Autotrader vehicle purchase screwed

BigBopper

rockall81 wrote: »

Action Fraud, they sent a letter and there is crime reference in it.

Which police area?

The way your gong nothing's going to be done for the next 28 days.

rockall81

thames valley police

BigBopper

And do you know the officer who's dealing with it in Thames Valley?
Have you given a statement yet or arranged to do so?
Have they now got copies of your bank transactions showing the offenders account details? It will save time on DPA requests.

rockall81

Sorry, i called them up they saying i can only report this to Action Fraud?

BigBopper

rockall81 wrote: »

Sorry, i called them up they saying i can only report this to Action Fraud?

Ok, I get it now.

The facts are.
You haven't got a crime number.
You won't know if it's gong to be dealt with by who or if at all for 28 days.
Thames Valley Police have fobbed you off and failed to record the crime.
Nothing will be progressed until the crime actually reaches the police.

Good luck with this one.

Herzlos

jimjames wrote: »

Unlikely to be a criminal opening accounts, why would they bother when they can find some gullible fool to do their "payment processing" for them and forward the money via western union or similar. So it's a genuine bank account owned with real ID.

It's more likely to be a stolen account - either cloning or fraud, so it's not registered with anyone in on it. The money is then laundered away from there to the fraudsters account, probably via a series of online sales or western union or something.

EdGasket

Who would buy an £11K car they have never seen from a complete stranger and which is abroad? I mean come on, no sane person would do it. I don't know what rockall81's agenda is but he is wasting everyone's time here (just like DM if he isn't actually DM!)

rockall81 does seem a bit financially inept though judging by other posts he has started:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4120683

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3938099

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4994272

Don't waste your time on this attention seeking idiot.

rockall81

I actually lost 11k i would not put anything lie here, i agree i was made to trust that guy whom i was purchasing it from. It was such a nice talk ..i fell into mate. did not realize it was happening. well untill i paid the money.

For example just to prove that i am telling the truth on this post

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4994272

You can see here its been taken over by SRA.
https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/solicitor-check/017161.article
And time of the this article matches with my post.

EdGasket

So why did you buy a car you have never even seen for so much money, from a person you don't know, in the hope that one day it might turn up via a shipping company without too much damage in transit? Are you normal because in my wildest dreams, I just cannot concieve of anyone ever doing this?

rockall81

Well, sometimes someone can fool you very easily. In this case i was given the number, called many times, given email address. given address etc.. shown the pictures of the car etc.

I am a risk taker, i take risks, i never taken reckless risks, this one turned out be bit too much.

Also trust people around me, i think they are the way i am, i.e trustworthy. Unfortunately not always.

I think this conversation should be more around what can be done now rather than what happened?

then its helpful and meaningful.