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Mike Ruff, GW editor
KeymasterScammers are continuing to target garages with a widely-used ‘card not present’ method where tyres are purchased over the phone using stolen card deta
[See the full post at: Garages still being targeted by ‘card not present’ tyre scam, IGA warns]Meat-Head
Blocked#saynoto0845 that post is wrong the law states you CANNOT USE AN 0845 NUMBER FOR AFTERSALES. No mention of call charges or mentions of access charges.
Iga need their arse kicking i have told them before
Brian Waite
GuestThey got my garage about 5 years ago, some guy in London bought some electrical goods (Radio, Sub etc) and paid by card. A Local courier to me picked up the stuff to deliver to London, before the driver got there he got a call to say the shop was closing and could he deliver to a block of flats. As he arrived at the flats a guy came out and signed for them and then put it in his car and drove away. The driver thought it was odd so he took the reg number.
i got stung for £1700 and the courier got stung for the delivery. We called the police with the reg number but the guy said lots of people use the car and it wasn’t him…….no action taken. I lost my goods and then got the charge back from the credit card company for the goods.
Don’t allow card purchases now unless the person is on site with the pin number for their card.
Andrew Maccreadie
GuestWe narrowly avoided being duped by this scam a few years ago, unfortunately neither the card company or the police were slightest bit interested, referring us to the worlds most useless organisation “Action Fraud” The card issuer would not even check with the card holder to see if they still had posession of the card or wether they had made the purchase. The amount of money involved was over two thousand pounds.
Dave
GuestRecently had the call from the scammers, asking for 4 x Mitchelin 265/35/19Y tyres.
Mobile number they used was 07467 163056 – beware !! Didn’t fall for it !!Meat-Head
BlockedYou also have to think how can the public fit tyres anyway
Ok so a local garage needs an xyz tyre, your going to get some greaseball to cone in for it and pay cash anyway!
Lee
GuestWe were caught about 5 years ago. The advice from NatWest is not true. We got hit for over £4000 which was charged back. This didn’t happen until 6 months later. We had addresses and all card details. The bank told us we had to provide a signature to keep the money. The only way to be sure is to not take any money over the phone, or only from customers you know. We did go to the press and hope our story helped a few garages out. We just wish that this important paragraph had been pointed out in the terms and conditions! We now only take up to a limit of £50 on the phone.
Mr T
GuestWe had a customer phone and require about 255 35 20 Michelin tyres for a Mercedes GLC. We ordered them for customer, when i phoned to book them in to be fitted, customer told me that they were for collect only (which never happens) and could they pay over the phone, alarm bells started to ring as i remember reading the article above. Asked for payment to made by BACS and have never heard from them again. Luckily i can return tyres. Mobile used was 07501031403 under the name of Simon Peterson
Lynne
GuestHad a call today, guy calling himself Tyler Wiggins mobile number 07771 082769. He was looking for Michelin Pilot Spt 4 275/30/20 for BA19 KRK (but he struggled with the registration number of his car). Oddly that tyre is not a size listed for an AMG GLE 43 NIGHT EDITION. Told him it would take me a couple of days to get them and he happily said to call him when they arrive:) I knew straight off that he was full of you know what but I am not ordering the tyres and will await his call back to see if they are here.
steve
Guesthad call from guy last week tel 07471329332 wanting to purchase 4 Michelin 315 x 35 20. i told him it was a scam and told him to bugger off. next week he rang me from same number so i went along with it. he gave me card details which i never put through. rang me 10 mins later to check payment clearance so i told him it had cleared. next morning a darker gentleman i plain grey vivaro van reg fh66zrz turned up an collected 4 of my scrap casings. 2 mins after the van left the scammer rang me to inform me he had picked up the wrong tyres. at this point i thanked the gentleman for is services of taking my scrap tyres and explained the law of karma to him and wished him a great day
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