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What happens is someone steals a car and then alters the vin plate and the reg number so it matches another car of the same type.
Mum bought a cloned car, anything we can do?
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What happens is someone steals a car and then alters the vin plate and the reg number so it matches another car of the same type.
You know that police have to do more than just arresting people? Apparently they have to investigate crimes too! Madness!
Give it a rest
no the police said he had no money.
You know that police have to do more than just arresting people? Apparently they have to investigate crimes too! Madness!
They can't arrest first given such evidence and then investigate? What did they have to investigate that takes a month?
Give it a rest
Why? Justify what took them so long? My comment was tongue in cheek, but it is totally ridiculous taking a month to investigate something so clear cut. The criminal could easily have moved in this time, how much longer would it have taken then?
I do hope you never need the police in a hurry, its people like you defending the indefensible that gives incompetent the ammunition to get away with slacking.
I'll have to assume not! Maybe they had to get an inspection done on the vehicle which could take a week? Maybe they were linking it to other people who have reported the same thing, and then needed to inspect their vehicles. Do you really expect them to just go round there and say "yeh, you're under arrest for cloning some cars. Unfortunately, i don't know how many car's you have cloned or the names of people you have scammed, or the amount of money you have taken off them because i haven't bothered to investigate the crime before i have come to nick you"
Your comments were tongue in cheek? Why are you arguing with me then?
True, the criminal could have moved out. But suppose the police went around straight away, nicked him without investigating first, and the case fell through. The criminal might then have moved away because he know's the police are onto him.
I do hope you never need the police in a hurry, its people like you defending the indefensible that gives incompetent the ammunition to get away with slacking.
I have needed the police in a hurry a few times and they've come as quickly as can be reasonably expected. However, i have the wit to see that 99% of the time it isn't the police officers slacking, it's the fact that they are quickly becoming desk bound by the hours and hours of paper work involved with every arrest. I'm sure Von et al will love the fact that you accuse them of slacking though.
It is quite clear you don't have a clue about what a police officer has to do and what they have to put up with due to stupid government decisions and middle management beaurocracy.
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They can't arrest first given such evidence and then investigate? What did they have to investigate that takes a month?
Why? Justify what took them so long? My comment was tongue in cheek, but it is totally ridiculous taking a month to investigate something so clear cut. The criminal could easily have moved in this time, how much longer would it have taken then?
I do hope you never need the police in a hurry, its people like you defending the indefensible that gives incompetent the ammunition to get away with slacking.
I think you need to brush up on how a protracted investigation is run.
As for clear cut, how do you know this ? He admitted to cloning 5 cars but would you take that as read or would you look deeper into it ?
Car cloning investigations are rarely clear cut and invariably take time and perhaps the fella was on his toes before the cops caught up with him or simply wasn't in at his home address when they tried previously ?
There are numerous reasons why it takes time and laziness is not usually one of them
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Gutted for your Ma mate, Really Gutted.
I think her only course now is to seek compo through the County courts.
hi guys i was in the same scam aswell buy the sounds off it.got told by the police there was a bad batch getting transferd to sundland from swansy a bad batch. why didnt they just shred them in swansey incompatant to me.i lost 22,500
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the guy who done me in the same scam was from lester i think travels i belive got no assets to frezze .i was done with 22,500 police give him a month two before they arrested him
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dose anyone no wher i will stand here i was a victum in a clone scam but they have found out that there is still 26 grand left owed on the car. do you think a can arange a payment with the finance company to settle out before it gose to cort because its going to run into thousands off pound and i might not even win the cass .plesa help i am devestaded
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I don't grasp what happened, other than you lost 22,500 / 26grand in some form of currency. Please redo these posts in legible and coherent English.
Thanks.
In all seriousness, you've repeated yourself 3 times...I think (I honestly don't understand the 2nd two posts) which is very confusing. Not a nice situation to be in though I must admit.
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You honestly had £22,500 to spend on a car?
Could you please give me some of the reasons it would take 30 days for them to investigate apart from they called and he was not in ?
Serious question as I'm not very familiar with law regarding cloning.
Thx jay.
I take it you are in Sunderland. Anything to do with Harkers removals?
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I don't grasp what happened, other than you lost 22,500 / 26grand in some form of currency. Please redo these posts in legible and coherent English.
Thanks.
In all seriousness, you've repeated yourself 3 times...I think (I honestly don't understand the 2nd two posts) which is very confusing. Not a nice situation to be in though I must admit.
sorry about that mate but in the 2 two posts i mean he is a traveler gyipsy and he has no assets to frezze he has been arrested from the lester area .i bought the car cash and it was a cloned car. i am trying to contact the fianance company to see what title i have on the car because i bought it in good faith.i have found out that there still is about 26grand left outstanding on the fianance.dose anyone no wher i stand sorry about the other posts
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no nothing to do with them if i was i would not be buying a second hand car haha.
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Best off speaking to the CAB as a first port of call...
who is the cab new to this sight
Citizens advice bureau