Is this a scam?
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OK chaps, I need your help please.
Last week I came home to find a letter from an insurance company saying 'thank you for setting up your direct debit for your VW Polo Mr Kumar' (this is NOT my name) so, … I rang up the insurance company and told them they have the wrong address for this policy and I am NOT Mr Kumar and I don’t own a VW Polo and I have NOT set up a DD with you for the car insurance (the bank details printed on the letter are NOT my bank details)
They put me through to their fraud team and they have cancelled the policy and set up a 'case' regarding the matter.
I thought it had all been sorted..... then....this morning I find a V5 for the Polo has been posted to my address for a Mr Kumar.
The V5 has the previous owners address on it, should I pop round and ask him if he can shed any light on what's happening or should I contact the DVLA and ask them to look into it?
As a side note, anyone know if this is some sort of scam?
Last week I came home to find a letter from an insurance company saying 'thank you for setting up your direct debit for your VW Polo Mr Kumar' (this is NOT my name) so, … I rang up the insurance company and told them they have the wrong address for this policy and I am NOT Mr Kumar and I don’t own a VW Polo and I have NOT set up a DD with you for the car insurance (the bank details printed on the letter are NOT my bank details)
They put me through to their fraud team and they have cancelled the policy and set up a 'case' regarding the matter.
I thought it had all been sorted..... then....this morning I find a V5 for the Polo has been posted to my address for a Mr Kumar.
The V5 has the previous owners address on it, should I pop round and ask him if he can shed any light on what's happening or should I contact the DVLA and ask them to look into it?
As a side note, anyone know if this is some sort of scam?
I'd get on the blower to the DVLA and make sure they know what's happening if I were you. It could all be a mistake on 'Mr Kumars' part but it's all a bit fishy tbh..
Someone somewhere has obviously bought a car and insured it but what benefit do they get from giving false details?
Police 101 may be worth a call too thinking about it?
Someone somewhere has obviously bought a car and insured it but what benefit do they get from giving false details?
Police 101 may be worth a call too thinking about it?
IanCress said:
Do you live at number 42?
I was more concerned about it being some sort of scam like a log-book loan thing or something.
I'm going to pop down to the cop shop tonight and let them know - just in case the car is used for something criminal and they end up knocking on my door.
I'll take a photocopy of the V5 and then send it back to the DVLA. Hopefully that will be the last of it.
Its very odd that he has made the 'mistake' twice though, once to the insurance company and once when filling out (manually - with a pen) the details on the V5 when he bought the car.
rallycross said:
I've heard of this before where a dodgy character wants to appear legitimate on computer but in fact is not traceable to that address, usually to a house with multiple flats, get ready for lots of PCN's to your address.
Yeah that's what I fear so I'm going to report it to the cops too!Will be a cock up on address by the sounds of it. I get all sorts of letters for someone else who basically is unable to write their address properly - so far luckily no bailiffs. I either bin it or pop it back in the post.
DVLA is the first point of contact, the police will just point you at the DVLA.
DVLA is the first point of contact, the police will just point you at the DVLA.
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