Website with false address

J_B

A farmer I know has found a website which uses their address to sell tractors. https://cheswardine-machines.co.uk/

They are just farmers and don't deal in machinery.

They have spoken to 'the police' as well as go-daddy without much success.

They just don't want someone knocking at their door demanding the Massey Ferguson they have just paid for and not received!

Is there much else they can do?

[Deleted User]

I wonder if HMRC would be interested if they are claiming to be trading from a fake address?

k3lvc

So are the pictures/mail addresses/Phone no's genuine or diverting to elsewhere ?
I'd have expected their local constabulary to have a rural/farming specialist who, given the specifics of the machinery advertised, may show more interest than someone on the end of a phone line

dan958

what exactly did GoDaddy say? https://uk.godaddy.com/help/reporting-abuse-27154

J_B

blueskinnedbeast said:

I wonder if HMRC would be interested if they are claiming to be trading from a fake address?

Well, it's a real address, just not related to the spurious business.

k3lvc said:

So are the pictures/mail addresses/Phone no's genuine or diverting to elsewhere ?
I'd have expected their local constabulary to have a rural/farming specialist who, given the specifics of the machinery advertised, may show more interest than someone on the end of a phone line

Pictures are fake. Postal address and VAT number belong to the farmer. Phone numbers don't belong to farmer.

I suspect that the tractors are just a 'face' and that they promise to deliver upon payment then disappear.

😤

J_B

dan958 said:

what exactly did GoDaddy say? https://uk.godaddy.com/help/reporting-abuse-27154

I *think* they said that as the site wasn't verified, there was nothing they could do.

[Deleted User]

J_B said:

blueskinnedbeast said:

I wonder if HMRC would be interested if they are claiming to be trading from a fake address?

Well, it's a real address, just not related to the spurious business.

k3lvc said:

So are the pictures/mail addresses/Phone no's genuine or diverting to elsewhere ?
I'd have expected their local constabulary to have a rural/farming specialist who, given the specifics of the machinery advertised, may show more interest than someone on the end of a phone line

Pictures are fake. Postal address and VAT number belong to the farmer. Phone numbers don't belong to farmer.

I suspect that the tractors are just a 'face' and that they promise to deliver upon payment then disappear.

😤

So as I said it's a fake address as far as the business is concerned.
Contact HMRC and see what they will do.

ballyblack

on website;
    NEW  !! NEW !! NEW !! For any payment made in Bitcoin cryptocurrency, the  buyer gets a 5% discount from the total price of the unit !!! NEW !! NEW  !! NEW 

That is unusual in the farm machinery market!

ballyblack

not the first time;

https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/crime/how-cybercriminals-target-farmers-and-machinery-buyers

J_B

From our local facebook page ....

good morning everyone I'm Polish ì I need your help, the company whose data I am placing below was supposed to sell me an unstable agricultural tractor after paying 50% of the price, the contact broke ... and here, my request, do you know the Lord's company and can you help me?

🙄

J_B

blueskinnedbeast said:

Contact HMRC and see what they will do.

What can they do?