Anonymous

Fraudsters scammers stay away

Biggest scammers going, saw a car we liked online enquired about it Adam rang back said if we wanted it, it could be delivered the following morning, said no we wanted to actually visit check the car over and have a test drive in it, which we did the following day, we was happy with the car Adam was good seemed genuine we said we’d seen some bad reviews but also good reviews too, we decided to purchase the car, due to my husband hanving a stroke last year at present he is unable to drive, so arranged delivery to take place on the 5th March we purchased the car on the 22-02/25 paid via bank transfer and also took out the extended warranty for 12 months, received a invoice and left. The following day my husband messaged him to remind him of a few things that we needed and he reassured us this would be done, didn’t hear any more I rang Adam on the 4th to see if there was a eta on the delivery he said he would chase them up and get back back to me didn’t hear anymore my husband the. Rang and was told the same, we did receive a text that night to say the car had been collected and would be delivered the following day between 8-12, following day 8-12 came and went no sign or updates on the car I messaged Adam at 12.20 to see what was going on and he was going to get in touch with them, didn’t hear anymore so husband rang at 4 and he said the same. The following day I tried countless times via phone email text what’s app and no response I received a message late on Thursday night saying he hadn’t been at work due to Ramadan and just picked up phone and saw message from delivery guys to say it had been in a accident and the driver was in hospital. Didn’t hear any more info kept trying all day Friday I rang my bank to report the transaction. As fraud/scam provided all details I kept trying to contact them as well my brother had to pass Peterborough on his way back up north where we live 2 hours away he asked Adam what was going on and he said the car had hit a pot hole a damage to a wheel and wish bone and was somewhere in Doncaster getting repaired allegedly. The following day I tried about 35/40 local garages around Doncaster and not one had the car in I carried on trying to contact via various methods to no avail sent signed for letters to both business address and personal address available on companies house where there accounts are overdue. No response all week, the car was still available for sale on car gurus website and upon contacting them with a alias email he wanted a phone number to discuss the car which we had already paid for but not received. On the Thursday 14th the website stated the business was closed permanently. I received a call from my bank and thankfully they had investigated them and made the decision that they where scammers and refunded us our full amount which was several thousand pounds back. So if you have also been scammed by this dubious scammers please reach out to your bank to try and get help mine told me the more people that reach out the better it is for the banks to be aware of scammers and fraudster like these totally untrustworthy. They will scam your money they will probably dissolve this business and then pop up in a few months time under a different name again. Absolutely the last thing we needed whilst hubby recovering from a serious stroke . Avoid