Fraudulent bankers draft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Desperate for any help or advice anyone can give after being given a fraudulent draft as full payment for my 53 plate M3.
A guy came up from London, foreign with the "name" Thomas Kelensen, had ID with him driving licence and address. Gave the draft to my mate who half owned the car with me. The Royal Bank of Scotland draft was taken to his local branch as he has an account at RBS and he asked them to verify the draft which they did, saying it was fine. The car went and the next working day, £25,000 creditted into the account. Thank you very much!
TWO WEEKS later, he gets a letter from the bank, saying the money has been debitted from his account as the draft was fraudulent. That was it. No advice or contact details for their fraud dept. Reported the matter to the police who, quite frankl, were poor in their response. Activated the Tracker but surprise surprise after two weeks either the unit had been ripped out or the car has gone abroad. So no car and no money, no interest from the bank and very little from the police.
Are the bank somehow liable for the fact they were asked to verify their own draft and said it was fine only for it to be found to be far from some two weeks later? Where do I go from here? (Sensible answers only please guys, I'm still a bit tender as you can imagine!!)
Cheers
A guy came up from London, foreign with the "name" Thomas Kelensen, had ID with him driving licence and address. Gave the draft to my mate who half owned the car with me. The Royal Bank of Scotland draft was taken to his local branch as he has an account at RBS and he asked them to verify the draft which they did, saying it was fine. The car went and the next working day, £25,000 creditted into the account. Thank you very much!
TWO WEEKS later, he gets a letter from the bank, saying the money has been debitted from his account as the draft was fraudulent. That was it. No advice or contact details for their fraud dept. Reported the matter to the police who, quite frankl, were poor in their response. Activated the Tracker but surprise surprise after two weeks either the unit had been ripped out or the car has gone abroad. So no car and no money, no interest from the bank and very little from the police.
Are the bank somehow liable for the fact they were asked to verify their own draft and said it was fine only for it to be found to be far from some two weeks later? Where do I go from here? (Sensible answers only please guys, I'm still a bit tender as you can imagine!!)
Cheers
He was about 5'9" tall, tanned, built like the sort of bloke that goes to a gym 3 or 4 times a week. Wore black rectangular shaped glasses and wore black turtle neck short sleeved top and black trousers. "Lived" at 11 Kingsland Road E2 apparently!
Don't know what the police are going to do next. It was reported to them on Friday and we've heard absolutley nothing since!
Don't know what the police are going to do next. It was reported to them on Friday and we've heard absolutley nothing since!
Guys I have just sent an email of complaint to the RBS and One Account. Please will you lend some weight to our argument by emailing them on the contact us sections of their sites, www.rbs.com and www.oneaccount.com with a "help Jon and Mike"type theme?
Really appreciate all your help. Mike
Really appreciate all your help. Mike
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