Possible Scam?

[Trg8861]

100% this guy is a scam he’s from Coventry I used to know him, he buys cars on contracts he prints out and never pays the customer the full amount, they get sick of calling him for months and they end up not taking legal action and taking a small settlement as payment

[pc52straw]

Home Office Counting Rules and Blackstone's. Plus, last year all police forces signed up to amended codes of conduct meaning they can't "no crime" what is clearly a matter for criminal investigation, until after they've done a proper investigation. Like, check CCTV.

Action Fraud is linked to City of London Police, and they'll look at financial crime, fraud, money laundering etc. If the same person or company repeatedly comes across their radar, they can look at the pattern f repeat wrongdoing. It's how landlords who commit the "compliance check scam" end up in criminal prosecution... An individual victim can seek redress in the civil court for their own losses only, but that doesn't address the fact that the scam being repeated makes it a criminal matter.

[raspellious]

[QUOTE=ackfla;n1689227]Just as an update for anyone who ends up in the same situation. I reported to the police and pushed heavily for it to be treated as a criminal matter given the directors past criminal history (my car was eventually reported as stolen and I was given a crime reference number)

I also reported it to Trading Standards and sent a notice of action letter to him to put on the pressure.

Threatening (and if neccessary following up with) legal action seems to work.

ackfla how do i contact you the police fobbed me off and even told me its my own fault i should have done research.. I was fuming that yes i messed up but dont blame the victim .. how did you get across its been stolen.?

[raspellious]

Have you contacted them and asked where your money is?. That's the first thing to do.

They have a website with the email address they gave you and two phone numbers

https://www.enterreg.com/car-dealer-...r-com-coventry

They haven't been trading for long and I couldn't find any online reviews of them. TV

How long ago did they take your car?

They should have signed the yellow slip on the Registration document for you to send to DVLA. Did they?

You have raised possibility of scam and I too am concerned about this. Their website seems to be a clone of a genuine company that trades as EnterReg but is an online trading platform and does not buy cars itself (https://www.enterreg.com/)

Call them as soon as you can and let us know what happens. If you are not satisfied report your car to police as stolen and don't let police fob you off with 'it is a civil dispute': or 'report it to action fraud'.

Ive been fobbed off with said its a civil case.. very annoying, so dvla have said they cant do anything, even more annoying

[pc52straw]

You can report it to Action Fraud and Companies House.

[raspellious]

Well ive had the same thing took car and not paid same excuses, police say civil matter.. anybody had any joy so far with these scammers.? Guiseppe Randino and a richard farrington seem to run all the we buy your car scrapanycars.co.uk etc

any luck so far?

[raspellious]

Well ive had the same thing took car and not paid same excuses, police say civil matter.. anybody had any joy so far with these scammers.? Guiseppe Randino and a richard farrington seem to run all the we buy your car scrapanycars.co.uk etc

[tanya drew]

just signed up to this site.this company took my car yesterday and took car saying they would pay in 3 to 4 days but not answering any phones today so I'm very worried I have been scammed as everything now looks that way

[ackfla]

Just as an update for anyone who ends up in the same situation. I reported to the police and pushed heavily for it to be treated as a criminal matter given the directors past criminal history (my car was eventually reported as stolen and I was given a crime reference number)

I also reported it to Trading Standards and sent a notice of action letter to him to put on the pressure.

Threatening (and if neccessary following up with) legal action seems to work.

[ackfla]

Croydan sorry I missed this comment. I got the car returned to me and I believe Valval got the money in the end. It required constant chasing and threatening legal and civil action. Feel free to send me a message if you need any help!

[Croydan]

Valval ackfla did you ever receive the money? I’ve had the same happen to me recently

[ackfla]

Valval I've sent you a private message

[Valval]

ackfla
Have you managed to speak to anyone from the company to chase payment?

[ackfla]

Valval

They've logged the incident and given me an incident number, but seemed unsure if it will be classed as fraud or theft. I will be calling them up this evening to see if its been logged as stolen or not as want to push for that.

You can also log a case with Trading Standards. I did so via here https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/co...onsumer-issue/ on the online chat. If they have enough complaints they may take action. (This is what got him got the first time round)

You could also try going through small claims court to chase your money. You can contact Citizens Advise as well for more help on that.

[Valval]

ackfla

What did the police say?