'Magnificent tale' of scam victim turned detective has James O'Brien in stitches | LBC

[@davidlowe272]

Similar thing happened to me, except my package was going abroad. The police did nothing but give me a number. So I rang up the depot where my package was being held before flying out the next morning, and politely explained to the woman, the insanity that we all know that I'm being robbed and we're just shrugging our shoulders and letting it happen. 10 minutes after the conversation she rang me back and told me that there was an error with the posting label and that the package couldn't be delivered, so I needed to pick it up. She'd scribbled out the address.

[@DursunX]

what a gem!

[@markdegaute2125]

Bless her

[@adrianmacgrath5814]

Clever girl

[@Olyfrun]

What a cracking call, this has it all. Even common sense from a police officer! My faith in humanity is restored.

[@peterjones596]

Well, I wouldn't go that far but almost, just possibly, maybe, just a little bit, my faith in The Filth. But, don't quote me on that!

[@mjl2904]

This is such a British story… ‘unless you have the Queen with you I’m not giving up the package’

[@jacquelinemosforth8280]

So funny.

[@ForeverMore89]

The king 🤴 it should be, no? The queen is dead 💀

[@mandelbot5318]

@@ForeverMore89That very much depends on when this event took place. I suspect it was while Her Maj was still alive.

[@Eklapse]

@@ForeverMore89 I thought they were just being intentionally obtuse 🤣

[@Rosskles]

​@@ForeverMore89 '5 years ago'

[@flyingoctopus9846]

I've been a postman. I can sympathise with all involved other than the scammer. Loving the man's initiative tho.

[@migmogmoo]

postie should have neither delivered the phone, nor given it to the sender, but taken it back to the depot to the manager who should then contact the police with suspicion of fraud. similar things have happened at my depot where a sender has managed to contact royal mail and we've been able to intercept the parcel before its gone out for delivery

[@Geoffreryoc]

😂😂😂

[@edeledeledel5490]

If the postie did that, the postal authorities may have prosecuted the postie, claimed thousands of £s from him for other non-delivered mail, sent him to jail and ruined his life; they did it to sub-postmasters!

[@mark_lhr3]

Sounds like the postie was in on it!

[@annagilda1]

James! Let the man speak and stop interupting him.

[@redfog42]

Nah! 😂

[@ianstritzel5550]

James stop interrupting your callers!et them tell their tales first before!

[@danielmaruszewski1312]

James.... stop interrupting 🤦‍♂️

[@jameshansing5396]

The C in LBC…

[@alexhatfield9950]

Let him tell the story

[@simonjohn9525]

Only James O'B could ruin this bloke's story with his constant interuptions.

[@daithipol]

James do you understand the meaning of the words "ok ill shut up" 😂😂😂

[@deecee129]

Blokes an absolute W⚓️

[@PEPEKERR]

This would have been a funny story if James hadn't spoilt it by interrupting

[@SeanGilligan-d4p]

I'm so impressed any of them could run for that long. Proper old school chase

[@mufarorusike]

First happy story I’ve heard on here for a while love it

[@christopher-ke9nj]

As one does, no you won't shut it O'Brien

[@John-l3t7g]

I just wish O'Brien wouldn't keep spoiling the story by interrupting all the way through.

[@ebf1003]

James, quit talking over him!

[@robscillitoe]

It's what he does. I think he's paid by the sentence!

[@Sennen999]

Such a shame James was being so annoyingly disruptive during such a great story.

[@dschoene57]

He always is. Heck, he even sometimes says 'stop interrupting me talking over you', so he is quite aware of this annoying tendency of his.

[@digitalimager4946]

When he managed to get a word in!

[@HistoryOnRepeatAGAIN]

There's me thinking I am terrible with interruptions. I pass tge baton to James

[@Rol-fy3my]

The story would be a lot better without the constant interruption...

[@karenbrown8056]

I lost it listening to this walking my dogs this morning, funniest story I've heard for ages and had me in hysterics!!

