So you purchased a car (sight unseen, I assume) from a UK company for delivery to the Netherlands, never saw the car at all (which would have proved it existed), and paid for it all up front.

And with a telephone number in Birmingham, but a basic webcheck shows the company having their operational address in Middlesex.

And then you're surprised you got scammed ? You did NOTHING to protect yourself at all. You followed none of the advice that is given out to ensure your own safety.

I presume you bought this car because the deal looked too good to be true.

Well it really was too good to be true, in truth it never existed.

Rule 1: If a deal looks too good to be true it always is. RUN AWAY, FAST.

Rule 2: If a deal looks too good to be true it always is. RUN AWAY, FAST.

Rule 3: Refer to rules 1 and 2.

The thing is, the OP has been defrauded. But by 'Speedway', or by someone pretending to be Speedway ?

The OP has no idea, because they didn't follow any of the basic, simple checks. Hell, if we can find out that the telephone number is one for Birmingham, but the business address is in Middlesex, and that the Co. is owned by a person who has had a load of other companies dissolved, and that the website is blank (and lets face it, absolutely anyone could have created that website, i'm pretty sure I could register 'www.speedwaylimited.com' - which doesn't exist, btw - and populate it with cars for sale and fake reviews), then the OP certainly could have done those checks too.

In short, the OP got scammed through their own acts or omissions (I was going to put 'through their own stupidity', but I'm trying to be polite today). Maybe they'll use their brains in future. Maybe not.

Edited by RobJP on 08/06/2014 at 13:54