Potential to loose £10k from the sale of my car! HELP! SCAM

[alwoodman]

So...he actually paid up in full via BACS this morning from his personal account with initials of him and his wife i presume. I don't think it's full sunk in yet.

[alwoodman]

Anybody watch Watchdog/Rogue Traders last night...he got what he deserved! http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06r03k9/watc...

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ModernAndy said:

hmmmmmm... is that actually his Lamborghini Aventador

it's got his personal plate on it. "AW 15" i think it is.

[alwoodman]

CAPP0 said:

Al Woodman?

lol the only similarity between us!

[alwoodman]

uk_vette said:

So the stuff on RT was the same guy that had your car ?

Yes

[alwoodman]

uk_vette said:

Well done,

Glad you got your money due.

How did RT get involved ? where you able to get hold of RT, and tell them of your predicament,?

vette

When I realised what was happening after reading some reviews I contacted a few of the reviewers to see how their scenario played out. That meant I was one step ahead of him on a few things so I managed to get my money quicker than if I'd not had some inside knowledge. I was then contacted by 2 of the other reviewers about 2-3 months ago telling me BBC rogue traders were on his case. So I spoke to them and told them my case. Sounds like they were fully tooled up with evidence anyway they just wanted a few more stories to validate it.

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Ikemi said:

OP, did you get your car/money back?

Yes, took about 5 months. He'd sold the car at least 3 months before as when I phoned the DVLA They told me they had sent me a letter with a road tax rebate which would have triggered alarm bells with me but my car was registered at my old address so I never got that letter!

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The Mad Monk said:

Why didn't the Post Office forward your mail?

You did have mail forwarding set up - didn't you?

Yes for 3 months after we moved and the one thing we forgot to update was the registered address for the car...typical.