Teh One Who Knocks
10-01-2015, 12:35 PM
Oliver Wheaton for Metro.co.uk
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A family who fell victim to a ‘removal man scam’ have lost almost everything they own.
Becky Szenk, 22, and fiancé Mark Higgins, 28, had their furniture, clothes, photographs and even Becky’s engagement ring stolen by the two men they believed to be removal men.
The couple, who estimate their stolen belongings to be worth about £10,000, booked the ‘removal men’ after seeing their page on Facebook to move their belongings from their flat in Bilston, near Wolverhampton, to one above a pub eight miles away they manage.
However after the removal men, who were described as courteous and polite, packed up the family’s belongings and drove off they were never seen again.
Their Facebook page, calling the business Lee Green, was also removed from the site.
Becky said: ‘The men had told me in advance to pack all of our belongings into boxes and label them up clearly – I didn’t realise at the time, but they took the most valuable items first.’
‘I have never cried more in my life than I did on Friday afternoon – I am so distraught that they have taken my engagement ring and my baby’s toys,’ she added.
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The couple, who have a seven-month-old baby Ariyah together, were hoping for a fresh start in living above the pub they manage, however now they have been left with nothing and have had to rely on the kindness of others to get by.
Becky said they ‘don’t even have a blanket to sleep under’ in their new home, however she is putting the needs of Ariyah first.
‘Some people have come forward recently to provide us with essentials, but we still don’t have everything,’ she said.
‘I have to put my daughter first and it important that she is looked after before Mark and I have what we need to live.’
West Midlands Police confirmed they are investigating and treating the crime as theft.
http://i.imgur.com/wKiVSLe.jpg
A family who fell victim to a ‘removal man scam’ have lost almost everything they own.
Becky Szenk, 22, and fiancé Mark Higgins, 28, had their furniture, clothes, photographs and even Becky’s engagement ring stolen by the two men they believed to be removal men.
The couple, who estimate their stolen belongings to be worth about £10,000, booked the ‘removal men’ after seeing their page on Facebook to move their belongings from their flat in Bilston, near Wolverhampton, to one above a pub eight miles away they manage.
However after the removal men, who were described as courteous and polite, packed up the family’s belongings and drove off they were never seen again.
Their Facebook page, calling the business Lee Green, was also removed from the site.
Becky said: ‘The men had told me in advance to pack all of our belongings into boxes and label them up clearly – I didn’t realise at the time, but they took the most valuable items first.’
‘I have never cried more in my life than I did on Friday afternoon – I am so distraught that they have taken my engagement ring and my baby’s toys,’ she added.
http://i.imgur.com/khQAkcc.jpg
The couple, who have a seven-month-old baby Ariyah together, were hoping for a fresh start in living above the pub they manage, however now they have been left with nothing and have had to rely on the kindness of others to get by.
Becky said they ‘don’t even have a blanket to sleep under’ in their new home, however she is putting the needs of Ariyah first.
‘Some people have come forward recently to provide us with essentials, but we still don’t have everything,’ she said.
‘I have to put my daughter first and it important that she is looked after before Mark and I have what we need to live.’
West Midlands Police confirmed they are investigating and treating the crime as theft.