FabSwingers.com forum: Pussy Party Edinburgh

By *otEdinburghmale OP Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Who"s all going?

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By *ahootCouple
over a year ago

edinburgh

What is this .. when is it. and where.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When and where

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What is this .. when is it. and where.

Swingers Party hosted by Pussyparty - Saturday The 27th - Edinburgh, /

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Who"s all going?

Take you're going then?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Please do explain more

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Please do explain more"

Search for the profile PussyParty and it's self explanatory.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thank you xx

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By *otEdinburghmale OP Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

I"m going hoping for a brilliant night of fun

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By *oldenknobMan
over a year ago

glasgow

I hav booked a place for new year party in glasgow !!!

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By *os2510Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

I'm going to the night in Edinburgh =)

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By *os2510Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Is anyone there? There are 4 of us waiting in a local bar as there was no response at the flat and they haven't been online in 2 hours.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is anyone there? There are 4 of us waiting in a local bar as there was no response at the flat and they haven't been online in 2 hours.

Shocking, their verifications suggest they are genuine as well.

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By *ighlandballsMan
over a year ago

perth

Lets know how it goes?

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By *os2510Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Yeah, there is now 7 of us waiting and we've each been told a slightly different address and each of us was charged slightly different prices.

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By *ighlandballsMan
over a year ago

perth

Strange. Least you can go to After8 instead

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By *teve_D1Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Yeah if you could let us know how it goes as I am supposed to be going to one in Dundee tomorrow evening.

Hopefully you get it sorted though, I will assume it is all guys you are with waiting? Not that it matters just wondered. Hope you get it resolved anyway!

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By *os2510Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

One women, and we are pretty sure it's a scam.

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By *ighlandballsMan
over a year ago

perth

Yes im same booked for Dundee Sunday.

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By *teve_D1Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"Yes im same booked for Dundee Sunday. "

Have you been given the address yet mate? I got an address today but when I put it into Google it doesn't show on Google maps......

I was supposed to go to parties on the 13th and 20th which got cancelled late on due to family emergency and gave it the benefit of the doubt.

There are a few other things I have spotted that made me unsure but I didn't want to say in case I was over analysing things.

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By *os2510Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Yeah, although the address given no one is there. A whole bunch of us are waiting and nothing....

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By *ighlandballsMan
over a year ago

perth

Yes I had same experience. Found postcode search strange. Good to help eachother out here by sharing experiences.

"Yes im same booked for Dundee Sunday.

Have you been given the address yet mate? I got an address today but when I put it into Google it doesn't show on Google maps......

I was supposed to go to parties on the 13th and 20th which got cancelled late on due to family emergency and gave it the benefit of the doubt.

There are a few other things I have spotted that made me unsure but I didn't want to say in case I was over analysing things. "

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By *ighlandballsMan
over a year ago

perth

Is that flat for sale?

"Yeah, although the address given no one is there. A whole bunch of us are waiting and nothing.... "

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By *ighlandballsMan
over a year ago

perth

Keep us informed how you get on. Thinking my Dundee meet Sunday a zero

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By *ll realMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

I can't get into their profile anymore

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By *os2510Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Yeah, they know they've been caught so they've hidden their account....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Account is still there they are online maybe they have blocked you all

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By *os2510Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Must be what it is...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You should all report the user as others might be getting conned

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Account is still there they are online maybe they have blocked you all "

They must have blocked me too then as I can no longer see them either.

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By *ighlandballsMan
over a year ago

perth

Im fab friends with them. Even when they are hidden you can still message them.

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By *awty_MissDynomiteNo1Woman
over a year ago

No idea, I'm lost. Damn Sat nav!

Their profile is there but now hidden

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Out of interest, what did people pay? Upfront cash for 3 seperate parties must have been a nice wee earner!

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By *ighlandballsMan
over a year ago

perth

To embarrassed to say publically

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By *ola cubesMan
over a year ago

coatbridge

If paid by card persue them you have their account details

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By *teve_D1Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

There account has now vanished but alarmingly so has all the messages I sent/read from them!!

Surely only admin can access my profile and delete messages? A little bit out of order to be honest as they have no right to do that, it had confidential information on some, really not impressed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Account is still there they are online maybe they have blocked you all "

Seems im not the only one blocked ? MRN?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They seem to be gone. I'll be reporting this to my bank on Monday,hopefully get a refund from them. I'll stick to

CJs in future.

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By *awty_MissDynomiteNo1Woman
over a year ago

No idea, I'm lost. Damn Sat nav!

