if this used to be a house share" which sounded sketchy AF and I told him I was too busy to come to the door and he went away.


Anyone else get the same visitor?

tiddles Wrote:

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> Its a well known scam - been doing the rounds for

> years



Correct - this is one of the oldest tricks in the book. Be 100% firm and say "I think this is a scam, and I'm calling the police" end of.

They do not live near by as they often claim, also describing emergency where by they need

Money to pay for a cab. (Wife going into labour, emergency at school, sonebody in A and E etc.


We had the same man try it on with the same story a year apart. Wheb we told him

He just said ?oh sorry? and ambled off.

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