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Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:18 am

could someone please confirm for me if the following website is as dodgy as i think it is?

the initial link is to a gumtree ad advertising one months car insurance for the sum of £30gbp

the website it links to is a very amaturish site the has spelling mistakes, is only available by way of a mobile phone and is one of those free sites that you dont have to pay for hosting etc so my guess is its some noob scammer trying a new idea.

i think its likely that some mugu has got himself a new printer and is planning on just printing off fake insurance documents so people can use it to tax their cars

http://newcastle.gumtree.com/newcastle/48/59870948.html

http://insurancenowforthirtypounds.weebly.com/

if it is a scam what do you suggest i do about it??

Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:55 am

It is very amateur.
It looks like a fake site to me.
No company name ? suspicious !

Reply to the advert and tell them that your brother/sister got insurance from them and was pulled up by the police and they are now investigating it with the `serious fraud division`.

Kind regards
Sharky

Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:32 pm

I think this type of insurance is fairly common from major dealers. When I bought my last car, I got a week's insurance thrown in - as soon as I'd signed the papers to buy the car, I was given a number to ring which led to a call centre in India. A few short questions later, my insurance was registered & I was able to tax the car. The difference is that the insurance was arranged by the dealer through a major insurer (Aviva) & it was free. Once that was sorted, I was able to contact my regular insurer & have my policy transferred to the new car starting from the day I was due to pick it up.

It's possible that this is a legitimate business set up to perform the same function for smaller dealers, but I'd agree it looks a bit dodgy.

Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:02 pm

I like the business hours, 11am to 1pm or on sunday 11am to 12:30pm.

My kids can make a more convincing web page.

Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:11 pm

thanks for the replies guys,

so i think we are all in agreement that its a scam

whats the best course of action?

report it? shut it down? ring them up and let them know they're busted?

Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:53 pm

this might be a fake name wrote:

thanks for the replies guys,

so i think we are all in agreement that its a scam

whats the best course of action?

report it? shut it down? ring them up and let them know they're busted?

ring them and ask them their name etc, and post it on here

Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:55 pm

iMike wrote:

I think this type of insurance is fairly common from major dealers. When I bought my last car, I got a week's insurance thrown in - as soon as I'd signed the papers to buy the car, I was given a number to ring which led to a call centre in India. A few short questions later, my insurance was registered & I was able to tax the car. The difference is that the insurance was arranged by the dealer through a major insurer (Aviva) & it was free. Once that was sorted, I was able to contact my regular insurer & have my policy transferred to the new car starting from the day I was due to pick it up.

It's possible that this is a legitimate business set up to perform the same function for smaller dealers, but I'd agree it looks a bit dodgy.

Smaller dealers would use the same companies as major dealers and they would also use a landline phone number. i know, I have used one from a a car auction to get a vehicle taxed.
Yes I agree, a bit dodgy

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