"Account is still there they are online maybe they have blocked you all

Seems im not the only one blocked ? MRN?"
The accounts gone now thats why you cant see it .

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

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Admin don't delete peoples mails....if the person has left the site the mails may go with them now.

If the profile is still on here please report it....it is probably wise not to hand over any money for parties before you get there.

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By *ugby 123Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

O o O oo

PS how did people pay?

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By *riggsboy123Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

I read some of the veris and I kinda half thought these seem too good to be true references to drop dead gorgeous girls sucking and fucking everywhere etc I also noticed a lot of the folk who verified hadn't been online for months. Now, did anyone actually ever actually meet them, Skype or speak to them on the phone? Surely this would have been advisable before handing over any cash? Can anyone here actually say they've been to one of these parties? Boils my piss these pricks spoiling it for everyone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I read some of the veris and I kinda half thought these seem too good to be true references to drop dead gorgeous girls sucking and fucking everywhere etc

This.

Id noticed a female profile in same town as me that had loads of veris but they all looked too perfect. "She" was updating that she was looking for someone to escort her there tonight but also had other random meets up. All a bit suspicious but I didnt think much of it.

Clearly quite a clever longer term scam has been played here sadly.

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By *awty_MissDynomiteNo1Woman
over a year ago

No idea, I'm lost. Damn Sat nav!

Lessons learnt the hard way guys dont to handing over your well earned cash to someone you dont even know

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By *ola cubesMan
over a year ago

coatbridge

Nothing clever in this if anyone pays money upfront to my mind is total madness on the plus side if credit debit cards have been used these folk have a recourse hopefully if it is a scam and some folk are up to it prosecution is viable

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By *riggsboy123Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

Yeah morven i saw that one for some girl from kirky who was 20 but "already had had loads of girl girl and mff experiences" yeah right. Oh well you can always get yourself down to club bliss and maybe get a lumber there. The strange thing is they had veris from months ago im sure from last year surely if they were a con-which they obviously are-someone would have rumbled them and posted about it on here hitherto?

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By *penminded Scottish GuyMan
over a year ago

East Kilbride

I have been scammed by them for £120 for 2 parties nye and 9th jan i see they have now left site

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By *penminded Scottish GuyMan
over a year ago

East Kilbride

Also all people who were on my friends list that attended parties have now left site at same time

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By *awty_MissDynomiteNo1Woman
over a year ago

No idea, I'm lost. Damn Sat nav!

"I have been scammed by them for £120 for 2 parties nye and 9th jan i see they have now left site"
I dont understand this its a swinging site so what on earth were you guys paying for to part with that kind of money for a party?

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By *penminded Scottish GuyMan
over a year ago

East Kilbride

Well cj,s also charge so you think its norm

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By *awty_MissDynomiteNo1Woman
over a year ago

No idea, I'm lost. Damn Sat nav!

"Well cj,s also charge so you think its norm"
cjs is an established business lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We were part of the group that turned up to the non-existent address in Edinburgh last night. We fully accept we took a risk in handing over cash to these con artists and it wasn't a huge amount (for us anyway) but the fact they potentially have invited 50 odd people to this and about 5 other future parties, means this is not small fraud - they could have managed to get about 10 grand in all. And they have been on the site for a year - so have they managed this before and Fab haven't done anything?! It would not surprise me, as I have contacted Fab before after realising someone (who was supposedly verified) was using a friend's pics. Fab never replied and it appears never even blocked said person. Yes, last night PParty initially hid themselves, so they could still see what we were doing, I’m guessing, then it looked like they deleted their profile. Then we had their supposed verifications cached and all of a sudden those profiles started disappearing too. Fab have to address this issue as a matter of urgency, if only to change their site requirements so you can only join if photo verified (it turns out a lot of Pparty's amazing verifications, which seem to have blindsided some of us, were not photo verified). We said in our complaint to Fab that we will wait 48 hours for a response, and then we are going to the police. I imagine these sick con artists have thought attacking people with such a private side to their lives, means we won't stand up and complain, but I am far too angry to care - these people have to be stopped. If you have been affected by this and are happy to support us in taking this further, please get in touch ASAP. As some of us have already discussed, we should have no issues getting our money back anyway, and hopefully so many people complaining about the same account (hopefully we all have the same details - please share this info if you have it - I will when my Mr wakes up as it’s his bank account we paid from) will red flag them anyway. Sadly though, it is the banks that will pay us back not the bastards who have stolen our money and are probably on a fantastic holiday in the sun somewhere right now! Big love to everyone and lets all try and keep this a lovely genuine and caring place to be xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sadly this shows how even verif ppl arnt gen sorry to.hear so many been conned in this way i do believe any parties or socials should be paid on the night of the event

