General Warning to Others - Bad Debtors, Conmen, Thieves & Liars


Dishonourable and dodgy individuals and organisations - updated 22nd November 2011

I am posting this web page as a general warning to others of people and organisations that we have dealt with who have behaved in a generally dishonourable and/or dishonest manner, in terms of non-payment of bills, bad debts, going back on their word, etc. All of the facts on here are tru, and we have the documentation to back them up.

Andrew Aarons (Trades as "Doggy Snack Shack" from 3 Lyndhurst Rise, Chigwell, Essex IG7 5BB)

This man hired some radios from us in March 2009 and then did not return them. He came up with a variety of excuses as to where our equipment had gone, and finally would not talk to us at all. We ended up going to the Small Claims Court over this. He did not even turn up. We won the judgment against him - you can view it BY CLICKING HERE. A year later, he has not paid up.

A quick Google around for the his name and that of his disgusting doggy snack shack business reveals many complaints about the dirty, mouldy and insect-ridden food he sells, and also several people complaining that he charges customer's credit cards twice (or more) and then is very difficult to get a refund from.

Doggy Snack Shack Web Site (bizarrely now points to a porno site!)

Claims of card ripoff by Doggy Snack Shack man

Another one

And yet another one

More recent ones from 2011

More fraud

More and More Fraud and Conning people by Doggy Snack Shack

November 2011 update - this received by email about David Aarons and "Doggy Snack Shack"

Note: the con-man's full name is ANDREW DAVID AARONS - maybe he is now going by his middle name??

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Vivien Saunders, a retired solicitor, paid David Aarons through Doggy Snack
Shack with a debit card. Aarons took the details, having got her address
and seen the security numbers, and used the card fraudulently to make other
payments. These included a BT bill, importing goods from America with FEDEX
and even using the card to register his company office for his Limited
Company, DoggySnackShack Ltd. HSBC are dealing with this through their
fraud office. But David Aarons continues to be able to take debit cards and
credit cards over the phone despite his known bank card fraud.

I think you are doing a great job. It would be good to have a website where
other people can load up details of scammers and conmen but time consuming.
Anyway, congratulations on exposing this scumbag. I picked you up by
searching David Aarons.

Many thanks,
Viv

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Tobie Sidders (or Tobias Sidders or Toby Sidders) and "Uk Independent Security"

Of, of formerly of, 52 Reculver Road, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 6LQ.

They hired some radio gear from us in August 2009 and still have not returned it, in spite of numerous phone calls and messages left, letters sent etc. 

In fact, everyone else at "UK Independent Security" has been rather dodgy on the phone. One day, some chap answered, told me that they still had our kit and would send it, and when I asked who he was, said "never you mind my name"?! Several of them promised to send our equipment back, but as of early December 2009 nothing has turned up and no-one will actually answer their phones to me. Avoid them, for they are liars and cheats! Looks like I may have to go to court over this.

December 2009 - HA HA HA - Their own web site has a warning on the front page saying "Please do not associate us with people stating they work with us, part of the company, or acting as a director(s) of the business. If someone states they are a director or part of the company to manipulate a trustworthy transaction call our office (01227 200191) immediately!" - an admission that they are having problems with dodgy ex-employees defrauding people - best advice I think is not to deal with them at all, they sound like a hangout for crooks to me!

If you google for "Tobie Sidders" or "Tobias Sidders" or "Toby Cash" then you will find - as I wish that I had done earlier on - that there are many web pages linking him to various scams, involving cheating other people out of money and goods.

March 2010: Visited 52 Reculver Road and spoke to a member of Tobie's family (this is not an office, it is his parent's home), and was told that Tobie had recently got out of PRISON!

April 2010: Spoke to Tobie on the phone, who promised to pay us for the lost kit, so I emailed an invoice to him, nothing so far, though.

All we want is to get our property back, but he seems unwilling to return it to us.

