Attempted Scam re accident

[Paul Dishman]

Just had someone ring me about my wife's car. They gave the correct make and registration number and said they knew that it was in for bodywork repair and gave the date. They said that they knew that it had been involved in an accident.

I stopped the person speaking then and said that the car had indeed been in for bodywork, but it was for a corrosion repair. She thanked me and said that it must have been a clerical error and they'd close the file.

Interestingly the phone call came through on a local prefix, but I can't get a reply when I ring them back.

I rang the bodyshop and they said that they'd never sell the information, which I believe, but suggested I report this to the ICO which I've done.

I can't quite remember the name that I was given at the start of the phone call - "Auto-Issue" or something like that.

It'll be interesting to see if we hear from them again.

[Paul Dishman]

silentbrown said:

Google the phone number?

Tried that, no result

[Paul Dishman]

Pixelpeep7r said:

canvassing for injury claims?

was the car recovered ? - driver on a backhander from a solicitors ?

No. It wasn't in an accident, no solicitor or insurance company involved. Its a MX5 and needed some corrosion on its rear wheel arches sorting out.

[Paul Dishman]

BobSaunders said:

It would mean having to walk by get the reg, have a contact at the dvla or another agency etc to look it up.

Sounds like the bodyshop, or someone at the bodyshop has sold it.

But anyone at the bodyshop would know that it was in to have rusty wheel arches sorted, not after an accident.

[Paul Dishman]

johnao said:

How would they get hold of the owner's phone number?

We're in the phone book.

The bodyshop are a local firm, but they do have some sort of connection with a national chain so I reckon that's where the leak came from.

It's probably an employee at Head Office selling on an old customer list as we had the work done in June 2013