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Also, out of interest...has anyone who has publicly complained about this situ, been contacted by a fab member that seemed a bit suspicious? As soon as we put our first angry status up last night, we were contacted by a seemingly well-meaning fabber advising us to remove the post etc but they had only joined yesterday. They may well have been genuine but it set alarm bells ringing a little that these pricks may have set up another profile (it does all seem very elaborately thought out after all). It may be nothing, but if anyone else experienced something similar it would be good to hear about.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

@XXXY

Hi Guys, i was also one of the group last night, was lovely to meet you guys even under the nights circumstances,

Please feel free to contact me (PM)

Marco

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By *ola cubesMan
over a year ago

coatbridge

"We were part of the group that turned up to the non-existent address in Edinburgh last night. We fully accept we took a risk in handing over cash to these con artists and it wasn't a huge amount (for us anyway) but the fact they potentially have invited 50 odd people to this and about 5 other future parties, means this is not small fraud - they could have managed to get about 10 grand in all. And they have been on the site for a year - so have they managed this before and Fab haven't done anything?! It would not surprise me, as I have contacted Fab before after realising someone (who was supposedly verified) was using a friend's pics. Fab never replied and it appears never even blocked said person. Yes, last night PParty initially hid themselves, so they could still see what we were doing, I’m guessing, then it looked like they deleted their profile. Then we had their supposed verifications cached and all of a sudden those profiles started disappearing too. Fab have to address this issue as a matter of urgency, if only to change their site requirements so you can only join if photo verified (it turns out a lot of Pparty's amazing verifications, which seem to have blindsided some of us, were not photo verified). We said in our complaint to Fab that we will wait 48 hours for a response, and then we are going to the police. I imagine these sick con artists have thought attacking people with such a private side to their lives, means we won't stand up and complain, but I am far too angry to care - these people have to be stopped. If you have been affected by this and are happy to support us in taking this further, please get in touch ASAP. As some of us have already discussed, we should have no issues getting our money back anyway, and hopefully so many people complaining about the same account (hopefully we all have the same details - please share this info if you have it - I will when my Mr wakes up as it’s his bank account we paid from) will red flag them anyway. Sadly though, it is the banks that will pay us back not the bastards who have stolen our money and are probably on a fantastic holiday in the sun somewhere right now! Big love to everyone and lets all try and keep this a lovely genuine and caring place to be xx"
no point in waitingon fab doing anything fab hasnt done anything wrong sorry to say this but the blame lies at all those who were duped by this profile read what fab say when you leave a veri for someone your best recourse Iis to persue these idiots through the money trail the banks probably will pay you back dependant on a few circumatances (if sent through paypal as a gift probably nothing can be done by the banks) but you would have a long standing email addy that is attached to a bank that in turn is attached to an address perhaps make a joint complaint of fraud to the police there is many things you can do now fab can do nothing really

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

not good

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hi there. Yes, I know Fab can't do anything in this case, but I think they should acknowledge that their site is allowing such things to go on and set up better protection such as the previously mentioned enforced photo verification. An acknowledgement of the situation is all I expect from them. It is the bank and the police that I will be dealing with mainly. But also I would like to know that Fab have received a heads up before the police contact them. As I say, we went into this fully knowing that we could lose our money, but hey, it was only a few quid. It is the apparent scale of this scam that is making me want to do something and to stop it happening again. Again, I would like to know how PParty have been on Fab for a year and either only just done this scam, or more worryingly got away with it in the past.

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

I think it is a police matter, not sure the banks can do anything unless paid by credit card

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

well, they should be able to sort a refund out as its a fraudalent transaction. As I said before though, sadly its the banks that will reimburse us not the conning bastards that stole the money in the first place! I do def. think the police is a worthwhile avenue, even if its going to be a little embarrassing to explain!

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

"well, they should be able to sort a refund out as its a fraudalent transaction. As I said before though, sadly its the banks that will reimburse us not the conning bastards that stole the money in the first place! I do def. think the police is a worthwhile avenue, even if its going to be a little embarrassing to explain!"

