A swindler has quite cleverly conned hundreds of pounds from Spurs supporters who thought that they were funding a plane to fly over the stadium yesterday, trailing a #LevyOut banner above the North London Derby.
There was no plane and now it appears that there’s no money either.
What made the plan work, was the crook behind the scheme is said to have used a high profile, established account to promote the non-existent venture.
The scammers’ bogus account that contacted @nad_THFC was apparently only set up a few weeks ago, and featured no Spurs content until recently, yet still managed to persuade @nad_THFC that the plane and banner existed.
I have to add a personal note to this business. After Villas-Boas quit, I looked into the same idea, and phoned around a number of aviation firms in the south of England that offered a personalized banner service. At that time, I was provided with several quotes, cheapest of which was £650, then, years ago.
However, nobody could do the run because of some Aviation Authority rule or other. So I scrapped the idea (I also looked into a drone, but the reception at The Lane was notoriously unreliable).
So I tweeted at the account promoting the scam… and I was completely ignored.
One would imagine that the cops will be involved, PayPal accounts investigated and IP addresses collected. Tracking the crook down won’t take long. So if you donated, contact PayPal immediately, don’t stand for this.
Mind you, I was also telling people what a disaster ENIC would be for Spurs for years and few listened to me then either.