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Post by nicey on Jul 14, 2016 18:55:13 GMT -5
good luck locating these people. The guy that scammed me, Mike Mitlow, lists his business as "Mr. Fix It Roofing and Paving". He made mx websites, claims 30yrs experience, etc...listed 5 addresses none of which exists. When he came to my house, he gave me a fake address too.
I'm irritated that the police didn't want to file your case as a crime since they did unsolicited work and threatened you for it. The police probably are too lazy to pursue these non-injury crimes. Goes to show, don't be nice to any of these street people.
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Post by Kate on Jul 14, 2016 20:17:46 GMT -5
good luck locating these people. The guy that scammed me, Mike Mitlow, lists his business as "Mr. Fix It Roofing and Paving". He made mx websites, claims 30yrs experience, etc...listed 5 addresses none of which exists. When he came to my house, he gave me a fake address too. I'm irritated that the police didn't want to file your case as a crime since they did unsolicited work and threatened you for it. The police probably are too lazy to pursue these non-injury crimes. Goes to show, don't be nice to any of these street people. Some police officers are lazy, but I also think that when someone comes in who has been taken in a gypsy scam, which is usually no more than a few hundred dollars, they just don't consider it worth their time. I feel sorry for people who get taken by these cons. We don't have many of them in Tennessee, but they do show up after there's been a bad tornado and take advantage of home owners, when people are desperate to get roofing and other repair work done.
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Post by natalie on Jul 19, 2016 14:57:14 GMT -5
I wouldn't let anyone do body work on my car unless they are recommended by someone I know, or work in a licensed shop. What kind of work can they do in the dark, at those hours in a gas station without any equipment anyway? You're lucky that they didn't try to drive off in your car as you were talking to that one guy, or that they didn't hold you up at the ATM and take your money, your ATM card, and the car, leaving you stranded on the road!
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Post by jason on Jul 26, 2016 17:14:27 GMT -5
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Post by christmasparty on Jul 30, 2016 14:49:33 GMT -5
I have a family member who has been recently conned out of a large sum of money. He has gone to the police, but as they are unfamiliar with these schemes, seemed reluctant to do anything. I would like to hire a private investigator to pursue this. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to begin? Thanks
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Post by Kate on Jul 30, 2016 18:59:08 GMT -5
I have a family member who has been recently conned out of a large sum of money. He has gone to the police, but as they are unfamiliar with these schemes, seemed reluctant to do anything. I would like to hire a private investigator to pursue this. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to begin? Thanks Unless there's been a lot of crime by these people where you live, I'd say that you can forget about any help from the police. You should contact a few private investigators and see what kind of fees they charge. Unless you were conned out of a LOT of money, like tens of thousands, it could end up costing more to try to track them down than what you lost.
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Post by Graveyardbride on Jul 31, 2016 10:20:42 GMT -5
I have a family member who has been recently conned out of a large sum of money. He has gone to the police, but as they are unfamiliar with these schemes, seemed reluctant to do anything. I would like to hire a private investigator to pursue this. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to begin? Thanks If you have the name of the person who conned your relative, a good starting point would be to check your local state/county courts -- both criminal and civil -- to see if there are any cases involving this person. Most of the time, you can find this information online and then go to the courthouse to read the actual files. You can also go to the courthouse and ask the clerk for cases involving this person. If there are any cases, you can find the person's address and if he/she has been sued, you can find the names of the people who brought the lawsuits, names of attorneys involved, etc. If you find a civil case in which someone sued the individual, you could then contact the attorney who represented the individual suing the con artist and he/she could tell you how best to proceed or if the matter is worth pursuing. Also, if the family member who was conned is age 65 or over, you could go to the office of the district attorney (aka state attorney) to see if charges can be brought against the con artist under the elder abuse laws. These laws apply not only in cases of physical abuse, but also cases in which people take advantage of an elderly person.
