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  DISHONEST JOHN'S GUIDE TO SERVICE SCAMS 16 Sep 2001 (News)
  . He will think, "can't cost much" and will agree to a bulb replacement. Then charge him 15 minutes labour at £60 an hour to change the bulb and another 15 minutes for the fitter to obtain it from stores. The Screenwash Scam Always automatically charge for renewing
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  SMMT Calls For Licence to Trade 18 Sep 2001 (News)
  dealers, see 'Dishonest John's Guide to Service Scams' among these news items, and refer to the thread: 'Dishonest John's Guide: all true' in The Backroom on this website. The last thing the public needs is a scheme which gives the big boys a licence to steal at the expense of the little guys
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  DISHONEST JOHN'S GUIDE TO SERVICE SCAMS 6 Oct 2001 (News)
  to change the bulb and another 15 minutes for the fitter to obtain it from stores. The Screenwash Scam Always automatically charge for renewing the screenwash additive. Even if it the reservoir is full when the car arrives, leave a bottle of additive in the boot and still charge
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  Honest John's Website in a Book 17 Oct 2001 (News)
  ' from the paper), Dishonest John's Guide to Service Scams, and, of course, the Car by Car Breakdown as it was about a month ago. If you haven't got a satellite linked notebook computer in your car, it's the only way to carry the website around with you. And, of course, it makes an excellent Christmas
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  Used Car Buyer Subscription Offer 11 Jun 2004 (News)
  . Unfortunately, the desire for low mileage cars also helps fuel a £100m a year illegal clocking scam. “Not only will a lower mileage car sell quicker, the unscrupulous seller will also gain financially by adding another few thousand to the screen price,” says Guy Baker, resident expert at Used
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  Auction Report – EBay 27th March 2005 29 Mar 2005 (News)
  than flattering photo probably didn’t do much for its selling price. A couple of grey Jaguar Sovereigns were sold in the hour or so that was analysed. One had been re-advertised after the seller was the victim of an attempted EBay scam (no further information was offered). The 3.6
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  The STING in the tail of the new Parking Laws 17 Feb 2008 (News)
  on the vehicle or handed to the driver when neither was the case. As a result, the first the motorist knows of the parking ticket is when they get a document called a Notice to Owner in the post, claiming they haven’t paid the parking ticket. When I uncovered this scam nearly five years
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  Warning of UsedCar Internet Scams 6 Mar 2008 (News)
  With more used car buyers choosing to shop online, HPI is warning of internet scams. HPI, the leading independent vehicle information provider is highlighting a spate of online scams involving non-existent vehicles being sold online using fraudulent vehicle checks. “We are urging
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  E-mail Scam 22 Apr 2008 (News)
  Kia Motors (UK) Ltd., has issued a warning to its customers and to other motorists that unscrupulous individuals are perpetrating an e-mail scam hiding behind the brand. E-mail recipients are being advised that they have won a major prize in an e-mail lottery
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  It is possible 'to avoid clones' 21 May 2009 (News)
  is stolen and given an identity that is very similar to one already in circulation. In order to avoid falling foul of this scam, auto buyers have been advised to check that all vehicle identity numbers on the model tally. People should then get HPI to verify the IDs match the registration
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  OFT WARNS OF £3MILLION CAR-SELLING SCAM 28 May 2009 (News)
  The OFT is today warning consumers about vehicle matching scams which cost UK consumers nearly £3 million every year. Vehicle matching scams work by approaching consumers selling their cars and promising falsely to match them with definite buyers. Typically, the seller is cold
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  Car sellers warned about scam 28 May 2009 (News)
  Motorists planning on selling a car have been urged to be on their guard against a new scam. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has highlighted a con called vehicle matching. When a seller places an advert
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  HPI Warns Again of Stolen V5 Scam 24 Jul 2009 (News)
  criminals scammed six motorists in the Lothians out of tens of thousands of pounds after selling them high-value stolen vehicles.  All cases involved the swindlers using stolen DVLA V5s to accompany stolen vehicles that had had their identity changed to match that of a similar legitimate vehicle
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  How to Avoid a Cloned Car on a Stolen V5C 3 Feb 2010 (News)
  On the back of the news that a car cloning scam has cost UK consumers £13m, Auto Trader has issued the following statement educating consumers on how to very simply avoid falling victim. The scam uses blank log books stolen from the DVLA, allowing fraudsters to present a stolen
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  Fraud Main Reason For Insurance Hikes, Says AA 4 Sep 2010 (News)
  and, for drivers under the age of 30, by 13.4 per cent to £1,128.* Douglas believes that fraud accounts for a large part of this.   "While the organised  'cash for crash' scams that ripped millions of pounds off insurers have made headlines, the problem of car insurance fraud
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  Volvo issues 'congestion charge scam' warning 18 Jan 2011 (News)
  Volvo has taken out adverts in several newspapers warning drivers in London about a scam involving the unauthorised sale of Volvo DRIVe boot badges for the avoidance of the London Congestion Charge. The notice states that vendors are offering
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  AA Blames 'Accident Management Specialists' For Huge Rise in Car Insurance Premiums 22 Jan 2011 (News)
  of claims; organised 'cash for crash' scams; uninsured driving and poor investment returns because of the recession.   "A sharp growth in the number of accident management and personal injury claim firms has helped to develop a hard-sell system in Britain that encourages people
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  Co-op Insurance Launches Black Box Scheme For Young Drivers 16 Mar 2011 (News)
  prices, and over three quarters (82%) of young drivers could make a saving. The launch comes as young drivers face higher motor insurance premiums, due to accident management and crerdit hire scams and the recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that banned companies from using gender to set
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  TV Investigation Into Car Insurance Fraud 21 Mar 2011 (News)
  Dave Raddings works for ITV, which is making a programme about the cost of motoring - includingthe higher premiums paid by honest motorists as a result of insurance fraud. He want to speak to: *        Victims of cash-for-crash scams. *        Motorists who have been
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  Rare surviving 'Brocket Rocket' Ferrari up for auction 22 Jun 2011 (News)
  tragically destroyed in an insurance scam for which he did time, Brocket owned the ground-breaking Pininfarina styled GT for 15 years.  It was the first 2+2 to feature power steering, hydro-pneumatic self-levelling rear suspension and the luxury of air-con as standard. It is expected to fetch offers