my cars buyer has appeared to disappear??
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& not just a yeah i'll pick it up next week either?
quick explanation:
car goes up for sale after xmas for £25,500
within a day a few very interested parties, one bloke offers £5k deposit straight away.
i tell him no as he hasn't even seen the car yet but he rings back the next day & is adamant, he wants the car. he's on holiday so he says he'll send the full amount over via bank transfer. sounds straight enough so away we go....
due to internet bank transfers he can only send £10k at a time, which he duely does. i now have £25,000 in my account.
he then says can i hold it until now as he's struggling to get a reasonable flight over, i've got the money so i think no worries?
i gave the car a final polish & valet, tuck it up in the garage, send him the photo's & that's it.
i sent an email the other day to make sure this weeks hand over is still ok & i get no reply
i go check my account-all the money is still there so i can't think it's any sort of scam, i just can't get in touch with him??
maybe a bit stupidly but i didn't save his phone number.
i can't really think of a sensible reason as to why he's disappeared
like i said i still have the money but i can't exactly spend it if he's disapeared can i? what if he's kicked the bucket? been arrested? who knows?!Maybe your bank can help you to find out where the money's come from. Also, you're mental for not keeping his name or phone number. Did you not exchange emails?
If I were you I'd not do anything with the car or the money for the time being. This sounds like a very odd case, but as you say, there is always a chance that he's had a terrible accident in the mean time. (Chances are admittedly slim, but stranger things have happened.)
If I were you I'd not do anything with the car or the money for the time being. This sounds like a very odd case, but as you say, there is always a chance that he's had a terrible accident in the mean time. (Chances are admittedly slim, but stranger things have happened.)
Weird, the only scam angle I can think of is that he'll want to pull out of the sale. Will offer you a grand or two for your trouble so you transfer £24k back to him. Then his transfer will bounce and you'll be left £24k in the hole.
Not sure this work though unless you had a lot of spare cash in the account.
Not sure this work though unless you had a lot of spare cash in the account.
mrmr96 said:
Maybe your bank can help you to find out where the money's come from. Also, you're mental for not keeping his name or phone number. Did you not exchange emails?
If I were you I'd not do anything with the car or the money for the time being. This sounds like a very odd case, but as you say, there is always a chance that he's had a terrible accident in the mean time. (Chances are admittedly slim, but stranger things have happened.)
exactly. i did have his number in my recent calls list but it's now disapeared as there have been so many call since. i have got his email address & he did appear to be who he said he was? i'm going to try & track his number down through my phone bill....If I were you I'd not do anything with the car or the money for the time being. This sounds like a very odd case, but as you say, there is always a chance that he's had a terrible accident in the mean time. (Chances are admittedly slim, but stranger things have happened.)
Ozzie Osmond said:
MMMMmmmmmmmmmmm, first post on PH, and a really credible story.
regular poster but don't want any question marks over my car if things go a little strangeVery bizarre.
I think the notion of someone having paid £25k unseen for a car and then "waiting for a cheap flight" stretches credibility slightly.
Of course, there is the angle that his transfer to you might have been iffy, however provided, if it came to it, you transferred the same amount back to the same account then I can't see how it could end in your loss?
I think the notion of someone having paid £25k unseen for a car and then "waiting for a cheap flight" stretches credibility slightly.
Of course, there is the angle that his transfer to you might have been iffy, however provided, if it came to it, you transferred the same amount back to the same account then I can't see how it could end in your loss?
theaxe said:
Weird, the only scam angle I can think of is that he'll want to pull out of the sale. Will offer you a grand or two for your trouble so you transfer £24k back to him. Then his transfer will bounce and you'll be left £24k in the hole.
Not sure this work though unless you had a lot of spare cash in the account.
I would speak to your bank - are you effectively laundering money for some master criminal or drug baron? You send the money back to him and it is effectively 'clean'....Not sure this work though unless you had a lot of spare cash in the account.
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Piepiepie said:
If it were me, that £25k would be getting relocated to a second account, just in case.
this was the first thing i did. it's in a separate savings account just in casecarreauchompeur said:
Very bizarre.
I think the notion of someone having paid £25k unseen for a car and then "waiting for a cheap flight" stretches credibility slightly.
this did throw up some concern, however it did (does) seem reasonable enough, low cost airlines do bump up the cost close to departure dates so i figured why not? however why the no contact now?I think the notion of someone having paid £25k unseen for a car and then "waiting for a cheap flight" stretches credibility slightly.
TaffRichie said:
He will give you a bulls
t story that will make your heart bleed and ask for the money back (may even turn up and ask you for the cash), but you can keep 5k for your trouble. A few weeks later knock at the door BIB you have been involved in moneylaundering.
i don't buy this as it isn't how money laundering works at all. no cash changed hands, he merely transfered the funds from his personal bank account to minet story that will make your heart bleed and ask for the money back (may even turn up and ask you for the cash), but you can keep 5k for your trouble. A few weeks later knock at the door BIB you have been involved in moneylaundering.I would speak to your bank to see where it came from. I may also contact the local police station to make an enquiry.
At least with both of the above documented, you cant get done for money laundering.
Obviously, if he asks for the money to be returned you would need to speak to the bank to make sure a charge back cant be made on the original transaction also.
Does seem a little odd...
At least with both of the above documented, you cant get done for money laundering.
Obviously, if he asks for the money to be returned you would need to speak to the bank to make sure a charge back cant be made on the original transaction also.
Does seem a little odd...
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