Irish roofing scam in Australia

suicide_circus

http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0123/675050-australia-roofing-scam/

26 arrested following complaints of a scam targeting elderly people. You'd have to wonder do these people have any kind of moral compass at all. Luckily for the Austrailians they can just deport the kants. Unfortunately for older people in Ireland they will no doubt be back in business in no time!

The Peanut

Lovely. I thought we'd stopped deporting our convicts to Australia.

Banjo String

Some Aussie in a hostel bar prob shouted "the drinks are on the house", cue the hoors scrambling on to the roof for some VB tinnies.

syklops

With a bit of luck there are no Xboxes in Billabong Prison.

Axel Lamp

Oh great, now the alleged members of the 'ethnic minority' grouping will be back here. Scamming people with roofing jobs, and the State with their multiple social welfare claims. Allegedly of course, as one wouldn't want to be called racist now.

anncoates

The Peanut wrote: »

Lovely. I thought we'd stopped deporting our convicts to Australia.

Maybe we just have a knack for it.

vicwatson

I like to know how immigration let them in

FluffyAngel

A woman from the tourist park said the Irish families were “lovely to deal with” but changed her mind after hearing about the alleged involvement in the roof scam.
“Thank God they’re gone,” she told Fairfax media.






Trial by media....

Titzon Toast

Probably the same lads that were going around selling clapped out generators to old folk over there a couple of years ago.

BeerWolf

Don't send the knackers back!

whiskeyman

'D'ya like dingas?'

The Peanut

FluffyAngel wrote: »

A woman from the tourist park said the Irish families were “lovely to deal with” but changed her mind after hearing about the alleged involvement in the roof scam.
“Thank God they’re gone,” she told Fairfax media.






Trial by media....

How is it trial by media? According to the article, 39 complaints were made against them, and money and other items were recovered.

Do you think that all criminals are nasty in real life? Why would she want suspected criminals on her premises? She's dead right. I know it's alleged they were involved; don't think they would have left if they were innocent.

Greenmachine

I know a lady who was victim of said scammers, she was a neighbor of mine, living alone vulnerable. They called claiming she made major isssues, with her roof, unsolicited of course. Poor dear ran down to the atm and got the pigs money. Well to say I was hopping was an understatment.
A few months later we say a fella on her roof from a neighbours living room window. One of the group went over to talk to him, and he just told her he was "Checking the tiles" We had her call into the house leaving via the back. Turns out he had told her that the other fella, was s a con artist, of course he was the real deal. Apparent she had no eaves on her roof any more. :rolleyes:

We had the lady stay in the house while we took care of matters. She was a batty old dear, who is now in a nursing home, so no more fear of her being scammed like this. We had the guards come out for a word. We were really lucky, that he was smoking a spliff. It gave them grounds to search him. He had a list of house to hit. Turned out, this guy or one of his ilk had already gotten money out of our neighbour three times.

anncoates

Greenmachine wrote: »

I know a lady who was victim of said scammers, she was a neighbor of mine, living alone vulnerable. They called claiming she made major isssues, with her roof, unsolicited of course. Poor dear ran down to the atm and got the pigs money. Well to say I was hopping was an understatment.
A few months later we say a fella on her roof from a neighbours living room window. One of the group went over to talk to him, and he just told her he was "Checking the tiles" We had her call into the house leaving via the back. Turns out he had told her that the other fella, was s a con artist, of course he was the real deal. Apparent she had no eaves on her roof any more. :rolleyes:

We had the lady stay in the house while we took care of matters. She was a batty old dear, who is now in a nursing home, so no more fear of her being scammed like this. We had the guards come out for a word. We were really lucky, that he was smoking a spliff. It gave them grounds to search him. He had a list of house to hit. Turned out, this guy or one of his ilk had already gotten money out of our neighbour three times.

Trial by.... oh.

The_Valeyard

The lads probably repaired that vent too!

FluffyAngel

The Peanut wrote: »

don't think they would have left if they were innocent.

