I think we should ask wc resources to confrim why the site has been taken off, then the truth will be made known.
There WAS an arrest made yesterday of Stuart Booth, Surrey. (QCS Cleaning).
I was made aware a few months ago that somebody had bought a fraudulent window cleaning
round from a ‘Scott Marshall’ who had used our site to advertise the ‘work’.
You may have noticed that since then we put a warning on the site in an effort to prevent fraudulent activity.
Last week I received another report of a fraudulent round purchase in the same area - Surrey.
We did some research and found that a ‘Scott Marshall’ had also posted on this site. When doing a search for ‘dodgy round’ we came across the thread by QCS Cleaning (Stuart Booth) shown above in which Jonah used this expression.
Similarities were seen which linked the two together.
From these similarities we were able to identify other rounds as being ‘suspect’.
A meeting was set up with one of these alias names, 'Dean Daunton'
Although he was supposed to be Dean Daunton, he then provided the same mobile number as ‘Michael Gordon’. So a confirmation was made that it was the same guy.
The police were informed of the meeting and the arrest was made once the fraudulent work list was obtained.
We have removed suspicious rounds that fit the pattern. However, we would appreciate hearing about any other suspicious dealings you may have had with people selling rounds so as to make sure we have removed all of them.
There are obviously many legitimate rounds advertised, but we would like to emphasize the need to be vigilant and excercise due dilligence before parting with your money.
In light of the recent events we will be chaging the way rounds are advertised to minimise the risk of people posting non existing work.
Making a small payment through PayPal before posting the round means we will be provided with address details of those posting rounds.
We will also have a link where you can report suspicious rounds to us. If anyone has further suggestions as to how to improve the security of the site, we’d be happy to hear them.
We apologize that we have inadvertently advertised in good faith these fraudulent rounds. However, we are happy to have played a significant role in the process which has lead to his arrest.
We ask that anyone else with information that could prove helpful to communicate this to Sutton Police.