A trio of Queensland mums are believed to be shoplifting from local businesses and scamming restaurants – all with their kids in tow.
The three women – who have been caught on CCTV cameras trying to steal from a supermarket as well as running a scam to get free meals from a restaurant – are now being investigated by police.
The owner of Brisbane restaurant Birds Nest posted a warning to fellow local businesses on Facebook this week after falling victim to one of their scams.
She said the women, who have strong Irish accents, are “going around Brisbane claiming they find glass in their food and then demand everything for free”.
The closed-circuit TV footage shows the women ripping off a Gold Coast supermarket. Post continues.
“I served them personally. They are a group of about seven – four children and three ladies -and they are unbelievably rude. They came in and totally destroyed the restaurant,” the owner wrote.
“Halfway through the meal one lady started screaming that there was glass in her meal and that her mouth was bleeding. I believed her and then asked to see the glass. This article was produced.
“Upon inspection, I knew that this had not come from our restaurant but they were relentless.”
The owner explained that the restaurant didn’t have that type of thick glass in the restaurant, but didn’t know what else to do.
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Must be that time of year. Maybe due to the UK winter, there seems to be an annual influx of travellers during our summer, some of them featuring on current affairs programs, consumer education shows, fair reading alerts etc
As always, if anyone approaches you, unsolicited, offering to repair your roof, paving, driveway or home repairs, it's best to check they're registered, qualified, legit, and beware of they're aggressively pushy. Note their set as and give Fair Trading a call if you're suspicious or would like advice.