Elaborate scam?

Flossie · Mar 1, 2019

I've had a log book V5c turn up at my house for a car I've never owned.
The house name, number and address including the postcode is Bob on, just the name is wrong.
It's for change of ownership to someone called Gabby Gab which sounds made up.
Why would someone do that?

Flossie · Mar 1, 2019

I would just send it back but I'm too tight to pay for a stamp and CBA anyway.
Informed dvlc via email but it wasn't a straight forward exercise as it involved ticking boxes best suited to my issue but my issue wasn't covered.

neilly · Mar 1, 2019

Well I hope you SORN it , you are going to have a hell of a time getting an MOT.......LOL.

Tis a bizarre one, wait til you get the parking tickets and speeding fines.

Cheers

flat · Mar 1, 2019

That sounds wrong, ring the DVLA and see what they say

Beneagles · Mar 1, 2019

Seems it has a years MOT....maybe a courier will deliver it later!

Si Click · Mar 1, 2019

You might want to touch base with the Police as well. Someone may be planning to use the vehicle for illegal purposes and wants the Old Bill to be knocking at your door not theirs.

Hicap phill · Mar 1, 2019

Fill it in as scrap & hand it to the post office.

Flossie · Mar 1, 2019

Hicap phill said:
Fill it in as scrap & hand it to the post office.

I did think of that one!

Wimblowdriver · Mar 1, 2019

No doubt in my mind it will be used for crime. Think ram raids, drug dealers. The flack will land on your doorstep. DEFINITELY report it to the police and get a reference / crime number from them, insist they record your reporting it. Many years ago my bruvver had his car cloned (tax disc stolen and put on an identical car with matching reg plates), he hadn't noticed the tax disc was missing until the police turned up on his doorstep - cloned car was used in a bank raid or something like.
Oh, and once you have reported it to the police they should be on the lookout for it.

kevstar · Mar 1, 2019

Hicap phill said:
Fill it in as scrap & hand it to the post office.

That's exactly what I was thinking before your comment haha

Flossie · Mar 1, 2019

Wimblowdriver said:
No doubt in my mind it will be used for crime. Think ram raids, drug dealers. The flack will land on your doorstep. DEFINITELY report it to the police and get a reference / crime number from them, insist they record your reporting it. Many years ago my bruvver had his car cloned (tax disc stolen and put on an identical car with matching reg plates), he hadn't noticed the tax disc was missing until the police turned up on his doorstep - cloned car was used in a bank raid or something like.
Oh, and once you have reported it to the police they should be on the lookout for it.

Okay, just reported it and got an incident number.

Flossie · Mar 1, 2019

flat said:
That sounds wrong, ring the DVLA and see what they say

I couldn't find a number straight away so I gave up hahaha!
All this online stuff does my head in sometimes when you just want to speak to a human.

neilly · Mar 1, 2019

Flossie said:
I couldn't find a number straight away so I gave up hahaha!
All this online stuff does my head in sometimes when you just want to speak to a human.

A phone number is not much better....

please choose option 1
option 3
option 5
option 2
blah de blah blah...............

try calling the inland bleeding revenue....................

I think you should buy a matchbox car that fits the description, so at least you can put the piece of paper to a vehicle.

Cheers

Cheers

Dippypud · Mar 1, 2019

Flossie said:
I couldn't find a number straight away so I gave up hahaha!
All this online stuff does my head in sometimes when you just want to speak to a human.

Don't be silly it's St. Davids Day, they wont want to talk to you ... they're in the pub singing rugger songs ...

dieseldog69 · Mar 1, 2019

I would have reported it as stolen and then let plod catch up with them, obviously criminal and FFS "Gabby Gab" who the funk thinks that won't go unnoticed.

Knappster · Mar 2, 2019

Wimblowdriver said:
No doubt in my mind it will be used for crime. Think ram raids, drug dealers. The flack will land on your doorstep. DEFINITELY report it to the police and get a reference / crime number from them, insist they record your reporting it. Many years ago my bruvver had his car cloned (tax disc stolen and put on an identical car with matching reg plates), he hadn't noticed the tax disc was missing until the police turned up on his doorstep - cloned car was used in a bank raid or something like.
Oh, and once you have reported it to the police they should be on the lookout for it.

Definitely report it to the police and DVLA. For the cost of a stamp to the DVLA, you’ll save yourself a lot of grief. The chances are you’ll get some dubious insurance documents at some point too. Get a police incident number. They’ll run some checks on the vehicle to see whether it is involved in criminal activity. You won’t be told what they find out but you’ll save yourself repeated visits asking if you own it.

Flossie · Mar 2, 2019

Got incident number and police operator said they will contact dvlc although I've already done it online but unsure if that was successful.

Hippo · Mar 2, 2019

Don't fill out the v5. By doing so yer become part of wotever is going on.

It's er bit like credit card crime on yer own card by someone else. The crime is between the perpetrator and the card issuer, not you.

derwendolly · Mar 2, 2019

Dippypud said:
Don't be silly it's St. Davids Day, they wont want to talk to you ... they're in the pub singing rugger songs ...

Strangely, St David's day seemed to go by very quietly, I think they are all still celebrating their unexpected win against England!

Flossie · Mar 2, 2019

The police rang me earlier to say there is nothing untoward concerning the vehicle and it's an administrative error, wouldn't tell me anymore about it.
Job jobbed then.

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