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Eileen

[ahy-leen, ey-leen]

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Helen.



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The scam website, C'est la vie Birmingham, states it is run by couple called Patrick and Eileen and claims in adverts on Facebook that Eileen is selling up due to the death of her husband.

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Among the websites is C'est La Vie, a shop purporting to be run by couple Eileen and Patrick for 29 years and based in Birmingham's historic Jewellery Quarter - but with a returns address in China.

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With their warm smiles, branded shirts and cabinets full of jewellery behind them, Eileen and Patrick are the perfect image of a successful husband and wife team.

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Recent adverts for C'est La Vie, which claims to be based in Colmore Row, Birmingham, stated the couple had befallen a tragedy - Eileen's "beloved husband" Patrick had died and she was shutting the business down with an 80%-off clearance sale.

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Within hours of the BBC's first approach to C'est La Vie, its website stated all its products had sold out, the business was closed with a message from Eileen that said: "We're carefully packing and shipping the final orders that were placed."

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