They are being deported .
im not here to say wether they are or not guilty

just to be mindful of the whipping up of media storm ,just take a look at the above comments(and the ones below no doubt)

Some of the above is disgusting and harks back to the days of old when the old tar and feathers came out

Streetwalker

Australia attracts a certain type of person from Ireland. Some of the worst scumbags ive ever encountered have spent time there.

RobYourBuilder

The Aussies have it right. Work hard, keep your nose clean, get sponsorship; welcome aboard. Act the bollix - out to f*ck.

The Peanut

FluffyAngel wrote: »

They are being deported .
im not here to say wether they are or not guilty

just to be mindful of the whipping up of media storm ,just take a look at the above comments(and the ones below no doubt)

Some of the above is disgusting and harks back to the days of old when the old tar and feathers came out

All I know is that they are Irish and this will further damage the image of Irish people in Australia. People need to be responsible for their actions; they are primarily responsible for the ensuing "media storm". One of the Australian politicians referred to them as itinerant tradesmen or something along those lines; that line will resonate in Ireland. To the majority of the Australians, all they will remember is that they are Irish, and tar all Irish people out there with the same brush.

somesoldiers

There would seem to be quite a lot of skullduggery going on, see link to report of an Irish run building contractors. In a nut shell bringing people out from Ireland with the promise of jobs and treating them like crap then scamming to get them visas to stay.....allegedly

http://redflag.org.au/article/grubby-practices-ignored-royal-commission

RobYourBuilder

FluffyAngel wrote: »

Trial by media....

Hopefully they are on a future episode of Nothing to Declare.

Arbiter of Good Taste

FluffyAngel wrote: »

They are being deported .
im not here to say wether they are or not guilty

just to be mindful of the whipping up of media storm ,just take a look at the above comments(and the ones below no doubt)

Some of the above is disgusting and harks back to the days of old when the old tar and feathers came out

Stop being wilfully blind. There is nothing unfair about how these people are being treated. They are organised criminals who found an unsuspecting market in Australia. Just because what people are saying is unpalatable to you, doesn't mean it's wrong.

Unfortunately they'll be back here in no time pulling the same stung and bleating on about their "culture".

bjork

Arbiter of Good Taste wrote: »

Stop being wilfully blind. There is nothing unfair about how these people are being treated. They are organised criminals who found an unsuspecting market in Australia. Just because what people are saying is unpalatable to you, doesn't mean it's wrong.

Unfortunately they'll be back here in no time pulling the same stung and bleating on about their "culture".

Oh I doubt it! They'll return suitably chastised and get jobs in a FT 500 company.

seamus

It's not necessarily travellers. One of those rogue traders programmes covered this scam in the UK and very few of the people at it were travellers. One group was caught on camera sending a guy up to look at the roof who then proceeded to start kicking tiles to get them loose or break in half.

Lovely people altogether. I'm sure in their minds they convince themselves that it's OK because these old dears rattling around in their empty houses have loads of money squirreled away and can afford to hand over a few hundred dollars.

FluffyAngel

Arbiter of Good Taste wrote: »

Stop being wilfully blind. There is nothing unfair about how these people are being treated. They are organised criminals who found an unsuspecting market in Australia. Just because what people are saying is unpalatable to you, doesn't mean it's wrong.

Unfortunately they'll be back here in no time pulling the same stung and bleating on about their "culture".

thats a whole lot of not reading what i wrote

stunmer

RobYourBuilder wrote: »

The Aussies have it right. Work hard, keep your nose clean, get sponsorship; welcome aboard. Act the bollix - out to f*ck.

We should do the same here

mynamejeff

FluffyAngel wrote: »

They are being deported .
im not here to say wether they are or not guilty

just to be mindful of the whipping up of media storm ,just take a look at the above comments(and the ones below no doubt)

Some of the above is disgusting and harks back to the days of old when the old tar and feathers came out

bit of tar and feathering would seem in order.
why should we treat these "people" decently ?
they dont treat anyone else that way.

one i have first had knowledge of is felix moorehouse (google him)

Harry Palmr

You can take the Irish out of Ireland....

philstar

^^^^^^^^^^

what are you gettin at????????????

Harry Palmr

Irish kn@cker/scam/cute hoor culture being exported to Australia.

