scam alert

[rickwales]

I recently listed my Princess 25 on ebay, I was earlier googling princess 25 and came up with my own boat listed on a site boats-from.co.uk
This site is obviously a scam as I had not ever heard of them before and they provide no contact details
when I challenged them the listing vanished in minutes (although still shows on google)
This company has a fake uk address but has dozens of boats listed

 

[maverickofpoole]

We all need to be on our toes, thanks for posting

 

[Momac]

I recently listed my Princess 25 on ebay, I was earlier googling princess 25 and came up with my own boat listed on a site boats-from.co.uk
This site is obviously a scam as I had not ever heard of them before and they provide no contact details
when I challenged them the listing vanished in minutes (although still shows on google)
This company has a fake uk address but has dozens of boats listed

What did the police say about it ?

 

[superheat6k]

But if it increases your boat's exposure to the market what is the problem ?

They are looking to scam someone else, but along the way your boat may be seen by someone who would not have otherwise have seen it, and for all their flaws, not many boat buyers are fools.

(OK I might be completely out on the last remark !!!)

BTW no connection to boats-from.co.uk

 

[rickwales]

What did the police say about it ?

They were completely not interested, nothing had happened so suggested I contact trading standards

 

[rickwales]

But if it increases your boat's exposure to the market what is the problem ?

They are looking to scam someone else, but along the way your boat may be seen by someone who would not have otherwise have seen it, and for all their flaws, not many boat buyers are fools.

(OK I might be completely out on the last remark !!!)

BTW no connection to boats-from.co.uk

Yes I did consider that but as it gives now contact details it doesn’t really help although it did get my boat to the top of google search

 

[rickwales]

Yes I did consider that but as it gives no contact details it doesn’t really help although it did get my boat to the top of google search but provided no means of contacting me

 

[Momac]

They were completely not interested, nothing had happened so suggested I contact trading standards

I am not surprised.
I thought conspiracy to be a crime and I also thought crime prevention to be part of the duties of the police. However it seems the police don’t.

 

[Tamar]

They were completely not interested, nothing had happened so suggested I contact trading standards

I'm not surprised they are not interested.
They don't have the manpower to investigate.

 

[Assassin]

They were completely not interested, nothing had happened so suggested I contact trading standards

Unsuprising as the police like passing the buck (like others) and they wouldn't deem it a criminal offence and suggest you report it as fraud which is a civil offence, and as most people know it is all about paperwork and statistics as well as money.

If it is reported as fraud the reports go to a company based in Scotland and they aren't interested and will only pass it back to the appropriate police force if you can give them their website, names and UK addresses of all those involved along with their shoe sizes and what brand of toilet paper they use, only then will it be passed back to the police for investigation if it is within £1's worth of fuel from a police station, and if the police can be bothered, and if they deem it worthy of a positive outcome to make their paperwork statistics look good.

I am not surprised.
I thought conspiracy to be a crime and I also thought crime prevention to be part of the duties of the police. However it seems the police don’t.

Conspiracy to commit an offence, note the wording Martyn, add the word criminal before offence and they may raise an eyebrow if you are lucky, they aren't bothered until an offence has been committed and has been recorded and classified to whatever group or classification (usually downgraded) they see fit to deem it as. Mind you, if your location is correct them you have one of the worst police forces for cover up's and their staff run rampant, they even gave office staff marked police cars to drive to work and back in, totally illegal.

I'm not surprised they are not interested.
They don't have the manpower to investigate.

Don't they? merely an excuse not to do the job they are paid for, report a crime on their current agenda such as calling your neighbour and you get 6 police cars, 2 firearms cars, and even the helicopter; so where do they suddenly appear from?