19/12/2012 Scrap Car Scam Warning
Consumers wanting to scrap
their cars are warned not to allow them to fall in to the hands of unscrupulous
scrap dealers Warwickshire Trading Standards Service is warning.
Consumers
are allowing their vehicles to be taken by scrap merchants without the proper
paperwork being completed, and then not receiving the money they were promised.
Many
of these ‘dodgy’ scrap dealers advertise on the Internet and some are using
false names and addresses.
Having
handed over their car, the owners then find out later that their vehicles are
not scrapped at all, but are instead ‘repaired’ and sold on or used by
criminals. And all the time, the original owner continues to be responsible for
the vehicle!
Consumers
have not only complained about not being paid for their cars but have also
reported receiving penalties for vehicles they thought were no longer their
responsibility. These include motoring offence fines and penalty points,
parking fines or DVLA fines for not having a properly insured or taxed vehicle.
Warwickshire
Trading Standards has received a number of reports recently about this scam. Here
is advice on what you should do if you want to scrap your car: https://www.gov.uk/scrapped-and-written-off-vehicles/overview
19/12/2012 Euro Lottery Scam
Consumers have reported receiving more
Euro Lottery scam letters, Warwickshire Trading Standards has reported. The latest claims that the ‘winner’
must pay 10% of his prize to a company that bought the ticket on his behalf! The letter's recipient is asked to
provide their bank details to send this 10% and receive their non-existent prize.
Never respond to these scams and bin
them! Find out more about ‘prize winner’ scams: http://tinyurl.com/cxlbb75
Please feel free to cascade this information to whomever you feel appropriate
(including using the information in your newsletters/websites etc.).
If you have any information you wish to
provide to Warwickshire Trading Standards Service, either for our information,
or to appear in future email alerts, please email me.
For more information on scams, visit: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/scams
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Simon Cripwell
Trading Standards Officer
Warwickshire Trading Standards Service
Communities
Warwickshire County Council
Old Budbrooke Road Warwick CV35 7DP
tel. 01926 414039
mob. 07771 975570
My normal working days are Monday to Thursday
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