Possible fraudulent van hire company

Fireblade900

Dear all,


I do not now if this is the right place to post this information but I hope it helps someone out there.


A few days ago I hired, on-line, a van to assist with a move this weekend. It was from a company called Self Drive Vehicle Hire and was fro just over £100.
This morning I received a cancellation via e-mail saying they had no vehicles left. I found this very worrying so I tried to contact them but without any success.
I then contacted my bank to ensure no payments were made to this company, only to find there is a payment pending to them for over £300!!!
I have no been informed that there is possible a £200 deposit as well but it still doesn't explain why they are trying to take the money when they are no longer supplying the vehicle.
Any thoughts?
Do not use this company as this is obviously some form of scam
Many thanks

Eejay

Is it this one?

http://www.192.com/atoz/business/exeter-ex1/sc/self-drive-vehicle-hire-ltd/02008046eadac1f83845d190178c993ab144cedc/comp/#reviewsSection

PDC

Looks like this has been dealt with in the OPs other thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5163196

Eejay

Someone did suggest trying this board.

If it is the same company as the one I linked to, there are a lot of negative reviews with similar problems - and people not getting their money back.

Fireblade900

Yes, it looks like that is the same company. I am suffering the same problem as the other poor reviews it would appear. Hopefully I will have spotted this in time but I am not too confident about getting my money back in a hurry!