I believe if you sent the money, there is very little they can do. Different if they helped themselves to your cash.

good luck tho

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By *ola cubesMan
over a year ago

coatbridge

"Hi there. Yes, I know Fab can't do anything in this case, but I think they should acknowledge that their site is allowing such things to go on and set up better protection such as the previously mentioned enforced photo verification. An acknowledgement of the situation is all I expect from them. It is the bank and the police that I will be dealing with mainly. But also I would like to know that Fab have received a heads up before the police contact them. As I say, we went into this fully knowing that we could lose our money, but hey, it was only a few quid. It is the apparent scale of this scam that is making me want to do something and to stop it happening again. Again, I would like to know how PParty have been on Fab for a year and either only just done this scam, or more worryingly got away with it in the past."
I understand your anger but photo verification would be easy to fake so solves little many dont want to publish their pics let alone a face pic with a swingers site and guilt card attached lol fab have many warnings about this manner of deception if someone on the main st offered you a golden ticket to thw ritz you would be dubious and take precautions and be certain why is fab any diffrent I have been approched over the yrs by many so called party organisers never bit hopefully yourselves and others can join together and bring the full weight of the law down on them hell who knows you all get yourmoney back rent your own house hall and make your own party good luck

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I get you, I get you

Ggggrrr just so frustrating! Ha ha loving your sign off plan though...

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By *teve_D1Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Firstly I (and I am sure others) don't need someone coming on here lecturing us about "learning our lesson" and "why pay for a party on a swingers site" we are grown adults and all able to make our own decisions in life so please spare your lectures for someone else.

Secondly as I said in one of my very first posts on here I had suspicion about their "verifications" which mostly seemed to be created 5-6 months ago, often logging in only once to leave a verification for another person who had also "attended" a party. It is a very clearly thought out long term elaborate scam more than likely pin pointed for Christmas when they can generate the most money and pay for their own Christmas!

Thirdly, I would like to go to the police but that really isn't an option for me for reasons I do not want to go into on a forum and if I can assist in any way by passing on emails etc then please get in touch.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

@PaulS2014

I agree,

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By *ola cubesMan
over a year ago

coatbridge

"Firstly I (and I am sure others) don't need someone coming on here lecturing us about "learning our lesson" and "why pay for a party on a swingers site" we are grown adults and all able to make our own decisions in life so please spare your lectures for someone else.

Lastly Fab admin on here have conducted themselves very strangely. Last night they wiped all trace of conversation from the Pussy Party account including my sent emails and read emails, why do this? They also wiped all the accounts Pussy Party used for their verifications and again all trace of communication. It is like they are wanting to hide their head in the sand and pretend it has never happened. There is something just not right about it all. "
excuse me whos lecturing ? Yourself and others brought this to light and made suggestions myself and others are mearly trying to answer those points fab im sure have acted in a correct manner it wasnt fab who was scammed and in their qna section and site rules im sure you will see many occasions this type of incident is addressed I get that yourself and others are upset by what has happened but you onlt have yourself to blame im sure if police envolvment happens fab will be more than happy to share their logs and bring justice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Let’s not get unfriendly. I need my faith restored in this site! I do get what was being said about lecturing but maybe that was too strong a word. I guess what was meant is that, as I have said repeatedly, there is no need to state the obvious that we were at fault. i think we all went into this knowing there was an element of risk. I think we all fully accept our responsibility for those actions, as yes, we are all adults. The matter in hand however, is that this fraud is not small, it appears to be on a large scale and it therefore should be taken to the police. These may be people carrying out all sorts of fraud on other websites, I cannot sit by and leave it as it is. Let’s not let nasty criminals like these people make us fall out with each other though

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By *abulous cleavageWoman
over a year ago

Central

I'm sorry to read that this has happened. I had seen the party advertised and thought it was suspicious. I hope those that met up in the bar made the best of a bad situation and had a opportunity to meet other members from the site.

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

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Admin don't delete profiles, they must have deleted their own profiles when the plan came together for them....the way things work now is mails from deleted profiles go too.

It looks like they played a waiting game and had a few profiles working together, unless they were reported to Admin as suspect then they would be under Admins radar.

I am guessing all people conned have informed the police? The more people do it the better. They will obviously get in touch with Admin so they can help with any information they may have. There is also an online Fraud site called "Action fraud" that you can contact for issues like this.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Great thanks for your info...will go and Google that now. When I complained to Fab, I said I would be contacting the police within 48 hours so just waiting now. Thanks again x

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By *penminded Scottish GuyMan
over a year ago

East Kilbride

I was scammed by them for £120 can you mail me to discuss what can be done

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By *ifes journeyCouple
over a year ago

scotland

If you are going to report, it needs to be 'co-ordinated'. Pointless you all going to your local plod shop individually as they wont be interested.

