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• 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...
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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...
• £ 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-scam-6323e80.html
• 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...
• 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 the valence.
• Copart phoned car I do not own - scam or id theft? 29 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  She said her information 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 by). Any advice warmly appreciated!
• 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?
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  Someone is demanding compensation after an accident 6 Mar 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I had an accident in December where the other party admitted fault. My insurance company dealt with my claim, repairs and a hire car. I am now being...
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  What precautions can be taken against whiplash claim scammers and accident management companies? 14 Oct 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have been following your correspondence concerning "Claims Management" and whiplash scams. Can you give advice what to do at the time of an incident,...
• alli A4 Allroad - hire car scam? 11 May 2012 (Forum)
  Friend of ours, lone female 60s hired a car in Glasgow when visiting frfiends and relations. On returning the car she was told one wheel was scuffed and...
• Fuel Additive - Scam? 15 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  At the first 10,000 mile service of my car, at the main dealer, I was amazed to be asked if I wanted to pay for a £16 bottle of Havoline fuel system cleaner....
• How to report a scam on Autotrader? 9 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  Can anyone tell me how to report an eBay-style scam to Autotrader? I can't find any link on the website. I just couldn't resist emailing the guy advertising a Bentley Continental R for 14,250 sterling, using what I know is a picture stolen from someone else.
• MGBGT - Possible scam. 18 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  I've emailed back saying he's not getting copy for security reasons and I've had another email saying that without my help he cant get it registered. I suspect some sort of scam here, has anybody had any experience of this sort of request?