[@Trebornudd69]

I was a Postman. On day a guy stopped me in the street to ask for his Giro. It was about 8am. I told him I was not allowed to give any Mail out in the street and that I would be down his street in about 30 minutes. To which he replied- “I can’t go back i will be late for work”. I would not budge so after lots of threats and abuse he set off back home. 30 minutes later I was walking up his path when he opened his door and demanded his giro - to wind him up I insisted I had to post it through the letter box. At this point he picked up a pipe and attacked me. Plus his dog heard all the commotion and started attacking me too!! Anyways when I got back to the depot I thought i best mention this to my boss but guess what - the guy was sat in my bosses office explaining that I had attacked him! He did have a black eye like 😂. Anyway my boss went and knocked on the guys neighbours doors’ and fortunately for me 2 old ladies saw everything so I could prove my innocence. I should have shopped him but I didn’t.

[@ACTIVEsteps33]

you should have called the police. he will do it to someone else now

[@lmusima3275]

😮😮😮😮😮crazy

[@emilymccartney1593]

There’s some lunatics out there. My postie was recently attacked by a German Shepherd. It went for his leg, and he’s left with scars. Poor guy just trying to do his job.

[@paulthrutner9114]

Wanted his giro but had to go to work?

[@ronoccc]

I’m a postie. You actually are allowed to give mail and parcels out in the street if they can provide valid ID

[@fredsmith1970]

I gave a letter to the postman, He put it in his sack. Bright and early next morning, I stole that letter back. For some reason I now have an Elvis song going around my head

[@bikingbirder2010]

"Unless a Czech billionaire is with you I'm not giving up the package."

[@oli1181]

And the person committing the fraud?

[@isthatujeebus]

Where's the proof?

[@VernalScott]

I was glued to my radio.

[@oaklanddevelopments]

Great tale! I am, however, disappointed James didn't try harder to not let you finish the story...

[@simon19162]

Brave man trying to recover stolen property in Mossside!!

[@armondtanz]

Mentions mosside and cheetham hill as rough areas 🤔.

[@TheKubelman]

STOP INTERRUPTING THE CALLER YOU PRAT...YOU'RE NOT THAT FUNNY MATE....

[@1rehamc]

James, you ruined that guys story by your unbelievable numerous interruptions.

[@AnalogueGround]

O’Brien loving the sound of his own voice once again. Completely ruined the story 😡

[@57sitruc]

James have you ever thought it could be helpful to shutup and listen??

[@MatthewJames_]

I’m in actual tears 🤣😂 I’ll give it too him, fair play. Common sense prevailed. Brilliant

[@oKOMAPo]

Manchester police doing their job, knowing what Mosside is like

[@chimps4gimps]

It would have been lovely if JOB didn’t continue to bogart the mic and let this guy tell his story! That was exhausting.

[@Lynnpjjbdndji]

Brilliant !!!!!

[@ACTIVEsteps33]

postman was doing too much. even when the postie found out it was a stolen phone he still was pursuing it.

[@dannygolightly865]

but the postie was in the right, he is not allowed to give post to anyone but the addressee

[@jefferycharles4849]

​@dannygolightly865 but once the police came, he should have let it go. But he actually wanted to take it further.

[@jubear1493]

Postal Services Act 2000. Section 84 of this act makes it illegal to open or delay a postal packet without a reasonable excuse. (Granted, i think there was one here) It also makes it illegal to open a mail bag or a postal packet that you know or suspect has been delivered to you incorrectly. The penalty for breaking this law is a fine or up to six months in prison, or both.

[@2010Shahid]

LOVED that! haven't laughed that hard for years! HAHAHA

[@MargaretDeakin-d6m]

Carry on Postman🤣🤣🤣

[@McKamikazeHighlander]

he should have shouted "F*** Royal Mail!" and "Love from Mr. Bates!" lol

[@Greenpoloboy3]

To my shame, I've never watched a Carry On movie, yet.

[@brennuvargr4638]

Bwahahahah. I had the Benny Hill theme tune in my head after the caller said about being chased by posties. James's interjection straight after was on point. 😆

[@dbralph]

James does like the sound of his own voice doesn't he...

[@hariowen3840]

Royal Mail is nothing to do with the Queen or the King anymore - it's a private company which is presently owned by Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský.

