YESTERDAY an elderly friend recounted a brush with a "builder" scam.
An unexpected knock on his door came with an offer to repair his (broken) low wall by the footpath.
It could be done on the following day for £15 (fifteen pounds) … plus breakfast.
Suspicions were aroused.
The next morning a short course of bricks began to be laid without further discussion.
However, with the help of another and a little play-acting, the attempted scam was thwarted.
Later, I saw the low wall with the knocked-down bricks and the bodged repair. What struck me was the horizontal strips of a wood, a few inches above the low brick wall.
The wood slats were intact and the scene was consistent with the "builder" having knocked over top of the low wall.
£15 to repair?
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