Beware con man at car park: makes false accusations of damage to his car

A friend of mine - an honest man going about his lawful business- parked his car correctly in a carpark space outside a supermarket in west Galway City a few days ago.

A man was sitting in a car in the adjacent car parking space and falsely accused my friend of scraping his car.

He created a very intimidating scene, asking a third party whether she had seen his car being scraped (she didn't) , threatening my friend with an insurance claim, taking photos repeatedly of both my friend, his car, car registration number, insurance disk, etc. He basically created such a scene that, to save embarassment, a weaker individual might just have caved in and thrown a few euros at him to shut him up (probably your man's aim from the start). He was so harrassing and persuasive that a less alert driver might start questioning whether he really had done it.

My friend has reported him to Salthill Garda Station, along with his car registration number. The Gardai examined my friend's car and found no evidence that his car had impacted on another car. My friend also had his (new) car examined by a mechanic who found not a single mark on it. My friend then reported the matter to his insurance company who sent out a representative. The rep examined his car, took photos of it and was satisfied that it was not in contact with any other vehicle.

This was Irish and was wearing calf-length pants. He might be aged 25- 35 years.

Just warning ye- there's all types out there. Beware!