Good luck and if you have any other questions, please ask. If you do pursue the matter, I'm sure we'd all like to know what happens because so many people lose money in these organized scams.
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Post by kitty on Mar 16, 2017 17:02:04 GMT -5
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Post by pat on Mar 16, 2017 22:04:18 GMT -5
I'm sorry that this happened to this old man, but it's hard to be all that sympathetic. First, he went to a psychic and fell for her line, then he signed over everything to her and she sold off his land and believed her when she said that she got only $1 million for it. He was a millionaire. Didn't he have lawyers or at least an accountant who could have told him that he was making a mistake and that the land was worth more than $1 million?
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Post by natalie on Mar 21, 2017 11:07:19 GMT -5
Really? He trusts some self-appointed psychic as an accountant, rather than a professional CPA with credentials? He thinks he is married to someone but there was never a marriage certificate? Then he believes a child is his, even though the "marriage" was consummated? The fact he then named the kid Giorgio Armani is further proof that this guy is as dumb as rocks. I might believe all this if the man in question were a child, but even teens know about marriage licenses and sex, unless there is a mental disability present. I should try to sell him some oceanfront real estate in Nebraska.
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Post by agatha on Nov 21, 2017 4:35:39 GMT -5
Hello. I'm new here. I work in a hotel and every year we have a family of Romaniachal Gypsies that stay with us the week of Thanksgiving. Their name is Wilson. You may want to add that name to your list. They try all sorts of scams. Mainly they try and get out of signing their contract for the meeting space. They ALL try and not give credit cards. They ALL pay cash at check out or check in if they get a clerk they can con into allowing it. I'm not sure if they steal. They probably do and we just don't know because they are so skilled. They dress their very young toddler age daughters up in full face makeup, fix their hair just like the older women, and dress them in the same exact clothing. It's very alarming to see a five year old that is dressed like she is going to strip at a club. Anyway. I never thought about all the other ways they could scam our hotel until I read this. Thanks for the info. I'll just have to be more diligent than I have in the past about specific hotel policies that will protect us against their scams.
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Post by Graveyardbride on Nov 21, 2017 11:53:33 GMT -5
Hello. I'm new here. I work in a hotel and every year we have a family of Romaniachal Gypsies that stay with us the week of Thanksgiving. Their name is Wilson. You may want to add that name to your list. They try all sorts of scams. Mainly they try and get out of signing their contract for the meeting space. They ALL try and not give credit cards. They ALL pay cash at check out or check in if they get a clerk they can con into allowing it. I'm not sure if they steal. They probably do and we just don't know because they are so skilled. They dress their very young toddler age daughters up in full face makeup, fix their hair just like the older women, and dress them in the same exact clothing. It's very alarming to see a five year old that is dressed like she is going to strip at a club. Anyway. I never thought about all the other ways they could scam our hotel until I read this. Thanks for the info. I'll just have to be more diligent than I have in the past about specific hotel policies that will protect us against their scams. Thank you for sharing this and I will add the name Wilson to the list of common Gypsy names. The Wilson Travelers now in the US are said to have originated in Scotland, but some claim they actually originated in Spain and then settled in Scotland. They left Scotland for Ireland and many immigrated to the US and Canada. There are several Wilson clans in the US on both the east and west coasts.
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Post by cpfranklin on Aug 26, 2019 14:42:28 GMT -5
My father is 87 years old and he was scammed three months ago in Houston. He was approached at the grocery store by a man claiming to have worked on his house before and noticed that his driveway needed some repairs. Dad let him come by the following Sunday and the guy spread some slurry around and charged $9,000, and Dad wrote him a check. A few days later, there was a man standing in the back yard when he came home and claimed that my father's trees needed trimming. Dad had recent work done on the trees so he sent this guy away. A few more days later, three men showed up in the back of the house. This scared my dad, but they brought flowers and said that they were sorry for the passing of my mother, that he knew my sister and I and he had worked on the roof before and wanted to check if the work was done properly. He went on the roof, later verified that he did nothing, and charged Dad &2,400. Both checks were endorsed by a Nancy Ziko, Tx DL #0027775855 issued 9/22/08; Tx ID #0041143475 issued 6/21/16; DOB 6/5/57. We did convince my dad to file a police report, but see nothing coming from this. She has served time and I contacted the parole board from her last run in, but to them, she has served time and it is up to the police. She is still on the streets scamming people. Dad fears reprisals from these people. What can we do?
