Ray White Beecroft's Property Officer Nicole received an email from one of our owners who lives in Bangkok. “I am in Spain and have been robbed, no cash no passport no credit cards no phone. Please send money to this Spanish bank”. Correct email, correct salutations.
Nicole, not convinced, tried phoning him on the numbers we hold for him, no response. Emailed him on an earlier email address we had in our records, no response. So she replied to him asking him questions for which only he would know the answers – “Who sold you the house?” (answer, Douglas Macarthur) “Name of your next door neighbours?” and so on. He replied angrily that he is owed rent money, and demanding that we send it immediately.
Nicole, still unimpressed, did as young people do nowadays, she went on Facebook, found him there, “friended” him, and told him what was happening. She also Skyped him, and left a message on his mobile phone Skype app.
Finally a response – from the owner, still in Bangkok. “My email has been hacked, do not send any money, do not obey any emails from me, I will phone you when I have sorted things out.”
We will give the full story once the owner can explain what happened, but meanwhile we expect him to send Nicole chocolates for Christmas!
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