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Couple Lose Belongings in Moving House Scam
This article is an external press release originally published on the Landlord News website, which has now been migrated to the Just Landlords blog.
Couple Lose Belongings in Moving House Scam
A couple have been left with nothing after a shady removal company vanished with all of their belongings.
Becky Szenk, 22, and her fiancé Mark Higgins, 28, believe the two thieves stole goods worth £10,000 when they picked up the couple’s things in Bilston, West Midlands on Friday 25th September.
Szenk explains: “The removal men were racing in and out of the flat. We just thought they were being very professional. But once they drove away, we didn’t see them again.”
Szenk’s engagement ring and son Ariyah’s toys were stolen in the scam, with Szenk saying she has “never cried so much in my life” when the van did not arrive at their new home above the pub they manage in Walsall Wood.
She continues: “It’s left us absolutely heartbroken. We can get new furniture but the personal stuff cannot be replaced.”
The police are now investigating after the firm, Lee Green, removed its Facebook page.
Szenk adds: “I just hope others can be more careful about trusting people they book over social media.”1
1 Ward, A. (2015) ‘Couple lose everything in ‘man with a van’ con’, Metro, 1 October, p.7
