Bailiffs Collecting Payment via Paypal?
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Asking for my kid brother.
To cut a long story short. He’s had a blazing argument with his girlfriend.
Now all of a sudden, a £6000 request has been emailed by a very dubious bailiffs for unpaid parking tickets from 2018-2019.
They have apparently rocked up to her address and she has paid them £2k via PayPal to make them go away, with no receipt or anything acknowledging payment.
I’m fully of the opinion she’s playing a very silly game, but it’s stressing him out beyond reasoning.
Does this sound legit?
To cut a long story short. He’s had a blazing argument with his girlfriend.
Now all of a sudden, a £6000 request has been emailed by a very dubious bailiffs for unpaid parking tickets from 2018-2019.
They have apparently rocked up to her address and she has paid them £2k via PayPal to make them go away, with no receipt or anything acknowledging payment.
I’m fully of the opinion she’s playing a very silly game, but it’s stressing him out beyond reasoning.
Does this sound legit?
Who are the bailiffs? I know a lot of bailiffs and haven't come across them accepting payment by Paypal but its possible some do. They generally speaking just want to be paid!
However before turning up they have to send a 7 day letter, they also will have a letter that details in very brief detail what they are collecting. So will usually say you they are collecting for, the reference of the person they are collecting for, their own reference, the amount of the debt, the fees they are charging etc.
They wont have just taken £2,000 and left nothing
However before turning up they have to send a 7 day letter, they also will have a letter that details in very brief detail what they are collecting. So will usually say you they are collecting for, the reference of the person they are collecting for, their own reference, the amount of the debt, the fees they are charging etc.
They wont have just taken £2,000 and left nothing
Chrisgr31 said:
Who are the bailiffs? I know a lot of bailiffs and haven't come across them accepting payment by Paypal but its possible some do. They generally speaking just want to be paid!
However before turning up they have to send a 7 day letter, they also will have a letter that details in very brief detail what they are collecting. So will usually say you they are collecting for, the reference of the person they are collecting for, their own reference, the amount of the debt, the fees they are charging etc.
They wont have just taken £2,000 and left nothing
The thing is, the email I’ve seen has no signatures or official “look” to it. However before turning up they have to send a 7 day letter, they also will have a letter that details in very brief detail what they are collecting. So will usually say you they are collecting for, the reference of the person they are collecting for, their own reference, the amount of the debt, the fees they are charging etc.
They wont have just taken £2,000 and left nothing
Just looks like any old email Joe Bloggs would send but worded to appear legit.
It’s also been sent from a Gmail account, the IP address the email came from is showing as American.
There has been no contact, no letters, no phone calls and no searches on his credit file from bailiffs.
All she’s sending him is regards to this £2k is a screen scab of a payment to someone via family and friends.
JamesNotJim said:
Asking for my kid brother.
To cut a long story short. He’s had a blazing argument with his girlfriend.
Now all of a sudden, a £6000 request has been emailed by a very dubious bailiffs for unpaid parking tickets from 2018-2019.
They have apparently rocked up to her address and she has paid them £2k via PayPal to make them go away, with no receipt or anything acknowledging payment.
I’m fully of the opinion she’s playing a very silly game, but it’s stressing him out beyond reasoning.
Does this sound legit?
Apply your sensible person brain, What do you think?To cut a long story short. He’s had a blazing argument with his girlfriend.
Now all of a sudden, a £6000 request has been emailed by a very dubious bailiffs for unpaid parking tickets from 2018-2019.
They have apparently rocked up to her address and she has paid them £2k via PayPal to make them go away, with no receipt or anything acknowledging payment.
I’m fully of the opinion she’s playing a very silly game, but it’s stressing him out beyond reasoning.
Does this sound legit?
It hasn't happened but if it puts his mind to rest, get a print out of her PayPal account.
What's it got to do with him anyway?
As they turned up at her address, the 'parking tickets' were obviously for a car registered to her. She paid it from her PayPal account - where does he fit in?
What's it got to do with him anyway?
As they turned up at her address, the 'parking tickets' were obviously for a car registered to her. She paid it from her PayPal account - where does he fit in?
JamesNotJim said:
The thing is, the email I’ve seen has no signatures or official “look” to it.
Just looks like any old email Joe Bloggs would send but worded to appear legit.
It’s also been sent from a Gmail account, the IP address the email came from is showing as American.
