Bulgarian timber and pellet scam

[wills-mill]

Morning all.

 

We met a chap who runs a mobile mill in Normandy who'd had a Bulgarian 'company' trying to pull a scam.

 

A parcel turned up out of the blue for him with some sensible waffly paperwork, some samples of boards and a bag of heating pellets. All very attractive prices and they're obviously looking for agents etc etc. They wanted a deposit to get the first lorry load to the door.

 

He was fairly keen, got back in touch as he wanted to go and see their facilities and got nothing in reply. He had a quick poke around and found that the firm didn't exist and had a non existent VAT number.

 

It's a fairly normal scam, preying on the greedy/vulnerable. Look out for those 'bargains'

[Stubby]

Noted . Ta .

[Big J]

I don't know what happened with you guys, but I got a lovely Bulgarian wife free with my timber purchase!

[Bren.]

Is that with every purchase, or just a one time offer?

[TGB]

Maybe there's a 2 for 1 deal. Buy one, you get a bride. Buy two, you get the mother-in-law too.