Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Introduce Yourself => New Member Introductions => Topic started by: kyra on April 19, 2007, 12:22:33 PM
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Hello,
Just a few words to introduce myself. My name's Kyra and I'm making a documentary series about tourist scams around the world in order to draw travellers' attention to the (albeit small) risks they face, and hopefully help them to avoid falling victim to these schemes. I love travelling myself (especially Turkey...I used to live there) and definitely DON'T want to scaremonger or put people off travelling - just arm them with the facts so they clear steer of the scams. We are focussing on clever elaborate scams which catch people completely unawares, and look at the tell-tale signs of a scam and how to avoid it. Someone suggested I look at calis-beach.co.uk as you have such an active discussion forum.
I'd like to hear from anyone who has experienced a scam first hand, and I am also especially keen to get in touch with anyone who has been scammed by 'Tango', as I am doing some research on him.
I would just like to add that I have the moderator's permission to put a posting on this site.
I look forward to hearing from you! Apparently you will be able to contact me via my profile.
Thanks,
Kyra
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Welcome to the Forum. This could prove to be "Interesting" but Tango's escapades were some time ago now.
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...but not resolved!
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hi and welcome is the documentry being shown on tv or any other media,etc
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Puma,
I found a little clue in the topic title "New Member and Tourist Scams TV Series".
I for one will have my radio tuned in ;)
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Welcome and I hope you have success with the programme.
WW
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I thought tango had moved on.Is he still there.
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He has moved on but hopefully this might lead to the peg legged fatman being found ?
He's the greatest scammer outside of the Clarence Pub ;)
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scunner which channel would it be veiwed on
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Puma- Kyra says she is making a programme not has made one and the purpose of her post is to gain material. I'm sure once its made we'll find out.
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Hi and welcome,
look forward to reading this post should be a good one.
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Yes, many of us will watch with bated breath,and heres us thinking they get away with it all,he is defo the cat with nine lives.And Shaun, what about The Brown Hare,not quite Colleen Mc Loughlin material in there.
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Remember that pig of of a conman who enticed people into the shop in Fethiye then demanded money from them ?what is his name. I saw him last week outside the mosque doing shoeshine. I was tempted to tell him where to shove his brush but I just growled instead.
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I know who you are talking about there is a whole thread about this in the 'Good Bad Shop Guide' bit! There's also a picture of him! There's a few people on here who have been had by him, including myself
Ha Ha Emma
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:)Obviously not the same person, Tango has done his stuff mainly in Calis,surely he's not still there.: :)
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I honestly don't think this is such a great idea, forgive me if I am naive, but I have not seen a single scam reported here that has not been carried out elsewhere in the world and at at much greater rate, in fact when you look at the massive growth in both tourism & property purchase in Calis, there has been a tremendous opportunity to rip people off, yet still, this remains the exception and not the rule.
Like many, many others, we bought our property without the use of a solicitor and sent the whole purchase amount to an agent who at best came with a couple of recommendations, at worst was a complete stranger. Very few, in fact I think I have only heard of one person who lost their cash, and I have only their version of events.
I assume the "clever elaborate scams" that Kyra is looking to uncover are bit more than the "Hassle at small market" or "Is it getting expensive" topics we report on here.
So please, don't get seduced into the fact that this might be on TV or that "any publicity, is good publicity" It Isn't!
The last thing we want to portray is a feeling that Calis is riddled with "clever elaborate scams" that only happen here. If you want to find that sort of scam in large abundance, try Nigeria first.
Rimms
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I tend to agree with you Rimms who has been a victim of a scam or would like to admit to it
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I Still have a letter from Nigeria and i have apparently won on the Spanish Lottery but thats life
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not a scam but a rip of agent who changes the spec builder who does what he wants when he wants does not finnish the job to the spec never tells you about any changes and says thats turkey??? whatever that means well time has come to name and shame and if anything happens to me or my family then can someone tell the police i only tried to stick up for my rights as a buyer so here goes....................
GOYNUKLU GIDA - FETHIYE
TAUREAN PROPERTIES - CALIS
anyone who tries to hold a gun at my head??? then I suggest they keep looking over their shoulder because belive me I will do all within my power to bring them to book,..........and I mean it....to those of you who had no problems great you are the lucky ones
chris
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Hello everybody,
Just to say thanks for your contributions to this post. The programme hasn't been aired yet, in fact it hasn't been made yet! I am still researching Tango and his activities...so I would still like to talk to anyone who has any experiences of him. Just one note about Calis: the series is about tourist scams worldwide, not just in Turkey; in fact I myself am very fond of Turkey as I lived there for several years. We certainly don't mention specific towns, so Calis won't be blacklisted in any way whatsoever.
Thanks again,
Kyra