View Full Version : Scamtastic?
volospian
16-07-2012, 21:16
I've just had an enthusiastic gentleman with a foreign accent assuring me that he will be at the train station next Saturday with cash to buy the old Jag, all he needs is the V5C serial number, the chassis number and the Reg Number before he comes up.
Now, my initial instincts are "yeah, right" but, to be fair, the number he rang from (and that I rang him back on) is currently showing as a contact number for a 10 day old advert selling a couple of kittens on a pet site, and has also been listed as a contact number on an eBay sale for some mobile disco kit asking for collection only (for which the seller has 100% positive feedback, for what that's worth), both lists the number as the same place down near dartford. The HPI website does say that to guarentee their check you need to supply the information he requested, so it's not surprising that people will ask for it, I suppose.
If this guy really is interested in the car (he apparently want's me to pick him up from the station so he can drive it straight home, cash sale, blah, blah, blah...) I suppose it would make sense to do as much checking as you can before you head off to look at the vehicle, unless you wish to spend the money and hassle of coming up more than once.
I dunno, my spidey-senses are tingling, but it doesn't help that HPI are telling people to ask for all the info you need to clone a V5. It just sounds too good to be true, he even offered to send me a deposit so I don't sell it as he'll have to buy the train tickets and doesn't want me to flog it on Friday to someone else.... What think you guys? Scam or just some guy who wants to be totally sure he's not buying a pup before he makes an expensive 3 hour journey?
I see what you mean. There is keen to view, then there is too keen. Really a 3 hour journey to view a car is nothing for the right one. I would just give him the reg at this stage, its enough to be able to see if it has been wrapped round a tree or has been into a garage with 50k more than its showing.
Just don't tell me its at a bargain price as I might start twitching as a short term car till next year ;D
Why does he want all those details?
I'd just ask and offer the reg details and apologise about asking it's just in your nature as a copper (fake ittttt ;))
volospian
17-07-2012, 11:04
Why does he want all those details?
Well, the HPI check website won't guarantee its report is acurate unless you supply the V5C serial number.
In order to qualify for the HPI Check guarantee, you must supply the VIN (Chassis number) and V5 registration document details before you buy the vehicle. In addition we recommend that you ensure the V5 document is genuine by checking for the presence of the watermark - the initials 'DVL' appear in several places.
VIN (chassis number) WBADT220AN52ZXX
V5 Registration Document serial number AB1234567
V5 Registration Document issue date 12-Mar-2008
So it is a legitimate question, to be fair...
volospian
17-07-2012, 11:08
Just don't tell me its at a bargain price as I might start twitching as a short term car till next year ;D
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4046370.htm although if someone were to make me an offer... lol :D
He just needs the reg number to see the car history. Tell him he can check the rest of the details tally when he comes to see the car, by checking the numbers he gets from HPI check against the chassis number and V5.
I would also feel nervous giving out all that information.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4046370.htm although if someone were to make me an offer... lol :D
HNNNNGG!! Dammit!
That really is in impulse buy territory, especially after I've slapped you about a bit on the price :evil:
It should go at that price though.
It's between me and that bloody Mondeo. One of us is going to break, probably me unless someone writes the thing off! I am looking at next year to get rid if it doesn't die by then..... Which it won't ...... just to annoy me!
Talked that one up Matt.
My spidey senses tell me there'll be more activity in this thread in the near future...
:o:o
Yes, well, that's the Mondeo problem taken car of! I'm fine, car is fooked.
volospian
21-07-2012, 08:18
What's happened?
Morning.
Doing about 20mph approaching a 4 way crossing down a steep hill on a poor road surface. Two cars went whizzing past. Stamped on the brakes and slid into the back left corner of a Golf bluemotion. Both airbags went, slam panel took it all. Probably looking at front panels, lights + internal airbags and any unseen damage.
Amusingly the car was still idling post impact so I pulled it over to the side. She did bloody well, the other car that was tapped went a good 100yards down the road before it stopped (to give you an idea of its speed). While I was there a further 2 cars locked going down the hill towards the junction doing exactly the same as me. They weren't going fast either.
Apparently the junction is notorious. Bit miffed as I just did a load of work on the car. Nothing I could have done differently.
edit:- Just got off the phone to the insurers. They say my fault even though the guy was tanking it.
leowyatt
21-07-2012, 10:01
No witnesses to say the other guy was tanking it?
No witnesses to say the other guy was tanking it?
Got one, they weren't interested as it is the guy infront of the one I hit. Open/shut as far as they are concerned.
volospian
21-07-2012, 19:31
****! Some nob jumps in front, leaving you no room and it's your fault? I'd smack the nob upside the head until he owned up!
Hold out for it, push for at the very very least 50/50...
Glad you're ok though :)
If you've driven into the back of something then you'll do incredibly well to get anything other than a fault claim, given that the highway code stipulates you should always leave enough to be able to stop safely. If you've hit something = you didn't leave enough room, that's generally how insurers will play that one.
I don't really understand quite what happened though from that description, whether something overtook you or was crossing the junction or whether the car you slid into was one of the cars that speeding, so the above may be completely irrelevant.
volospian
26-07-2012, 08:40
It sounded to me like two cars overtook then rapidly slowed down for the crossing, causing him to hit one in the rear. If such is the case, and if it were me, I'd have immediately rung the police and accused the other drivrs of racing, or reckless driving, or whatever. You don't overtake as you approach a junction unless you want to be hit in the rear...
It sounded to me like the car he hit wasn't actually one of the speeding cars but like I say, I can't really figure it out properly as described :p
I like pictures and diagrams when it comes to these things :D
volospian
17-12-2012, 10:51
By the way, it turned out the guywas genuine and bought the car off me for cash, as discussed. I think he was a dealer, to be fair, but I didn;t care if he gave me what I wanted, which he did. Two happy punters!
Just goes to show, sometimes it's dodgy, sometimes it's genuine...
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