WARNING ELAN FRAUD
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:50 am
The story is as follows,
I was looking on the internet for a S1,2,3 Elan and found on the Dutch site AutoScout24 a S2, year 1965. I started enquiries on 17 August. I sent an e-mail to the seller. She is called Johanna Doblhofer and seemed to be Austrian. As it now seems she still adverts the car in virtually all European counties, see: http://www.fyndtorget.se/annons.php?id=105779
She was selling the car because she was divorced and the car had been a present from her ex-husband. She wanted to get rid of the car. She also said that she had moved from Amsterdam to work in Liverpool and that a left-hand drive car was a problem for her.
She sent me two pdf files, one with photos and one with the cars documents.
By post I got the ?real? documents which are Austrian.
The car is chassis number US65264066 with engine number LP2368LBA, colour blue.
Legally the car is mine because I have a contract, I have paid, have the documents, but no car!
She said that we could use EKM-Express for a safe money exchange. See, http://www.ekm-express.com/ Contact person: Marcus Peterson.
This company got good feedback on e-bay so I trusted them and her.
I paid 7200 euro via a Barclay Bank in London, Kenton Park Parade Branch.
EKM confirmed that my money had arrived and that the car was put onto transport on 2 September and would arrive on 6 September between 15.00 and 18.00 hours at my address in Holland.
The car did not and has not arrived, Also nor Doblhofer nor EKM are responding to my e-mails anymore. I have notified London and Dutch Police and reported the fraud at www.actionfraud.or.uk
I can send you more detail if wanted.
Here are some links.
http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&sugex ... a=N&tab=wi
This is the woman?s ID card only other name same face.
http://www.google.nl/search?um=1&hl=nl& ... l1.5.3l9l0
This is the car on page 4 and 5.
If any one can help me tracing the car which I suppose is in the UK or can be of assistance in getting back my money this would be extremely appreciated!
Regards
Ray
I was looking on the internet for a S1,2,3 Elan and found on the Dutch site AutoScout24 a S2, year 1965. I started enquiries on 17 August. I sent an e-mail to the seller. She is called Johanna Doblhofer and seemed to be Austrian. As it now seems she still adverts the car in virtually all European counties, see: http://www.fyndtorget.se/annons.php?id=105779
She was selling the car because she was divorced and the car had been a present from her ex-husband. She wanted to get rid of the car. She also said that she had moved from Amsterdam to work in Liverpool and that a left-hand drive car was a problem for her.
She sent me two pdf files, one with photos and one with the cars documents.
By post I got the ?real? documents which are Austrian.
The car is chassis number US65264066 with engine number LP2368LBA, colour blue.
Legally the car is mine because I have a contract, I have paid, have the documents, but no car!
She said that we could use EKM-Express for a safe money exchange. See, http://www.ekm-express.com/ Contact person: Marcus Peterson.
This company got good feedback on e-bay so I trusted them and her.
I paid 7200 euro via a Barclay Bank in London, Kenton Park Parade Branch.
EKM confirmed that my money had arrived and that the car was put onto transport on 2 September and would arrive on 6 September between 15.00 and 18.00 hours at my address in Holland.
The car did not and has not arrived, Also nor Doblhofer nor EKM are responding to my e-mails anymore. I have notified London and Dutch Police and reported the fraud at www.actionfraud.or.uk
I can send you more detail if wanted.
Here are some links.
http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&sugex ... a=N&tab=wi
This is the woman?s ID card only other name same face.
http://www.google.nl/search?um=1&hl=nl& ... l1.5.3l9l0
This is the car on page 4 and 5.
If any one can help me tracing the car which I suppose is in the UK or can be of assistance in getting back my money this would be extremely appreciated!
Regards
Ray