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• Fake MOT certificate scam 7 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  Does anyone know of any incidences of the following MOT scam ? There has been a lot of fake MOT certificate scams. For any given vehicle a MOT certificate is being issued that may be fake, whereby either the fake MOT certificate has been issued but no MOT has actually been
• Card scam at filling stations. beware 30 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  BBC R4 "You and yours" 12:00 today covered the ongoing problem of cards being cloned at independant run filling stations. It appears to be country wide. It...
• Warning - Insurance Scam 13 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  Gangs are deliberately braking hard in front of lorries to cause rear-end shunts, so they can claim the insurance. Be warned. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17647209%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=exclusive%2d%2dcar%2dcrash%2dcon%2dgang-name_page.html
• Mercedes C200K estate - Autotrader text scam 27 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  ask people to pay them to buy something off you, it looks like a scam to me.  Anyone had a similar experience?
• credit card chip and pin scam 27 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Our local garage has been involved in a scam where goods and petrol bought on a credit card have been csimmed and the details and pin numbers have been passed on.Guildford police think that more than 400 people have been effected.More may come to light as people get their statements.Ilost £600
• Car Protect Scam 1 Jun 2016 (Forum)
  My daughter received a call from this lot saying that her warranty had recently expired which we know to be false - the car has been in the family with...
• Scam or real deal? 20 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  A guy in Spain is selling his evoque 2013 reg for an amazing £13,000 I've run an HPI check (clear) Ive run ar RAC report (clear) the car is ready...
• Card scams. BBC item of interest. 17 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/ Select "You and yours". (This may not be available until end of transmission - 13:00) It is at the start of the program. It...
• fuel additive - miracle or scam? 19 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  This sort of thing crops up from time to time and was mentioned in HJ's letters page a few years back.  It's a miracle fuel additive that improves...
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  I keep getting calls about compensation for an old accident - is this a scam? 6 Jun 2017 (Ask HJ)
  Two years ago, another vehicle reversed into mine. I was parked but in the vehicle. Minor damage to both vehicles, no personal injury. My vehicle was repaired...
• £ million luxury car DVLA scammers jailed 29 May 2009 (Forum)
  " .... jailed for their involvement in a £1 million luxury car scam. " " ... Pretending the vehicles were theirs, they tricked the DVLA into transferring ownership to an alias and sending new log books to front addresses. ... " http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090528/tuk-hamza-s-sons-jailed-for-car
• New vehicle scam costs £3m a year 28 May 2009 (Forum)
  http://tiny.cc/4pxoJ Why are some, so trusting, even gullible of others, when it comes to believing advertisements that involves paying someone else...
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  Online car purchase via Escrow scam 14 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I recently fell foul to an online scam offering me a very reasonably priced Ford Focus for sale via a financial intermediary. The car was being being stored...
• Any - Care hire scam 7 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  I'm observing the insurance claim car hire scam via a friend.  She had parked her car in a restaurant car park while having lunch.  An announcement was made, "Would the owner of car number..." etc go to the car park.   Another woman had reversed her car into hers and scratched
• Copart phoned car I do not own - scam or id theft? 29 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  was from 'Admiral' (presumably the insurance company, with which I have never had a policy). Is this somekind of scam / fraud / identity theft? (the number I was called form is indeed Copart's and Copart seems to be a bona fide concern, if the google search is anything to go
• Beware of old car parts scam 20 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  A poster on another forum warns of a second hand car part sscam where spmeone joins a forum then offers parts cheap which never get delivered. Warning...
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  Roadside scams in London - be warned... 9 Oct 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Due to our slow moving traffic in central London a variety of scams have been invented to part motorists from their money. Sad to say I fell prey...
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  Is this a scam? 25 Jul 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I am currently trying to sell my Peugeot 307 and received the following e-mail -please can you advise if it is a scam. Good afternoon, Thanks for the...
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  The claim game 15 Aug 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Yesterday we got a letter from our car insurance company (More than - we have had our insurance with them for over 30 years), stating that "We have been...
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  How can you tell if online car selling companies are scams? 2 May 2018 (Ask HJ)
  There's a company that sells repossessed vehicles at a price that seems too good to be true. Is this a scam?