MORE SCAMS

Neither are anything new, but these are 2 scams which have come to our attention recently.

Both are  written by locals.


I am basically just wondering if you have done any articles on the injustice of charging for receiving mail from the UK or if this is a French Post office scam?  

We have in the past paid to receive a small parcel which they say is because of VAT. Fair enough. Today though, we were astounded to be charged 9 euros for a small Father’s Day card from our son to my husband.

I had at the time a French friend with me who could at least argue with the postman who said it is because it is from outside the EU.  The card is clearly marked letter, 20g and no value.  We have left it unopened in case on query we might be accused of it containing something.  It is £2.50 postage paid Royal Mail so can’t be to do with insufficient payment.  Barry paid the 9 euro but was told they don’t issue receipts.

After 22 years and paying tax here I sometimes wonder if we are seen as fair game!


From U3A Pyrenees Orientales
One of our members was  approached by two men at their gate telling them that they had been working on next doors roof (the member lives in a semi) they spotted that some tiles needed replacing and did so.
The two men said was there any chance that the member could pay 20€ for the tiles – the roof is 25 years old so they had no reason to doubt it needed a few tiles.
Suspicion was triggered by them wanting to use a card reader and refusing to take cash.
The card reader was presented with 2000 shown on the screen instead of 20.00 which the two men said was normal for their type of card reader.
Our member didn’t accept this and the two men got angry and finally left without the 20€ in cash. 
Same happened to us last week, only they wanted to clean the outside of our house for 20 euros, proving that this was not an isolated incident.


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