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• Want to sell year old Astra - best way? 25 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  scam artist will run off with my car. Does anyone have any tips of how best to sell a car of this age and get the best return? Many thanks Matthew
• Worth a call? 25 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  (withholding our number) and saying I'd called about the car. If the car has gone to a good home it would be interesting to have a chat with this chap but am I heading into some kinda scam?! Any comments, as ever, much appreicated. -- Lee .. A festivus for the rest of us.
• Renault Clio 1.5 Diesel - emissions claim 12 May 2021 (Forum)
  any car cookie when i got a online quote for the car. Just a question , Is it wise to follow up any on these emissions claim's via a decent company if you can find one or is it all a scam 
• any - Phishing, nearly caught out 7 Aug 2019 (Forum)
  what she'd done moments later. No harm done, B'card good as gold, card cancelled immediately, no suspicious events tonight, new card on the way. Just a reminder be careful out there people, wits about you at all times...to be fair the scam link was very well constructed.
• Peugeot 307 - sold car on ebay, buyer won't use paypal 15 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  to bid.  The winner now says he won't use paypal as he has "been scammed" before.  I think he wants to turn up with cash, find fault with the car and offer less.  Am I paranoid?  My instinct is to refuse and re-list.  Ta.
• Online Banking - *iMPORTANT* 24 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  scams but this one is incredibly realistic . If you look at the demo pages, it uses the real Barclays site but for the login it uses the fake one. The particular nice touch is the "BE AWARE OF FRAUDSTERS" Like I say, it's a smooth job and I do apologise for posting here but if at least a few
• How not to pass the L test 3 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  profit but now has two years inside to think about it. He was outside the test centre with a mobile phone so he could relay the answers to each individual via their hidden earpiece. The questions remain. Why only 97% sucess rate? Why did it take so long to identify the scam.
• best used car mag ? 9 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  car game, great stories about car dealers antics,mystery shoppers visiting showrooms unveiling scandulous selling scams. I'm not aware of any other used car mags on the market but it seems strange considering the used car business is far larger than the new car market. Steve G
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  Crash curse 28 Nov 2011 (Ask HJ)
  BBC Radio 4 ‘In Business’ drew attention to postcode loading by insurance companies, due to huge increases in "crash for cash" insurance fraud scams, very...
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  Should I pay a private parking fine? 3 Dec 2020 (Ask HJ)
  For the last 30 years, I've been using the Halfords near me. Recently, they have signs from UKPS that you can't park on the left side of the building....
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  Should my son give his credit card details to a motorcycle hire company following an accident? 14 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I read your FAQs about credit hire vehicles but would appreciate further advice. My son's motorbike was knocked over whilst it was parked. The car driver...
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  How can I be given a PCN when I'd already paid to park my car? 4 Jul 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I ate dinner at the Swan Hotel, Bedford on 19 December 2011. I arrived in darkness and left in darkness. The hotel charged me a £5 fee for the service...
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  How should I respond to an insurance claim scam? 26 May 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have heard from my insurers that CAA Claimsline claim that my car was involved in an incident: “You have hit their client's vehicle” and “do you accept...
• Car rental scam 6 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  Hi, I seem to have become an unwitting victim of some outrageous behaviour by a large multinational car rental company - who shall obviously remain nameless. I...
• Any - Cracking the whiplash 18 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/insurance/motorinsurance/9609751/Fewer-car-crashes-but-more-whiplash-claims.html We all knew this to be true, but the the scale of the scam is still quite shocking. "Police figures show a 20rise in 3rd party injury claims% fall
• Dodgy dealers 14 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  then ... Any other stories of scams ? This is my first new car purchase and I've been a little surprised by a couple of the antics.
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  Volkswagen emissions scandal - early business lease termination 21 Dec 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I'm a plumber and back in June 2014 I leased ( on a three year deal) a Touran through my business. It's fitted with the EA189. I'm thinking about approaching...
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  Scratching for money 1 Oct 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Regarding the recent email from SF of Ledsham, Mercedes-Benz Finance has been operating this scam for at least 5 years and it is time they were prosecuted...
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  Why are accident management companies able to charge huge rental charges to accident victims? 4 Jul 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I read with interest last week about insurance scams. I had an accident and was supplied with a BMW for five days during repairs by HelpHire, a management...
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  Car higher costs 27 Feb 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Are we obliged to go to the insurance company's preferred garage for repairs, or do we have a choice? My reason for asking is they seen to want the car...