PLEASE BEWARE - Tactics Of Rogue Traders Locksmiths Scammers

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This BBC documentary which was air a few years ago now, shows Rogue Trader Locksmiths, the type of tactics that are still used today to lure vulnerable customers. When customers call for an emergency locksmith they initially quote a very cheap price to lure the customers. Upon arrival they would nearly always say the only way to get in is to break the lock without any attempt to open via non destructive methods. Then they would charge ridiculous amount of money for it. And more money for a replacement lock.
Even though this particular company featured is no longer operating, unfortunately they tend to operate under different names.
Tips to avoid them:
- Check their reviews, especially their 1 star reviews.
- Always give a clear description of the situation i.e. lost key, key left inside etc
- Confirm the price is for opening without breaking the lock or if breaking the lock the cost of replacing the lock
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20 июн 2020

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@RyanJ_ Год назад

Matt Allwright deserves the highest honours of the country

@kdlofty 7 месяцев назад

Absolutely, instant knighthood for services to the public and comedy. Best TV presenter ever. What happened to him? What's he doing now?

@PatrickLawrence-vt7vk Месяц назад

What why 😂

@russellwestern6997 25 дней назад

Shut up!!

@BennyHarveyRIP 17 часов назад

He alright isn't he

@formhubfar 2 года назад

After watching the lock picking lawyer for 6 months, I invested in my own set of picks, within an hour of getting them I had picked my front and rear Euro locks and inner Yale lock, and with further practice was able to pick locks with security pins.

@formhubfar 2 года назад

You dont even have to single pin pick Yale locks ffs, absolute joke.

@ryanm7900 2 года назад

Lock picking liar

@233kosta Год назад

I did the same, just for the fun of it. One day I got curious and thought... How bad could my front door be? Raked it open quicker than I normally fumble around with the key!!! Absolutely useless, even against the most unskilled attack. Soon as I move out I'm recommending to the landlord to get a better one.

@formhubfar Год назад

@@233kosta Its scary for sure, people just dont know how vulnerable they really are, so I upgraded my locks ASAP to 4* Euro locks.

@formhubfar Год назад

@@233kosta When you are confident enough to walk out of your home and post your only keys to your home through the letter box, thats a moment of clarity 😛

@merty5713 Год назад

This happened to me in Vancouver Canada. Same lock, one locksmith says it will be 270 cad, other one says 40 cad. The guy who wanted 270 used powered tools for no reason saying it is one of the hardest locks, it was a regular room in the house, wasn't even an outside door.

@alexm2843 Год назад

Sorry to hear that, Vancouver has quite a few money grubbing scammers.

@sumitrousyk8188 Месяц назад

Paying the VAT when paying cash makes absolutely no sense with these cowboys 🤣🤣🤣

@jonathanwalker8730 Год назад

That's the best description of a door I've ever heard.

@davidburns9766 Месяц назад

Got quoted £170 by a locksmith for a simple catch lock when we locked ourselves out. Got in myself in with a plastic card and some jiggling.

@fitgeek73 Месяц назад

Using a virtual address isn't necessarily a bad thing, particularly if you work from home and deal with the public. Having said that, these people were appalling. I like the way Watchdog was so robust in its investigations, it is a shame that the BBC don't offer it is a dedicated program any more.

@Veeooom 4 дня назад

Is it even aired anymore?

@badninja1971 Месяц назад

Thanks to The Lock Picking Lawyer, none of our locks are safe. 😂

@turboslag Год назад

Little tip, if you get ripped by a scumbag company and it is a limited company, the directors of that company should have their personal home address on record at companies house. Then all you need to do is check on companies house or one of the companies information search sites to find their home addresses! What you do after that is your decision but it can be very effective! Another technique to get your own back if they don't feel like cooperating after a personal visit, do an anonymous report to HMRC that you suspect the company to be making fraudulent account submissions and or fiddling their VAT. Of course you won't know for certain if they are, but it's a good bet they will be if they are scamming their customers. And HMRC will give them a very good going over, and if they do find fraud they will be properly fcuked up!

@firestarter1888 Год назад

My personal address is not in the public domain despite being a Company Director.

@CrafterLuke Год назад

@@firestarter1888 Which company, do you direct? Is this your address ? 49 Chatsworth Rd, Croydon, United Kingdom, CR0 1HF

@firestarter1888 Год назад

@@CrafterLuke 🤣 Yes thats an old address i forgot to update it. But I or you could use a forwardong address, or an accountant or registered office, doesnt have to be a home address. And I also have more than 1 company.

@summerrr1 Год назад

I wouldn’t trust a locksmith with a Cartier watch.

