Terzo 333

I have just recieved a phone call from the following number...01592 777800.

To cut a long story short, he mentioned my Impreza was in the autotrader and that he was ringing as he was from a new magazine (can't recall what it was called) and was wondering if I wanted to recieve it. (All to do with buying and selling cars)

I can't believe I have just done this, but I gave him my name and address The bloke sounded either South African or Asian, and sounded really genuine, and as if he was sat in a cold call centre. With hindsight I shouldn't have given my address out as these "steal to order" gangs are more and more sophisticated.

What shall I do now ? Has anyone else had a such a phone call ? Should I be worried ? Call the police ?

Help !

Thanks

Matt

* Edited to add - I'm not linking S Africans or Asians with car theft, as it may sound above *

sti-04!!

its a company called auto-user group, they foned me when i sold my last focus (not the rs) & they sent me a mag, they do it all the time

chill its cool

Mr Slim

Do you have somewhere else other than your place to leave the car. E.G mothers, inlaws, mate's house, if so I would leave it there for a while, you never know. As you have the number I would also ring them back and tell them not to bother with the Mag as you have just sold the car. This might put them off if they are a nick squad.

Hope were both wrong. See ya Paul.

alcazar

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Alcazar

wakeboardar

big steering lock

matty RA.

i just had it the other week, recived the mag and now the ring me 2 tell me that they got people interested in buyin it..4 a price of corse about £80. i wouldnt worry to much or though my call was from a land line...chill

Tentenths

Why not just call the number back - the way in which it is answered combined with a few probing questions should quickly establish if it's genuine or not.

I don't s'pose its too much to worry about anyway - after all they did "reveal" their phone number. Incidentally, the number does appear to be a "golden" number and I can't see the average criminal stretching to one of those

john banks

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Terzo 333

Thanks for the replies - at least i know I'm not going to get someone turning up with baseball bats wanting my keys !

I have rang them back telling them to take me off the "list", and if I realised they were canvassers I would have ignored their initial call in the first place

To55ers

MJW

Yep its a scam thats being doing the rounds for a bit now :
'Ah, I see you live in the Outer Hebrides - well we have 30 local people who are interested in your car, and for a fee we'll put them in touch with you'. Leave well alone !
And disconnect your door handles from the mains supply, no-one's gonna nick it !

BMWhere?

I got that call too when I was selling the RB5. I just told them I wasn't interested and hung up! Really p1$$ed me off though, I pay to put an advert in Auto-Trader, get absolutely no calls of genuine customers and the phone never stops ringing from con-companies claiming they have a buyer lined up, you get your money back if they take out finance etc. etc. Even when you hang up and tell them to p1$$ off they ring you back a week later to try again! I'll stick to advertising on ScoobyNet in future... it costs less any you only get genuine buyers!

Soapy Sam

Be careful if what sounds like a genuine buyer who makes an appointment to view doesn't turn up.

Happened to me once, I was just pissed off he didn't show, next morning there was just a small pile of quarter light glass left on the drive. Luckily it was an old festy, not a scoob.... and I'd even given him directions to the house - doh!

ian_sadler

I've got a car in the Autotrader and just had the same people phone up. Just have to wait and see what the mag is like

Fatman

Courtesy of Google, that number is listed as a "junk mail caller" (http://www.ajlelectronics.co.uk/junk.htm). No idea what that site's about, but it's one of Google's two hits on "01592 777800"