Yep, this photo is the guy I let in last December but he is fatter now! See
below the warning I sent out at the time:

 

I was conned yesterday when someone came to the door wanting to borrow an
extension lead and I let him in! The story was that he was working in an
adjoining garden and their lead was not long enough. 

 

It dawned on me that he was dodgy when he tried to go from room to room to
find the best place to plug in! He was much bigger and younger than me but
when I picked up my Obs NHW 2-way radio he departed fast.

 

Lessons Learned

*   Professional conmen can be very convincing - that's the way they make a
good living! 

*   Dogs are a great deterrent. This fellow was very worried when he saw our
large dog basket but Lucy was out, being exercised. 

*   5:30pm to 7pm is a dangerous time because thieves know we are tired and
off our guard. We had an armed break-in at this time some 4 years ago (not
in Obs). 

*   NEVER, EVER let someone you don't know into your house. 

 

We were lucky, we did not loose anything - but maybe, as my wife said, he
did not see anything worth stealing! On the other hand, maybe he was "Casing
the Joint" - so we are on our guard.

 

Take care,

 

David

 

 

David Raphael

 072 065 7223



 

  _____  

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Frank Schuitemaker
Sent: 15 May 2011 12:38
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [obsnw] Re: Warning Opportunist re Lytton & Milton Roads

 

Oops sorry that mugshot of the opportunist didn't work:

Try this link if it shows:  http://tinyurl.com/6bxou8n

Otherwise copy and paste the link below into your browser to see this man 

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fEU5WP3sunC7-zMT2RhLarSEe6NmQC9KHZTTt8
MEMVA?feat=email

Frank S



https://mail.google.com/mail/?source=navclient-ff
<https://mail.google.com/mail/?source=navclient-ff&shva=1#inbox/12fe5517c4bd
7605> &shva=1#inbox/12fe5517c4bd7605

On 15 May 2011 12:10, Frank Schuitemaker <[email protected]> wrote:

This is the mugshot I got from the other Frank





On 15 May 2011 11:27, James Cowley <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Giliano

Does this description fit your guy?

IF not, kindly give us a description concerning your incident.

Thanks

James  

On 14 May 2011 17:29, Frank Van Reenen <[email protected]> wrote:

Must be Same guy
knocked on my door right now with same story
Black bald guy
Light blue shirt black trousers
Morley rd area.
Got photo
will post asap.
Rings doorbell non stop.
seems drunk.



On 13 May 2011, at 4:26 PM, Helen Swart wrote:

> Can we have a discription of this person
>
> Helen
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Firehorse" <[email protected]>
> To: "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 2:23 PM
> Subject: [obsnw] Re: Warning Opportunist re Lytton & Milton Roads
>
>
>> I'm the neighbout that Louise contacted with regard to the pretext.
>> The story was that he was housesitting for me, and needed to cut down
>> some branches overgrowing the telephone cable between the two
>> properties (and needed an extension lead with which to do so). The
>> scary thing is that he knows that there's a phone cable between the
>> two properties and also which houses back each other - and you can't
>> see either of these aspects from the street!
>>
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