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• Scooter and motabilty car - Whiplash scam best way forward advice needed 2 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  I need some advice after my daughter had an accident it was minor and we thought it would be straightforward but then got a claim for whiplash today.....here...
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  McDoomalds 26 Sep 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I recently met a client at McDonalds in Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He bought me a couple of coffees and a muffin and we had a meeting. At the end of...
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  How can we dispute a £70,000 charge for a credit hire Bentley following an accident? 15 Aug 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Rather late in the day I am writing to ask you for advice regarding the loan of a Bentley following a motorway shunt 20 months ago. We were part of a multiple...
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  Are spurious personal injury claims pushing up the cost of motor insurance? 20 Nov 2010 (Ask HJ)
  An article in the motoring section recently talked about the rising cost of insurance. It failed to mention some of the reasons for these increases. 1)...
• Ford Fiesta Saloon - Parking warning - Royal Albert Hall, Imp College 27 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  Their enforcement had nothing whatsoever to do with safety or keeping the road clear. It was all about cynically scamming money from a hard-pressed public because the road is very wide and no obstruction was caused. I don't know how these people sleep at night.
• Why do they bother? 25 May 2007 (Forum)
  I reside in Canada and i will be glad if i can purchase the Car from you ..Please remember that i have committed myself to purchase the Car for self used . Thanks awaiting your e-mail today.. Regards What a nutter. I know this is a scam and will end up in me wiring several thousand pounds to pay for some sort of shipping costs and a rubber cheque, but do people seriously fall for this?
• Please confirm my advice is sensible 5 Dec 2018 (Forum)
  So my thoughts based on the above are the sellers husband is a liar and that it is probably a scam. I suspect that this one piece of damming evidence would make any sensible judge well aware of such and throw the case out. My last piece of advice to him after a few hours thought was to sell the car ASAP after the dust has settled and preferably not privately.
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  Penalty kicks 20 Mar 2010 (Ask HJ)
  The Government/DVLA is scamming motorists. In 2008 my wife sold her Vauxhall Corsa to the daughter of friend of a friend. The necessary slip on the V5C...
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  Skidsophrenic 9 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I had an accident in icy conditions almost 2 years ago on a freezing evening when I stopped at the scene of another accident where a car had overturned...
• How/Where to report a scammer? 24 Dec 2018 (Forum)
  Now, 3 days later he has advertised the car for sale, at £7000, calling it "the best example in the UK" and "only 69,000 miles", making NO mention of the serious mechanical issues. Either way you cut it, this guy is a SCAMMER. Either 1) trying to scam me for the supposed "fake mileage", or 2) now KNOWINGLY selling a car that has fake mileage, or 3) now KNOWINGLY selling a car with major faults (£1000+ worth) and not mentioning it in the advert.
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  My insurer paid out a false claim, leaving me with higher premiums - what can I do? 23 Mar 2018 (Ask HJ)
  While sorting out insurance for my new car, I've been informed by my new insurer that there's a claim on my insurance for an incident that was reported...
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  Why are older cars being forced into obsolescence? 29 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Having spent much of my life immersed in most matters car related including working on the body shop floor and restoring classics, I have an axe to grind...
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  Scam? 13 Mar 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Can you please tell me if the following is genuine, I am extremely dubious: "The following customer is interested in the vehicle you are advertising...
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  Con-stand-he-noble 15 Aug 2009 (Ask HJ)
  You very kindly helped me overcome hesitancy on buying my 1yr old Jaguar XF S V8 back in March this year. All has gone well. It is as you said a fantastic...
• False Claim leading to COunty Court Letter 18 Jan 2025 (Forum)
  We were nowhere near the location of this alleged incident. My insurer wanted photos of my vehicle which i sent them. I was very worried that this is a scam or car cloning incident but hoping it's just a mistake by the witness which the dashcam evidence would easily clarify.  I kept chasing my insurer for update. They told me they contacted the 3rd party insurer for the dash cam evidence but did not get anything back.
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  Classic car ownership dispute - what should I do? 9 Jan 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I own a 1970 Rover 3500 P6. Recently after asking on a forum for information on the car (over a year ago) someone privately messaged me and said they used...
• Volvo S80 - Car Dealers & Fear of the AA! 19 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  Now I know that he could well have 'just so happened' to have sold the car in the short period of time after I left, but I can't help thinking I dodged  a potential bullet. Has anyone else had this sort of thing happen to them, and is there a scam that some car dealers have going that they don't want a qualified AA technician to find out about? In the end it's cost me £30 to cancel my AA inspection, but in the end I'm happy to lose that rather than potentially £2500 for a dodgy car!
• Dealer Messing Me About 22 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  m sick of being misled and messed around, they?ve each contradicted each other, and it feels like I?m being scammed, if it weren?t for the fact the dealership is a large nationwide network or somewhat reputable origins. Does anyone know why they?d deliberately delay? Assuming they aren?t in fact utterly incompetent, which is what I think.
• At least you don't need to worry about.. 12 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  You could be purchasing a dried-out casualty of Hurricane Katrina. Whether acting as entrepreneurs or scam artists, wholesale car dealers soon will be scouring the ruins of New Orleans, Mississippi and Alabama for flood-damaged vehicles. They will obtain the cars for pennies, refurbish them and then sell them to buyers, some of whom won't be told of their purchase's waterlogged history.
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  Is the third party trying to scam my son after an accident? 19 Jan 2013 (Ask HJ)
  My 23-year old son (four years driving) had a very small bump some eight weeks ago on the M6 (clear weather, dry, daylight). The driver in front braked...