AndonHandon

I thought we did well to rid ourself of the drug injesting manual labours but, alas, I was wrong.

mikom

Norah Casey is gonna be busy...............

Boring username

Streetwalker wrote: »

Australia attracts a certain type of person from Ireland. Some of the worst scumbags ive ever encountered have spent time there.

Oz for the wasters, Canada for the grafters, so they say...

I agree though. Visiting 'County' Bondi in Sydney was the only time in my life I have been utterly humiliated to be Irish. It really opens your eyes to see the pond life and dregs from every ****ehole sink estate and farm yard in Ireland swapping STD's in one small geographical area. I would even go so far as to say it altered my views on abortion.

Baggy Trousers

vicwatson wrote: »

I like to know how immigration let them in

working holiday visas.

mikehn

can the Irish abroad reputation get any worse
http://www.thejournal.ie/deported-australia-scam-1897849-Jan2015/:mad:

JOSman

Nope!

Magico Gonzalez

Australia is not the world.

Come to South America, we're well liked down here.

mad muffin

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

Australia is not the world.

Come to South America, we're well liked down here.

So were Nazis. I bet Hitler is buried in Argentina.

biko

Maybe they were selling roofies?

humanji

MOD: Threads merged.

Juran

I started new thread in 'News' ... did see forum at the time


Well done Oz, Wish we could deport them as well .... they have tried their scams in europe, the states and now in Oz ... lets hope they try it in Syria or Iraq next

Calibos

Dunno if it's already been mentioned but got a bit confused reading about this in the paper and had to reread it because the Australian Immigration minister giving the statement to the press about this case is called.....Michaelia Cash....I kid you not!

vicwatson

Baggy Trousers wrote: »

working holiday visas.

Not according to the Indo -

"“All were found to be in Australia on lawfully held visas, however, they were found to be working on visas with strict ‘no work’ conditions,” a statement said."

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/twenty-four-irish-to-be-kicked-out-of-australia-over-scam-30930812.html


Can we have these people photographed at the airport and pics published in all newspapers so as the law abiding public of Ireland can see their faces and be aware of them?

mikeym

They should be deported to Saudi Arabia.

The Th!ng

Dump them into the sea a few miles offshore, let the sharks deal with them.

Desolation Of Smug

vicwatson wrote: »

Not according to the Indo -

"“All were found to be in Australia on lawfully held visas, however, they were found to be working on visas with strict ‘no work’ conditions,” a statement said."

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/twenty-four-irish-to-be-kicked-out-of-australia-over-scam-30930812.html


Can we have these people photographed at the airport and pics published in all newspapers so as the law abiding public of Ireland can see their faces and be aware of them?

Sounds apt enough. I highly doubt they ever broke those terms either. If they did, it'd be a first.

FluffyAngel

All were found to be in Australia on lawfully held visas, however, they were found to be working on visas with strict ‘no work’ conditions,” a statement said."

This made me laugh ,even though i have my red liberal pants on
nobody could even in there wildest dreams could interpret the damage caused to the people who complained as '"Work"

BreadnBuddha

FluffyAngel wrote: »

This made me laugh ,even though i have my red liberal pants on
nobody could even in there wildest dreams could interpret the damage caused to the people who complained as '"Work"

What? You speak ingrish? Whah?

I think they should all be welcomed home with open arms, then they should be sent to a real life Battle Royale. Inis Mor will do the finest. Move over Tedfest.

FluffyAngel

BreadnBuddha wrote: »

What? You speak ingrish? Whah?

I think they should all be welcomed home with open arms, then they should be sent to a real life Battle Royale. Inis Mor will do the finest. Move over Tedfest.

maybe you should just make your point and stop trying to be somthing your not (funny)

BreadnBuddha

FluffyAngel wrote: »

maybe you should just make your point and stop trying to be somthing your not (funny)

Capital M and 'You're not'. Instead of correcting me, why not try your own post again?

Oh, while I'm at it, nice red pants or whatever LOLZ ha ha ha ROTFLMAO at your socialist sense of humour.

Pft.

Honey Monster

White transit vans, living in a caravan park. Should have guessed.