Postie's perk leads to jail sentences for conmen

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A LITTLE known postman's perk helped uncover an identity theft gang who stood to gain hundreds of thousands of pounds from banks.

Royal Mail staff in Spalding uncovered the scam after initially believing they were dealing with an instance of stolen mail. The conmen targeted potentially wealthy victims after obtaining their personal details from publicly available information held by Companies House. But the scam came unstuck when they stole the identity of Spalding postman Gary Allen, Lincoln Crown Court was told.

Jonathan Eley, prosecuting, said one of the fraudsters contacted the Royal Mail in Spalding asking to stop delivering Mr Allen’s mail to his home address – so they could collect it themselves from a sorting office. But managers became suspicious as they knew Mr Allen was a postman and, as a perk of the job, postmen do not pay for their mail to be stopped.

Moses Awofadeju (29), Daniel Reid (28) and Craig Richards (34,) all from north London, and Ross Gillespie (24), from Glasgow, all admitted conspiracy to defraud in June last year.

They were given prison sentences ranging from nine months to six years.

[ElvisGaddafi]

A 'potentially wealthy' postman?

[Lounge Lizard]

If this con happens often it would be useful to have CCTV in all callers offices. Maybe there is already, I don't know.

[youwot!!!!!]

A 'potentially wealthy' postman?

must be a DELIVERY posty.



youwot!!!!! lobs grenade and retires to a safe distance

[not me]

as a perk of the job, postmen do not pay for their mail to be stopped.

just like everyone else in the uk then...............

[not me]

A 'potentially wealthy' postman?

must be a DELIVERY posty.



youwot!!!!! lobs grenade and retires to a safe distance

no chance,the MC workers will have picked out all the money before it hits delivery

youwot!!!!! lobs grenade and retires to a safe distance

[youwot!!!!!]

A 'potentially wealthy' postman?

must be a DELIVERY posty.



youwot!!!!! lobs grenade and retires to a safe distance

no chance,the MC workers will have picked out all the money before it hits delivery

youwot!!!!! lobs grenade and retires to a safe distance

impossible as you all say that they are on continous meal breaks so they won't have time to do this.

[not me]

could have a point with the shape of most of the MC workers
well more a lack of any distinct shape

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could have a point with the shape of most of the MC workers
well more a lack of any distinct shape

The new MC uniform?