[@JJVernig]

Other way round: The Queen was in possession of stolen goods at that moment!

[@amandag5072]

It was privatised 10 years ago by the Tories.

[@MrHabushi]

It's owned by IDS, a British company.

[@hariowen3840]

@@amandag5072 Royal Mail Group Limited is now a subsidiary of International Distributions Services.

[@hariowen3840]

@@MrHabushi KEEP UP - Daniel Křetínský is the new owner of Royal Mail after the sale of its parent firm was approved by the UK government.

[@MarcDANIELLAMAZIERE]

Brilliant story

[@darrenengland6269]

This story is great. Massive risk, but it turned out well.

[@michaelangelosiracusa]

I had something similar happen with me and a camera I was trying to sell a few years back - thankfully I twigged and went back to the post office and managed to 'unpost' it as it hadn't been collected yet - so no drives to London or chases with posties!

[@pennymayphilip9646]

Brilliant!!😂😂

[@nizzie16]

Jfc shut up and let the man tell his story!

[@goveganorgohome4451]

I wish James would stop talking so I can actually hear the story properly!

[@KestrelTown]

Would any other Monarch have sufficed?

[@loua8656]

Thank you for the laughs! This was great!

[@muddodger]

They always have the microphones set up so James can talkover people. 👍 It's great radio. 🙄

[@queenirmamay]

I am dying 😂😂😂

[@Brian-Cherry]

A wee postman thing. My wife swears blind that she often finds strategic tears on packages and birthday cards. I must admit when she shows me,she has a point.

[@chrisa1234]

So what happened? He says the email was "from them" and then a few seconds later says it wasn't

[@oliversmith7495]

An almost identical email address. So it never was legit, but thought it was initially

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Yakety Sax is the magnigicent piece to go along with this story.

[@Geoffreryoc]

Well done police. What a gobshit postman. He had no obligation to do anything than report the item stolen from him to his boss..

[@danjames4086]

I would have told the posties I was reporting them for handling stolen goods.

[@MattScholes96]

James may win the award for who loves the sound of their own voice the most, give it a rest chief

[@abody499]

a rare case of everyone being in the right

[@deansimonini4620]

The best bit is this guy actually thinks you get a 'free upgrade', which is the biggest load of BS people still believe with phone contracts. You don't get the phone for free, you still pay cost for it, near a £1000 for the phone split over 2 years... PLUS your sim card and allowances. So he's just bought a new phone for a grand and sold it for £500 immediately 😂 what a muppet! Word of advice, you want to just keep your old phone and reduce your bill, go sim only. You're welcome.

[@halloeverybodypeeps]

Someone should tell the caller he's going viral

[@oliversmith7495]

He knows

[@halloeverybodypeeps]

Bless ​@@oliversmith7495

[@sausagembape677]

After so many years you'd think anyone would be able to conduct an interview, OBrien is, unbelievably, worse.

[@terencej72]

Fantastic story. Lot's of Sympathy with the Caller and Postman but none with the thief. Similar happened to me - except my Ebay account was cloned and some little scumbag in Essex ordered £500 of trainers and Tracksuits and had me pay for it and had changed the address to his address on the account. Ebay (inc their head office in California) were about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike, they refused to change the address but refunded the money. So i contacted the sellers of the items told them my account was cloned, cancelled the payments and told them NOT to post the items. I then found out who the bill payer was (i have my means) at that address and called him up telling him "your son cloned my Ebay account and tried to scam and steal £500 worth of stuff". Pointed out that i was a fairly tough Glaswegian and told him "you're lucky i'm not coming down there team handed". The dad apologized and i got the impression it wasn't the first time something similar had happened.

[@NotYourAvgJoe24]

James, just let him tell the story!!

[@neilgillespie4498]

A face only a mother could love !

