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Car owners be on your gaurd, car scam comming to a town near you soon !

  • 15-05-2009 11:31am
    #1
    Number Nine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭


    Yesterday in Dundalk

    The owner of a local take away gets a call on his mobile from a person claiming to be working for the warrenty dept of SABB ireland. They told him there was a recall on his type of car . They went on to say that they were in the area and could remap his car computer today . The owner went on to tell them that it did not suit him as he was working . They said no problem they would have a tow truck pick it up . With in an hour a local tow truck came, The owner asked the driver was he taking the car to the local dealer in Blayney . The driver said he had got a call from SAAB ireland to collect the car and take it to the Park hotel car park. At this stage the owner knew there was something amiss . He redialed the number that had rang him to find out what the story was . When the person claiming to be from SAAB ireland seen the game was up he hung up the phone and since then the phone is switch off .
    The owner phoned SAAB ireland , there is no recall on the car and no one from SAAB ireland would phone a customer without contacting the local garage first.


Comments

  • #2
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,231 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    People are always falling for a Saab story.:pac:


  • #3
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    Thraed tiltes splet wrong mayke me crayzy.


  • #4
    Number Nine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Number Nine


    Abigayle wrote: »
    Thraed tiltes splet wrong mayke me crayzy.


    Sorry Abigayle

    I try to better next time :)


  • #5
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,231 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Abigayle wrote: »
    Thraed tiltes splet wrong mayke me crayzy.

    Sorry to hear about your lexdysia.


  • #6
    bnagrrl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭bnagrrl


    Abigayle wrote: »
    Thraed tiltes splet wrong mayke me crayzy.

    Oh noes, the scam is comming to get me! :pac:


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  • #7
    shamblertine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 888 ✭✭✭shamblertine


    in fairness you'd have to have a single digit iq to fall for something like that


  • #8
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    shamblertine wrote: »
    in fairness you'd have to have a single digit iq to fall for something like that
    And own a SAAB.


  • #9
    Dopey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 391 ✭✭Dopey


    Should I be worried about my 12 year old rusty Polo?


  • #10
    lucylu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,111 ✭✭✭lucylu


    Shame on you for not listening to Liveline 2 weeks ago...


  • #11
    cjt156
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭cjt156


    Dopey wrote: »
    Should I be worried about my 12 year old rusty Polo?

    Yeah, stick to the 14 year old, slightly musty Silvermints until further notice.


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  • #12
    Steoob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,552 ✭✭✭Steoob


    Number Nine wrote: »
    Yesterday in Dundalk

    The owner of a local take away gets a call on his mobile from a person claiming to be working for the warrenty dept of SABB ireland. They told him there was a recall on his type of car . They went on to say that they were in the area and could remap his car computer today . The owner went on to tell them that it did not suit him as he was working . They said no problem they would have a tow truck pick it up . With in an hour a local tow truck came, The owner asked the driver was he taking the car to the local dealer in Blayney . The driver said he had got a call from SAAB ireland to collect the car and take it to the Park hotel car park. At this stage the owner knew there was something amiss . He redialed the number that had rang him to find out what the story was . When the person claiming to be from SAAB ireland seen the game was up he hung up the phone and since then the phone is switch off .
    The owner phoned SAAB ireland , there is no recall on the car and no one from SAAB ireland would phone a customer without contacting the local garage first.
    WTF is a SABB?


  • #13
    Lord Derpington
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 946 ✭✭✭Lord Derpington


    Steoob wrote: »
    WTF is a SABB?

    Its a bank...
    SABB, The Saudi British Bank , Saudi Arabia duh :rolleyes:

    Why did he believe someone from the warranty department of the Saudi Arabia bank had anything to do with his car.. one digit IQ is right


  • #14
    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    Number Nine wrote: »
    Yesterday in Dundalk

    The owner of a local take away gets a call on his mobile from a person claiming to be working for the warrenty dept of SABB ireland. They told him there was a recall on his type of car . They went on to say that they were in the area and could remap his car computer today . The owner went on to tell them that it did not suit him as he was working . They said no problem they would have a tow truck pick it up . With in an hour a local tow truck came, The owner asked the driver was he taking the car to the local dealer in Blayney . The driver said he had got a call from SAAB ireland to collect the car and take it to the Park hotel car park. At this stage the owner knew there was something amiss . He redialed the number that had rang him to find out what the story was . When the person claiming to be from SAAB ireland seen the game was up he hung up the phone and since then the phone is switch off .
    The owner phoned SAAB ireland , there is no recall on the car and no one from SAAB ireland would phone a customer without contacting the local garage first.
    Steoob wrote: »
    WTF is a SABB?


    If you read the rest of the post, you would see that he was referring to a SAAB!


  • #15
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    Do people still fall for these types of things? A call out of the blue? An offer to tow your car away? I smell fish.


  • #16
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    Who on earth would rob a SAAB?


    A sign that the recession is hitting criminals harder than we thought.


  • #17
    Jumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    People are always falling for a Saab story.:pac:

    You had this planned with the OP all along didnt you?


  • #18
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,231 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Jumpy wrote: »
    You had this planned with the OP all along didnt you?

    Volvo didn't have the same ring about it, so a fiver made all the difference.:P


  • #19
    petes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    Random wrote: »
    I smell fish.


    Regularly?


  • #20
    Dubh Geannain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭Dubh Geannain


    Oh My God, It's A Mirage I'm Tellin' Y'all It's Saabotage


  • #21
    skywalker_208
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,350 ✭✭✭skywalker_208


    Random wrote: »
    I smell fish.

    Well they did ring the owner of the local chipper...... :rolleyes:


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  • #22
    Theta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭Theta


    phasers wrote: »
    Who on earth would rob a SAAB?


    A sign that the recession is hitting criminals harder than we thought.


    Well if it was a fairly new one they are worth a decent bit of cash which in most cases is the main motivation behind crime.


  • #23
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    irlmarc wrote: »
    Well if it was a fairly new one they are worth a decent bit of cash which in most cases is the main motivation behind crime.

    Oh right so.


  • #24
    murfie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 768 ✭✭✭murfie


    how did they know he owned a saab, to have his number and knew he owned a Saab is a little unsettling!

    I get those calls all the time here in the US. Automated but they are annoying.


  • #25
    Theta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭Theta


    Well i suppose they could have looked out for him driving to and from work or seem it parked outside the chipper. Yeah i hear there is a big scam with cold calling about car warranties in the states at the moment.


  • #26
    The_Minister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,255 ✭✭✭✭The_Minister


    shamblertine wrote: »
    in fairness you'd have to have a single digit iq to fall for something like that
    Given that an IQ of less than 70 is classified as retarded, someone with a single digit IQ would not have been able to get up to fall, if you catch my drift.


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