@chester754 19 дней назад

More imported dishonesty! 🙄

@QIKUGAMES-QIKU Год назад

The Foot in the Door made him leave the building. Nice

@QIKUGAMES-QIKU Год назад

🍺 🐨 Subscribed

@233kosta Год назад

Learn to pick locks. Then you can open your own door. Disaster averted. Then get a proper locksmith to sort it for you.

@harlen07 Год назад

All the BBC did was give these people more money 🤣

@Guvna07 Год назад

The same BBC that employed Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris for many years whilst paying them millions per year

@RealtalkManc Месяц назад

Our money

@d.l.p6255 Год назад

Why pay them!?🤦‍♂️

@sophabreel Год назад

Exactly. Funding crime

@Muzzaa Год назад

How can they catch them being rip off merchants without them taking payment?

@yourlondonlocksmith1697 Год назад

Quite often they are quite big, intimidating and aggressive individuals.

@ryanm7900 2 года назад

That dudes never been to a real broken key job if he thinks that'll work . Less than half the time that works

@andrewarnell1251 2 года назад

Perhaps, however it would have made sense to attempt this method first?

@233kosta Год назад

It's like breaking off your headphones' jack in the socket. They will usually try to fish it out first before breaking out the soldering iron. Sometimes that even works.

@ianferguson2434 Год назад

Known in the trade as DRILL IT & KILL IT MERCHANTS. Not locksmiths at all !

@BossySwan Месяц назад

Allwright on the night

@noka1979 Год назад

Break a window.. Save money

@deanplant1500 18 дней назад

All emergent’s 😂

@The_Hoxton_Hipster Год назад

Giving these scammers money isn’t solving anything. If RT still exists, the stings should involve no payment. If the rogues want to pursue payment for their services let them go to small claims and the BBC could present their evidence too.

@TheOmegaRiddler Год назад

Sometimes all you can do is educate people. They're paying to show how they operate, so you don't have to.

@The_Hoxton_Hipster Год назад

@@TheOmegaRiddler they still don’t need to be paid, educating people makes no difference the stings would be better if they left them with no payment. No licence payer funded payment at that. You think these rogues care about being on TV? Not a jot.

@TheOmegaRiddler Год назад

@@The_Hoxton_Hipster if they want to see the full extent of what they do, they need to pay. But think of it this way, by exposing them, paying them now to do it cost them more in the long run. And in some cases, the pursue a refund.

@The_Hoxton_Hipster Год назад

@@TheOmegaRiddler but not always. Yes some cases they’d need to pay, but in others, where they see work was unnecessary or didn’t need to be done at all, and no up front payment was made, they could easily confront the rogue and tell them exactly that and not pay them. They actually do this in some cases, I saw a rogue roofer not paid. But there’s one where they saw locksmiths carry out unnecessary work and still stupidly paid them hundreds of pounds, likewise a tv aerial rogue. They had no need to pay.

@TheOmegaRiddler Год назад

@@The_Hoxton_Hipster so you're suggesting they expose a member of the public to someone who has the means to break into a home and could retaliate based on the actions of watchdogs. They take on all the cost and risk to expose these people

@Ste2023 Год назад

Which brand is best Euro cylinder

@grahamwhittle6817 Год назад

Yes so phone a Scouser.

@denisewarner8982 Год назад

Yale locks are easy to replace, I’ve done it in the past, and I’m not a trained locks smith.

@mfx1 Год назад

Somewhat misleading video, it gives the impression that drilling is ALWAYS bad when sometimes it's the best/only option the real scam is that they haven't tried other methods first and how much they're charging. So when a genuine locksmith does need to drill a lock customers will think they're being ripped off.

@yourlondonlocksmith1697 Год назад

Most often when you decide to drill you have exhausted all the non destructive methods and the customers will see that and will understand. In case of a dropped snib for example the customers will most likely have their keys and they will understand picking won’t work.

@mfx1 Год назад

@@yourlondonlocksmith1697 Yes but that wasn't made clear enough in the video, the strong impression given was that drilling is always bad.

@Ashley-jk5uv 23 дня назад

Super Glue his locks...

@grahamwhittle6817 Год назад

Lock smith want locking up absolutely

@jamiecash6985 Месяц назад

What’s the point of paying them total nonsense

@mitchilin 11 дней назад

Stealing a video from the BBC about ripping people off, then putting your logo in the corner. Classy!

@OliTheMonarchy 9 месяцев назад

Felt so bad for the expert, watching prats overcomplicate his profession so they can charge more and upsell to innocent customers. Poor guy.

@waynebrocklehurst1768 Месяц назад

Who do you think trains them too, its not governed! You could be a not so good house burglar, take a course in locksmiths and bteak in better and faster!!