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?

16-07-2012, 21:16	#1
volospian Vodka Martini Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 786	Scamtastic? 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? Last edited by volospian; 16-07-2012 at 21:18.