Uwe Gemballa Missing in South Africa?

Uwe Gemballa Missing in South Africa?

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CheckMyOil

Original Poster:

149 posts

174 months

Monday 15th February 2010
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Any word on if this is true???

http://www.teamspeed.com/forums/gt/36881-uwe-gemba...

"Tuning-King now disappeared mysteriously during a trip to Johannesburg. On the evening of 8 February boarded a plane for the married entrepreneurs of South Africa. The trip went to Johannesburg, one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Since then, lacking any trace of him. What is the 51-year-old just happened?"

Members reimbursed missing person. An investigator: "We are in close contact with the South African Police." A business partner: "We are making us all very worried about Uwe."

mudy

874 posts

172 months

Monday 15th February 2010
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Checkmyquotes?

CheckMyOil

Original Poster:

149 posts

174 months

Monday 15th February 2010
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mudy said:
Checkmyquotes?
sorry was simply copy-pasting from the article which was translated not 100% correctly it appears.

RDMcG

19,142 posts

207 months

Tuesday 16th February 2010
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looks like it might be a strategic disappearance........... http://jalopnik.com/5472919/gemballa-owner-not-mis...

Edited by RDMcG on Wednesday 17th February 00:58

DanH

12,287 posts

260 months

Tuesday 16th February 2010
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Evading Porsche fans who wanted to let him know what they thought of his bodykits?

CheckMyOil

Original Poster:

149 posts

174 months

Tuesday 16th February 2010
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DanH said:
Evading Porsche fans who wanted to let him know what they thought of his bodykits?
IDK, i kinda like his wild stuff

Libertine

3,891 posts

176 months

Tuesday 16th February 2010
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The outcome is not usually very good on missing persons in JHB.

Doesn't sound good.

RDMcG

19,142 posts

207 months

Wednesday 17th February 2010
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Libertine said:
The outcome is not usually very good on missing persons in JHB.

Doesn't sound good.
The tax people will find him, doubtless.

Junior Bianno

1,400 posts

193 months

Wednesday 17th February 2010
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I was feeling bad for him...until I saw this. Now I'm not so sure...


Beefmeister

16,482 posts

230 months

Wednesday 17th February 2010
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I'm guessing he's been made to 'disappear' by the Taste Police:



Agree on the JHB comments though, if he's genuinely been kidnapped, the outcome isn't very good usually...

andrewrob

2,913 posts

190 months

Wednesday 17th February 2010
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Just been reading some of the comments on the article above and noticed this one

"HELLO GOOD SIRS:
I am Mr. Ali Gemballa. My UNCLE Uwe Gemballa has recently been discovered in SOUTH AFRICA and greatly needs help in transferring a large sum of money into the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Opressive FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS have been seeking his money, and he wishes to move it safely out of the country. PLEASE reply to this and you will receive a sum of $50.000 USD for your assistance. Please this is URGENT.
Thank You
MR Ali Gemballa of SOUTH AFRICA"


Conian

8,030 posts

201 months

Wednesday 17th February 2010
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andrewrob said:
Just been reading some of the comments on the article above and noticed this one

"HELLO GOOD SIRS:
I am Mr. Ali Gemballa. My UNCLE Uwe Gemballa has recently been discovered in SOUTH AFRICA and greatly needs help in transferring a large sum of money into the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Opressive FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS have been seeking his money, and he wishes to move it safely out of the country. PLEASE reply to this and you will receive a sum of $50.000 USD for your assistance. Please this is URGENT.
Thank You
MR Ali Gemballa of SOUTH AFRICA"
good spelling, reasonable grammar, it MUST be real.
where do i pay?i assume their will be an admin fee.

Junior Bianno

1,400 posts

193 months

Wednesday 17th February 2010
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Conian said:
andrewrob said:
Just been reading some of the comments on the article above and noticed this one

"HELLO GOOD SIRS:
I am Mr. Ali Gemballa. My UNCLE Uwe Gemballa has recently been discovered in SOUTH AFRICA and greatly needs help in transferring a large sum of money into the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Opressive FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS have been seeking his money, and he wishes to move it safely out of the country. PLEASE reply to this and you will receive a sum of $50.000 USD for your assistance. Please this is URGENT.
Thank You
MR Ali Gemballa of SOUTH AFRICA"
good spelling, reasonable grammar, it MUST be real.
where do i pay?i assume their will be an admin fee.
No admin fee - however, he does need a receipt for the $50k which you need to send via his nominated courier company for $5k. He will of course reimburse you for this cost on the same stolen credit card.

Who can lose?

k-ink

9,070 posts

179 months

Wednesday 17th February 2010
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Oh well, I guess teenage Arabs will have to find another tacky tuner to throw their money at. Luckily were not short of them

CheckMyOil

Original Poster:

149 posts

174 months

Wednesday 17th February 2010
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any updates?

1954etype

232 posts

171 months

Wednesday 17th February 2010
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Have a look at www.419eater.com. This is where they scam the scammers. Really funny site.

eddiebhoy

206 posts

193 months

Wednesday 17th February 2010
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This was on a google search...

Reports of Uwe Gemballa’s mysterious disappearance in South Africa has turned out to be premature. But while we’re glad to know that Gemballa is probably still alive, his tuning company, Gemballa, may not be as fortunate.

According to Cars UK, Gemballa didn’t exactly ’disappear’ when he went to Johannesburg. Turns out, he might be hiding from German authorities. While there’s no definite word on why Gemballa fled out of the Germany, reports have it that German officials raided and effectively closed down his tuning facility, resulting in all the cars in the plant to be impounded.

As a result, all the owners with cars inside would have to show definitive proof that they own those cars for them to have any chance of reclaiming their belongings.

Like we said, we don’t know the reason why Uwe Gemballa decided to fall off the grid, but if the latest happenings involving his tuning his house has any merit, then he – and his company, for that matter - might be in some deep trouble. Keep checking back here for more updates regarding this rather perplexing turn of events.

Beefmeister

16,482 posts

230 months

Wednesday 17th February 2010
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Oooooh juicy stuff.


Its like a car-themed heat magazine.

Zip106

14,696 posts

189 months

Wednesday 17th February 2010
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Hmmm... Two Stallions has also disappeared.

Coincidence?
idea


911perv

1,415 posts

181 months

Wednesday 17th February 2010
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Zip106 said:
Hmmm... Two Stallions has also disappeared.

Coincidence?
idea
Well have you ever seen them both in the same room.................?