Canadian couple fleeced of minibus JUNE 21, 2013 | BY KNEWS | FILED UNDER NEWS A Canadian couple is at its wits’ end to recover a minibus for which money was sent to a relative to purchase on their behalf. The couple is also warning others against fraudsters who may be lurking to gain money from unsuspecting persons. PS said that her husband and two of his brothers pooled their money – some US$7000 – to buy a minibus for what she described as “investment purposes”. She explained that the vehicle was shipped to Guyana and was received by a male relative, whom she named. She said her family made a verbal agreement with the relative who lives in Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara. The woman said that there was an understanding that the relative would sell the vehicle to reinvest in several more in a few months. Shaw said that the relative even agreed to use the bus to earn a living and pay them a monthly deposit of $50,000. The man paid $150,000, a total of three months of deposits. She said that the man eventually stopped making the deposits and made excuses of why he couldn’t. Last May, the family returned to Guyana to, among other things, have the vehicle transferred into Shaw’s name. The same relative assured them that he could have made it easier. Shaw said he told the family that it would cost them $5,000 to acquire a “tax ID” and $38,000 to process the transfer papers. She said that days later a man who gave his name as “Persaud” called her husband explaining that another man, whom he named, would pick up the money and make the necessary changes. The woman said the man came to a city hotel where they made the payment and even took video footage of the man leaving the hotel. To date the transfer has not been made and attempts to contact the relative and calls to numbers provided by the two men are proving futile. The family left the country without the relevant documents, and to date have not recovered their investment. She made a report to the police while in Guyana, the police took all the information on the people that were involved and will be brought to justice.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:31:46 +0000
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