I would suggest that if one person acts as a main contact to the police, once reported, pass on the crime reference number and officers name/division to the others so that they can report through their own local station - it will then get passed onto the first officer. This way, many instances of a small fraud will get grouped together as a large fraud and will get more police time.

You cant blame the site for this, you cant blame yourselves either. Con artists are very good at their 'job'. They tell you what you want to hear to make the scam more plausible. They are playing the scam on the basis that no one, or few will be prepared to go to the police. On the face of it, its the perfect scam isnt it? A crime that no one wants to report.

Get one over on them, get together and report it.

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

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"Great thanks for your info...will go and Google that now. When I complained to Fab, I said I would be contacting the police within 48 hours so just waiting now. Thanks again x"

I wouldn't wait, I would go now . As I say the police will then get in touch with Admin

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By *awty_MissDynomiteNo1Woman
over a year ago

No idea, I'm lost. Damn Sat nav!

"If you are going to report, it needs to be 'co-ordinated'. Pointless you all going to your local plod shop individually as they wont be interested.

Get one over on them, get together and report it.

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Good advice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thanks for that

well I'll put myself forward and phone the police today, after we've spoken to the bank, then yes I'll give out the crime ref. no etc.

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By *penminded Scottish GuyMan
over a year ago

East Kilbride

I have just contacted my bank who said have to call back in morning and speak to a back office team who deal with fraud said there is a chance i may get money back but also need a crime ref number from police

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

OK, as I say I will contact the police on behalf on everyone today and let you know the number. Amy x

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By *penminded Scottish GuyMan
over a year ago

East Kilbride

Thanks Amy for that hope we all get our money back

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have the guys full name, bank with sort code and account number if anyone needs it !

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By *penminded Scottish GuyMan
over a year ago

East Kilbride

i have all that too mate

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

O o O oo

"I have the guys full name, bank with sort code and account number if anyone needs it !"

They didn't think this through well did they....unless they are hoping people wont report it because it is a swinging site.

Please all report it, otherwise they get away with it to do it again

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By *penminded Scottish GuyMan
over a year ago

East Kilbride

i have pussy party direct e mail adress if anyone wants it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Great. As I said it would be interesting to share the bank details to see if they're the same. I'm waiting on.my other half getting the ones we had and then I'll share. I will contact the police this afternoon and let them know people have various bits of info on them - guessing the crime no and contact details I get from them, will mean you can contact them directly with this info x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Really hope every person gets there money back. Con artists are clever people no doubt ran loads of scams. Just ruins it for a lot of people. However don't let the scumbags win. Report and track them down. Terrible .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Seems to have been a very elaborate scam. We received invitation from them but felt there was something just not ringing true. Anyone who has email address, names etc should share with anyone else who has been scammed.

They probably have another profile which they will be using to _iew all the complaints and sniggering in the background.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sad to see this - hope you all get your money back.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I am also another person conned. There was supposed to be a party in aberdeen last weekend but was canceled due to family emergency. Instead said Id join the Dundee party. Very disappointing that a scamike this can be had in here.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hey there folks. My man, V has kindly offered to take over the responsibility of contacting the police etc from me...more than happy to not have to deal with that embarrassment! So he'll keep you updated on here from here on in. Amy xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just a wee word of caution here, with these con men whoever they were making away with a sizeable amount of money it may be that the press will see it as a newsworthy story so anyone posting on this thread may like to check their privacy settings regards pics etc. Not wanting to come across as scaremongering just a note of caution

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

@View

Noted, but judging from Fab's T's and C's it seems like we will have to police ourselves. If they read this entire thread and still delete that then that is fucked up!

We're just trying to gather the relevant info to take to the relevant authorities and this is the quickest route. We're doing Fab a favour. Almost! :/

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By *ifes journeyCouple
over a year ago

scotland

I think gather a list of those you know and have said they have been scammed and pass info that way....

Sometimes things can be made too public and get into the wrong hands and made even more public

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By *teve_D1Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"Seems to have been a very elaborate scam. We received invitation from them but felt there was something just not ringing true. Anyone who has email address, names etc should share with anyone else who has been scammed.

They probably have another profile which they will be using to _iew all the complaints and sniggering in the background."

I already think they have another two profiles on here and I have reported them both to admin and unsurprisingly nothing. Really don't have any faith in the people who run this site, I don't think they actually give a monkeys about this whole incident if I am being honest.