22nd July 2010 bizarre goings-on: Got a call from a bloke calling himself "Peter Ward". He initially said that he was a solicitor calling from a firm called "Clarks" then "Clarks and Hoverage". He was most unhappy about the description on our web site about Tobie Sidders and the missing seven walkie-talkies that we hired to him, which were never returned to us.

He told me "you could be fined" and that I was "totally out of order" to put this on a web-site, and he said he had lost a large amount of money because someone about to sign a contract with this security firm had Googled Mr Sidders, read my notes and then changed his mind!

I stated repeatedly that if they just paid for the equipment of ours that they lost or kept, I would happily take it down.

I asked if he could write me a letter from his solicitors stating exactly what law I was breaking, and what he wanted us to do. He then admitted that he WASN'T actually a lawyer at all and wasn't calling from a firm of lawyers, and then said he was Mr Sidders brother-in-law!

(note: I suspect it was Tobie Sidders himself).

He went on and on about how I was stupid, and that I "wouldn't get away with this" and that I had no business putting stuff like that in public view. He also threatened to set up a web site of his own, slagging me off. I pointed out that what I said about him on here was the truth, whereas anything he wrote about me wouldn't be.

He stopped short of making physical threats, although he did go on about how "he knew some people who would do a lot more" if I did not take the page down, and said that I "did not know what I was getting myself into" and that it was "totally out of order" to put stuff like this online.

In the end, I agreed to take it down for 14 days during which time he said they would pay at least some of the money that we are owed by card.

He called me again at 7pm that day, asking if I had done it yet. I said I would when I got home, and hung up, because I was driving.

Got home, amended the page taking off all reference to Tobie and UK Isecurity. I left a bit of text saying "this bit removed for 14 days following a verbal agreement".

He called me again early Friday morning and immediately started to tell me off for my "attitude" when I again mentioned getting our money.

His mobile number (he says) is 07516 045767.

11th August 2010: No money received, phones not answered, so I thought I would describe this weird telephone call from "Peter Ward" the pretend solicitor (presumably Tobie Sidders?). Their web site (www.ukisecurity.com) seems to have disappeared, so perhaps they have ceased trading, or started using another name to escape past problems or something.

Mid October update: Various strange phone calls making threats against us. He's a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land.....


Mr Joseph Wrafter

Of, or formerly of:

7 Avon Close, Canterbury CT1 1RF

He smashed the front window of our house at 77 Wincheap in May 2005, was arrested by the police and admitted the offence, but in spite of several letters, he won't pay for the damage that he did. He has been in prison.


Mr Ian Balmforth

This man deserves a page of his own, which he gets!

Ian Balmforth - Cheat & Liar

 

Mr James Mannering (often called "Jim" or "Jimbo")

Rented a room in our flat, then moved out February 2009 giving no notice whatsoever and owing money.

Big fat bloke. Mobile number:  07814 545250  Email address: jimmyblogs@gmail.com

Don't trust him and don't let him owe you money.

Mr Everette Wellington

Rented a house from us at 40 Cross Street, Lincoln. Moved out in May 2006 owing us the last month's rent. In spite of his many worthless promises to pay, he never has. A bad debtor to be avoided.

Josh Alero-Koroma (aka Joshua Koroma)

Rented a room in one of our student houses in Canterbury in 2004/2005. As soon as he moved in, we suspected that there was something funny going on, because he asked us to "use another name" for him, he had 3 or 4 mobile phones in use, and quickly started to fill his room with expensive TVs and stuff. A few months later we get a call from Canterbury police asking about him. A while later they raid the house and arrest him: it turned out that all "his" expensive toys were fraudulently obtained using stolen or faked cards etc. He moved out of our house, but was living elsewhere in Canterbury, and was still "at it" because he kept visiting our property to collect packages that were being delivered for him - for months after he left - he was using our house as a "drop" address for his fraudulently obtained goods.

He comes from Luton, where he obviously continued behaving in the same way, by the looks of this mention in his local paper, and ended up in prison in 2007:

Luton local paper article

Last updated 19th December 2011