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Help! I think mum has been scammed by rogue builders
Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 3.25 PM
Update Thank you all for your honest advice. I agree that my mum made a big mistake but this is where we are now. He has clearly spent the money and the situation is being dealt with by the serious fraud squad and trading standards. I suspect he will be going back to prison. My mum has paid up front for extensive renovations!!! The builder has been dragging his feet for ages (I just found out about this because I had been living abroad). When I phone him to find out who is coming to the site he is hostile/lies/ignores me. He sent someone yesterday who did 3 hours work only because of my nagging. I also found out he has been prison before! He phoned mum yesterday to say he would get it done in 8 weeks but again its 09.30 with no sign of anyone and no is replying. What do I do! EDIT: I should have mentioned that he has started the work. Do you think it is worth seeing what progress is made in the next 2 weeks. Yesterday when I spoke to him he had told me he was on the way but was clearly at another construction site and hung up on me. Then he told me he had been at the petrol station which was why he put the phone down. EDIT It is so much worse than I thought. She has actually paid £150000 and he has been to prison for for defrauding customers 1.5 million. I have persuaded her to talk to a lawyer tomorrow. Thank you for your help.
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