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By *ifes journeyCouple
over a year ago

scotland

Can I suggest that you take this off forum/off site, maybe set up a group 'Whats app' chat or group email thread or similar and then once done ask the mods to remove the thread, or at least to remove some parts of it, leaving enough to warn others in the future.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Xxxy thanks for taking the lead in this. Yes, that was the account I was given.

Frankly, I don't see how giving out the details of a scammer's account is a piece of personal data we should even think about protecting. Doubtless the account has been set up with a fake id and had the cash cleaned out already. If this is actually their account they're not nearly as bright as they think they are.

Given the money was paid by transfer the only likelihood of getting money back is if your bank wants to cover it up. Police have passed this onto banks almost completely to keep crime figures down and banks generally just pay out to help keep us thinking our money is secure with them.

True, in this case we were guilty of failing to be suspicious enough but this is the weakness of the verification system and the administration decision to not require a more robust identity check when we register. And that last likely encouraged some of us to select the site, so we can't really complain.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sorry, but why should we take this offsite? It happened here.

BTW, the bank used for the account is in Chelmsford.

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By *penminded Scottish GuyMan
over a year ago

East Kilbride

This is same details of bank account i have,i was scammed £120

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

O o O oo

Don't put those personal details onto the forum please.

The people that need the information is the police only.

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over a year ago

Hey all, its Amy back again...I was the one in the end that had to do the embarrassing phone call to the police!

Right I called 101 and asked to speak to someone regarding online fraud. They took details such as the party meet info, payments and yes, the website name (ahem).

I have a crime incident number - incident 409 28/12/14 - and am waiting for an officer to call me back to collect further details.

HOWEVER apparently you can not use this ref. number. Anyone who wants to report this/and get a crime ref. number to use when speaking to the bank, has to make their own report to the police (maybe give my crime ref number as a link up though).

I understand some people may be embarrassed by doing this, but it wasn't all that bad and the police officer I spoke to said he would be really keen to gather any more info possible on this matter, esp. those who have the personal email address of the scammers.

I just said it was a social site we were on and the money we paid was for food and drink. The only slightly cringy bit was having to give the website name!

Please please do contact the police though, as I think they feel this is worth pursuing and of course, a crime ref. number will help with any refund you may and try and get from the bank.

Will update you if my call back from the police offers up anymore info.

Amy x

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By *ifes journeyCouple
over a year ago

scotland

"Sorry, but why should we take this offsite? It happened here.

BTW, the bank used for the account is in Chelmsford. "

Because just as you and I can read all this, so can the perpetrators and any others looking to stir shite.

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By *penminded Scottish GuyMan
over a year ago

East Kilbride

Agree with everything you have said

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

O o O oo

If you think people connected are still on the site then report with as much information as to why on the report and let Admin take a look...and I know it is frustrating to be fleeced.....but I really don't think it is fair for people to be blaming the site for you handing money over to scammers.

If you do as asked and report to the proper authorities Admin will help the police all they can.

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By *teve_D1Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

If you do as asked and report to the proper authorities Admin will help the police all they can.

I have done that already and nothing has happened. I notice they have removed the posts with the bank details yet they say nothing about this whole episode? Very strange behaviour for people who run the site.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And what about any other unsuspecting victims?

Its entirely likely that the perpetrators are reading this too via other fake profiles - but that doesn't mean we can't post all the relevant info on here to warn folk. There will doubtless be others who have been scammed who don't want to get too involved for their own personal reasons...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just noticed that too!

They'll probably remove the post with the crime ref number too!

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

O o O oo

For the people involved they will know them anyway so there really isn't any need to share them surely....share them with the relevant authorities who will need them.

I advised what you should be doing and how Admin will help if they can when the police contact them....I am not sure what else you actually want.

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By *ugby 123Couple
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over a year ago

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"Hey all, its Amy back again...I was the one in the end that had to do the embarrassing phone call to the police!

Right I called 101 and asked to speak to someone regarding online fraud. They took details such as the party meet info, payments and yes, the website name (ahem).

I have a crime incident number - incident 409 28/12/14 - and am waiting for an officer to call me back to collect further details.

I just said it was a social site we were on and the money we paid was for food and drink. The only slightly cringy bit was having to give the website name!

Please please do contact the police though, as I think they feel this is worth pursuing and of course, a crime ref. number will help with any refund you may and try and get from the bank.

Will update you if my call back from the police offers up anymore info.

Amy x

Ok here is the advice from the police. This is your best option.

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