There has been no contact, no letters, no phone calls and no searches on his credit file from bailiffs.
All she’s sending him is regards to this £2k is a screen scab of a payment to someone via family and friends.
Most bailiffs are self employed therefore use personal email addresses however they would have something saying who the debt was owed to, how much the debt is and how much the charges are.Just looks like any old email Joe Bloggs would send but worded to appear legit.
It’s also been sent from a Gmail account, the IP address the email came from is showing as American.
There has been no contact, no letters, no phone calls and no searches on his credit file from bailiffs.
All she’s sending him is regards to this £2k is a screen scab of a payment to someone via family and friends.
incidentially does the paperwork actually say bailiff on it? Bailiffs are no longer bailiffs
Too many alrm bells.
A bailiff would send letters first, then they would visit the property and drop another letter. Why would they have his or her email address without it being given to them? Did he even receive a load of parking fines in those years? He may not have even got one ticket.
A bailiff would send letters first, then they would visit the property and drop another letter. Why would they have his or her email address without it being given to them? Did he even receive a load of parking fines in those years? He may not have even got one ticket.
SiH said:
Is the insinuation that she's being scammed by some non-existant firm of bailiffs or is it that she's in on it and is now trying to scam the (ex) boyfriend?
Sounds to me like she's trying to squeeze a few quid out of the poor sod.
Well if she has paid up on the back of an email he is well shot of her! I assume she is trying to get money from him!Sounds to me like she's trying to squeeze a few quid out of the poor sod.
JamesNotJim said:
Asking for my kid brother.
To cut a long story short. He’s had a blazing argument with his girlfriend.
Now all of a sudden, a £6000 request has been emailed by a very dubious bailiffs for unpaid parking tickets from 2018-2019.
They have apparently rocked up to her address and she has paid them £2k via PayPal to make them go away, with no receipt or anything acknowledging payment.
I’m fully of the opinion she’s playing a very silly game, but it’s stressing him out beyond reasoning.
Does this sound legit?
No it doesn't sound legit. To cut a long story short. He’s had a blazing argument with his girlfriend.
Now all of a sudden, a £6000 request has been emailed by a very dubious bailiffs for unpaid parking tickets from 2018-2019.
They have apparently rocked up to her address and she has paid them £2k via PayPal to make them go away, with no receipt or anything acknowledging payment.
I’m fully of the opinion she’s playing a very silly game, but it’s stressing him out beyond reasoning.
Does this sound legit?
Two questions to help establish legitimacy.....
1. Is his vehicle registered to her address? If not, how would the (non-existent) bailiffs know to go there? They would first visit the registered keepers address and someone would have to say - no, he lives at xyz for them to go there.
2. Did he often park like a t
t between 2018-2019?No bailiff would accept any money without giving some paperwork - at the very least details of the debt and a receipt for payment.
If they were genuine parking fines from that long ago being chased by balliffs, there would have to be a CCJ for it which should show up on his credit file.
Either she has been scammed. Oh dear, what a shame, nevermind, or she is trying to scam him.
I assume the relationship has ended, so two courses of action for me....
1. Ignore it.
2. Report the situation to the Police/Action fraud, on the basis that he believes she has been scammed. Tell her he is doing this as he is concerned about her. In reality, the chances of either the Police or Action Fraud doing anything are zero, but it might put the wind up her.
Oh yes, and google the email address and see what it comes back with
Edited by TriumphStag3.0V8 on Tuesday 12th April 17:23
JamesNotJim said:
Now all of a sudden, a £6000 request has been emailed by a very dubious bailiffs for unpaid parking tickets from 2018-2019.
They've emailed your brother?JamesNotJim said:
They have apparently rocked up to her address...
So they have her details, in other words, the debt is hers?JamesNotJim said:
... and she has paid them £2k via PayPal to make them go away, with no receipt or anything acknowledging payment.
Not if they're legit. They'd have left a receipt and told her when they expected the rest of the debt to be settled.JamesNotJim said:
Does this sound legit?
No.Either A: She's being scammed.
Or B: She's making it all up and trying to scam your brother.
If none of this debt is his, and it sounds like it isn't, then the best thing he can do is cut off all contact with her and move on. He doesn't need to be wasting his life with someone who either A: manages to run up £6k of parking fines, B: hands over money to people who don't present ID or provide a receipt, or C: tries to scam him when they have a row.
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