Irish roofing scam in Australia

suicide_circus · 23-01-2015 09:39AM #1

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 · 23-01-2015 09:41AM

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

Banjo String · 23-01-2015 09:43AM

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 · 23-01-2015 09:43AM

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

Axel Lamp · 23-01-2015 09:44AM

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 · 23-01-2015 09:45AM

The Peanut wrote: »

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

Maybe we just have a knack for it.

vicwatson · 23-01-2015 09:46AM

I like to know how immigration let them in

FluffyAngel · 23-01-2015 09:47AM

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 · 23-01-2015 09:49AM

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

BeerWolf · 23-01-2015 09:56AM

Don't send the knackers back!

whiskeyman · 23-01-2015 09:59AM

'D'ya like dingas?'

The Peanut · 23-01-2015 09:59AM

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 · 23-01-2015 10:02AM

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 · 23-01-2015 10:05AM

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 · 23-01-2015 10:06AM

The lads probably repaired that vent too!

FluffyAngel · 23-01-2015 10:07AM

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 · 23-01-2015 10:08AM

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

RobYourBuilder · 23-01-2015 10:16AM

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

The Peanut · 23-01-2015 10:19AM

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 · 23-01-2015 10:19AM

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 · 23-01-2015 10:20AM

FluffyAngel wrote: »

Trial by media....

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

Arbiter of Good Taste · 23-01-2015 10:31AM

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 · 23-01-2015 10:35AM

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 · 23-01-2015 10:41AM

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 · 23-01-2015 10:41AM

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 · 23-01-2015 12:03PM

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 · 23-01-2015 12:19PM

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 · 23-01-2015 01:06PM

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

philstar · 23-01-2015 01:12PM

^^^^^^^^^^

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

Harry Palmr · 23-01-2015 01:20PM

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

AndonHandon · 23-01-2015 01:25PM

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

Irish roofing scam in Australia

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