[@Greenpoloboy3]

The Postman in Keeping Up Appearences took his job seriously too, still delivering the post for Hyacinth Bucket

[@intruder313]

Postie was correct as you cannot ‘Interfere with HM’s Mail’

[@layladot7431]

The funniest call 😂

[@markmcevoy323]

Brilliant 👏

[@TheGalacticSummit]

I was hoping the story would've gone, "So I had to take the day off work, and drove up to Manchester with my girlfriend. Drove up to the address, went to the house, knocked on the door.. f****n' Liam Gallagher comes out! He gets right up in my face, stares me down, holds up the package and the phone and asks, 'Oi, is this yours?' Shocked, I said, 'Yes!' He shook his head at me, said, 'No one'll ever believe ya,' and then slammed the door in my face!"

[@UlmusMinor]

Not surprised this guy got scammed really… got initially mislead by the phone company into thinking he got a 'free upgrade' of an iPhone, which he won’t have done, he would’ve spent 2 years paying for that, with interest, after he sold it, glad he managed to get it back at least.

[@jazmania]

Jesus, let him talk

[@DursunX]

UK police seem logical.. in Australia, the police would've returned the package to the fraudulent owner and then issued a parking fine to the real owner.

[@mayorhardin1171]

I wonder if the postman might have been arrested in the end!

[@warsawtugger]

The interruptions ruin this I’m afraid.

[@DurhamXo]

Monty python springs to mind this is absolutely brilliant ❤ Serious note The police were obviously aware of that type of scam

[@masquarra]

Brilliant story 😂🤣

[@jasonchrist2172]

Brilliant

[@ragnarok8952]

Where does the scammer live?

[@nkurdy288]

This happened to friend of mine, but she sent them a can of soup instead 😂

[@DJgregBrown]

Postmen should have been warned he was knowingly holding stolen goods at the time the Police highlighted it was part of a crime.

[@theoriginaltimetraveller7597]

Mosside! How unlucky

[@DJgregBrown]

new meaning to Benny Hill

[@redfog42]

Brilliant! 😂

[@johng.1703]

technically until it is delivered it is still his property, so he can't be charged with theft.

[@blechtic]

He did interfere with the postal delivery and opened someone else's mail, both of which could technically be a crime, depending. I guess he could have taken his phone out and given the parcel back, though then he would have definitely opened someone else's mail. Maybe he should have explicitly told the postmen he is terminating that delivery contract.

[@Trebornudd69]

Technically once you post an item it belongs to the Queen. The postie was quite right.

[@johng.1703]

@ not quite, this is why the king / queen doesn’t get charged with drug possession if illegal drugs are sent in the mail.

[@oneki]

by law, the policemen was wrong. technically, they aided and abetted a theft. what they should have done was to allow the post man deliver the parcel and then seize the parcel from the recipient

[@LaurenBies]

British Problems. 😂

[@The19610211]

Brillant!

[@leecourtney1225]

Really funny story but wondering why the police didn't knock on the scammers door and arrest them for fraud.

[@philroo1]

Ring the local delivery depot and ask them to scratch out the delivery address so that it gets returned to you.

[@amandag5072]

You can't ring depots directly any more.

[@philroo1]

@amandag5072 you can if you ask nicely enough

[@YourBeingParanoid]

How much tax payer money was wasted all because the police woukdbt act the very first tine he contacted them

[@rebelliousfighter7075]

Hilarious 🤣

[@PJMCM]

Could have been a cool story were it not for the constant interrutions from O'Brien. I normally like his videos but this is poor.

[@ibexdnb2879]

His ego is through the roof. He calls anybody he disagrees with either. A). Far right B). Xenophobe C). Farage rioter

[@parallaxview2143]

James looks demonic when he laughs. Not a pretty sight.

[@halloeverybodypeeps]

I think James is tipsy

[@ianmclean284]

James O Brian is amazing. Love him 😅😅😅

[@edwinflower]

1 Spell his name right 2 You’re wrong.

[@mup_pet]

He's usually spot on when he's serving facts and truth up at the table of the gammons, but here he was being extremely annoying!

[@jameshansing5396]

@@edwinfloweryou’re wrong

[@OliverKitkat]

Don’t fancy going too moss side these days lived in wallyrange 1977bad enough then

[@stewartclarke690]

Alright James calm down. Its not that funny. What are you on?

[@neilburns5934]

Classic job making it as much as possible about himself.