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Post by Graveyardbride on Sept 5, 2019 9:45:03 GMT -5
My father is 87 years old and he was scammed three months ago in Houston. He was approached at the grocery store by a man claiming to have worked on his house before and noticed that his driveway needed some repairs. Dad let him come by the following Sunday and the guy spread some slurry around and charged $9,000, and Dad wrote him a check. A few days later, there was a man standing in the back yard when he came home and claimed that my father's trees needed trimming. Dad had recent work done on the trees so he sent this guy away. A few more days later, three men showed up in the back of the house. This scared my dad, but they brought flowers and said that they were sorry for the passing of my mother, that he knew my sister and I and he had worked on the roof before and wanted to check if the work was done properly. He went on the roof, later verified that he did nothing, and charged Dad &2,400. Both checks were endorsed by a Nancy Ziko, Tx DL #0027775855 issued 9/22/08; Tx ID #0041143475 issued 6/21/16; DOB 6/5/57. We did convince my dad to file a police report, but see nothing coming from this. She has served time and I contacted the parole board from her last run in, but to them, she has served time and it is up to the police. She is still on the streets scamming people. Dad fears reprisals from these people. What can we do? First, let me apologize for my tardy reply. We've had a hurricane here in Florida and I somehow missed your post.
Thank you for sharing your experience. If you've read the other posts in this thread, you know "Ziko" is among the names used by various gypsy crime families. At least, you were able to talk your father into reporting it to the police. Now, you should start calling the officer handling the case at least once a week to check on the progress of your father's claim. Remind the officer your father is 87-years-old and what these people did constitutes exploitation of a senior citizen, which is a third-degree felony. You can also sue Nancy Ziko in small claim's court and attempt to have her served by the sheriff's department. If someone at her place of residence accepts service and she fails to appear in court, you can have a default judgment entered against her, after which you will be able to garnish her wages -- if she works -- or attach items of personal property, such as motor vehicles, etc. But bear in mind, these people are adept at avoiding legal entanglements.
These people prey on the elderly and disabled and you can be sure your father isn't the first elderly person they've scammed. Accordingly, you could contact a local TV station or newspaper, explain what happened and see if someone will investigate the matter. Some TV stations have reporters assigned to investigate scams and because of your father's age, what Ziko and her cohorts are doing should pique someone's interest.
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Post by unclehams on Jun 16, 2020 2:52:03 GMT -5
I've known about Gypsys and might I add that only the most stringent die hard progressive leftist's will protest when a gypsy is automatically stereotyped or not trusted.
I bought a car from one who actually did an ok job, no major repairs so Ill give him a pass however today I was approached while walking to my semi tractor outside of 5 guys. I got a really friendly guy clean shaven about 50 and a lady in the seat with her head wrapped in some cloth. They said they were from New york and stuck in Oregon. I offered to buy some gas as there was one across the street. He said he needed more money and handed me a right and then a necklace. Both appeared to be gold.
They must have thought me some simple minded truck driver. Forget school, forget that I've seen and been scammed before I just laughed. They need gas money, they won't let me buy them some gas across the street and they are parting with jewelry that I dont know if its real.
I pissed him off ., Sure I'll give you 300 dollars but first meet me at a pawn shop, I want to make sure its real.
They just speed off... Gypsy's a well earned reputation.
I never felt threatened by them however I've heard of a case on Americas most wanted where a Gypsy women married a restaurant owner and poisoned him so she could take over his restaurant.
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