Scam?

Can you please tell me if the following is genuine, I am extremely dubious: "The following customer is interested in the vehicle you are advertising on http://www.autotrader.co.uk Received: 9 March 2011...

Is this a scam?

Been offered a great private deal on a used Porsche currently in Murcia, Spain. Logistics to be handled by http://www.scjtranslog.com/ who claim to specialise in being middlemen on vehicle deals and...

Insurance Scam?

I received a call on my home phone from an "international" number. The caller asked for me by name and said that she believed I had been involved in an accident. I have not so I terminated the call. On...

My girlfriend has received a spurious request for payment for a credit hire car following an accident - is it a scam?

My girlfriend was involved in an accident in Nov 2009 where she rear-ended someone at a roundabout. Her car is a company car and insurance is arranged by her employers. She admitted liability, her car...

Are the people repairing our car deliberately delaying the process?

I think we are victims of a scam. My wife was involved in a car crash just over two months ago. Our insurers, Acromas (formerly Saga), arranged for the car to be picked up and repaired by a garage in Dronfield....

Car Insurance Renewal Shock!

Just got my insurance renewal through from Zurich Connect. Last year I paid £283.48, this year they want £1,158.40. No changes to policy and no claims in the past 12 months. A rise of over 300%. I called...

What precautions can be taken against whiplash claim scammers and accident management companies?

I have been following your correspondence concerning "Claims Management" and whiplash scams. Can you give advice what to do at the time of an incident, please? Is it possible to deter the other party...

Credulust - the credit hire scam

Back in December 2008 I was involved in a minor road accident. A white van reversed into my stationary car damaging the front. The driver admitted liability at the time and this was confirmed in writing...

Why are scammers trying to find out whether I've been in an accident?

A few months ago I received a cold call. The caller said he wanted to confirm that a car registered at my address had been involved in a "minor accident". He would not provide details of who he was nor...

Clone stranger

I read in the Motoring column today's Daily Telegraph that you have an interest in occasions of car cloning. I thought I ought to report to you a recent phone call I had from an Indian man who said that...