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  1. D

    230 sl pagoda 29k miles going cheap or is it a scam!!

    Mercedes Pagoda 230SL | eBay
  2. I

    w128 220 SE Cabrio Scam

    Mercedes-Benz 220 SE | eBay
  3. ioweddie

    PRS - PPL Scam Anyone know for sure?

    We have the radio on at work, small company 10 people, occasional visitor/customer may come in. We have had to buy both of these licences. My sister in law owns a high street shop, one woman business, obviously shoppers/public entering the shop can hear the radio which is in the stock room but...
  4. Dave Richardson

    Vile E mail scam message

    A warning of this message was posted on skyuser.co.uk the other day, however it arrived in my in box today along with the RAR file to open. Here is a copy of the message Dear [email address removed] We have been sent a sample of your blood analysis for further research. During the...
  5. T

    Car hire scam

    I dont know how often members hire a car. I do so on a regular basis and have just been subject to a scam which I am puzzled as how to avoid. Using Easyrent at Manchester airport I was told on pickup that I had been charged for 3 gallon of fuel and to bring the car back empty. Because I had to...
  6. kalvin928

    another scam ebay.. gotta be

    2006 Mercedes E63 AMG Special Edition | eBay seller rating stats it all
  7. Spinal

    Spanish Car Hire Scam?

    I've been looking to hire a car in Spain for a week, only to find that most of the car hire companies are looking to charge for a full tank of fuel up-front... with the intention that I return the car empty. Leaving aside the difficulty in returning the car empty, does anyone know what they...
  8. NOMONEYBUTAMERC

    Another Paypal/ Ebay scam.

    Received an email earlier from "[email protected]" "Your Paypal reset failed . we received a request to change password , etc, etc from IP Address 82.30.120.166 . please open attached document PP85942 to verify your details. " This is the third attempt in the last few weeks that some **** has...
  9. AMGeed

    E55 advery and potential scam.

    I answered an ad yesterday evening that had been put on Gumtree 6 hrs previously for a highly specced E55. What caught my eye was the fact it was a facelift '54plate, almost every extra and only £6500! I emailed the owner, through Gumtree asking him to confirm the price along with a few other...
  10. F

    Beware selling scam

    I have recently been trying to sell my 2 cars. First was my merc. here & in our local paper, which included 5 outlets. One turned out to be an internet. I received a very quick reply with an email address of :[email protected] : asking for further details. The text contained grammatical...
  11. bpsorrel

    New Russian driving scam

    The latest Russian driving scam and one of the reasons why almost all Russian drivers have a car camera now! (including me!) BcGAKqANOzE
  12. I

    Too cheap - Scam?

    I know prices are coming down but this is surely too good to be true...
  13. michaelk3289

    scam?

    Mercedes 280se coupe auto | eBay 2 days left, and only 1 bid
  14. B

    W124 300TD 54k £1175.00! scam surely

    Mercedes W124 Diesel Estate 7 Seater 54,00 miles Full Meredes History in Moray | Used Mercedes-Benz for sale | Gumtree.com This must be a scam, picture looks to be one from Nick Froomes site. What are they looking for? Email address', phone numbers or maybe a holding deposit sent by BACS to...
  15. M

    Automatic Renewal Scam

    Having just returned home from four months working away, I've reviewed a number of letters from RSA insurance demanding payment for the automatic renewal of my car insurance and threatening to set the bailiffs on me if I don't cough up £90. I sold the car before the renewal, they obviously...
  16. markjay

    ProSearch - genuine or scam?

    I received a letter recently from a company called ProSearch. They say they have been contracted by an unnamed third party to search for any relatives of - the letter mentions my grandmother's name, who passed away some 50 years ago, but never lived at the address they quote - in relation to...
  17. travelininstyle

    Legal position over watch scam

    Okay Guys,I recently acquired this beautiful vintage watch - it ran fine,but the winding crown was a little stiff,so I contacted the seller in the US - whom agreed for the watch to be sent to a UK watch repairer and assessed and he would pay for the remedial work - rather than send back to the...
  18. M

    HM Customs Phishing Scam

    Hi all, in the hope that it may stop even one member going that next step ! Received this mail in my Hotmail Junk Folder this morning (This means nothing as perfectly genuine mails also get dumped there !) sender HM Revenue and Customs Subject Tax Refund New Message Alert Without succumbing...
  19. T

    Avis Car Rental - nasty little e-rate scam

    I have just sent the mail below to Avis Customer services. Not happy! Hello, I am a frequent traveller and have used Avis cars on my company contract. I made a private booking with Avis from Catania Airport, details as follows: Rental Agreement No. xxxxx Start: xx/4/12 End [7 days later]...
  20. Spinal

    HPI Guarantee - a scam?

    A thing hit me today... hpi offer some guarantee with their checks; so if anything goes wrong, they cover you for £30k or so. That said, if you buy the car for 30% less than "market value" the guarantee doesn't apply. The "market value" is their internal market value... which for the last...
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