Garda rang about garage drive off

robbie_998

why the hell do i have ballyfermot gardi ringing this early in the morning saying theres a ****ing megane registered in my name doing a drive off at a topaz.

a ****ing megane of all **** heaps !

whats going on there folks... a new type of scam here ?

robbie_998

grand... this is not a piss take so....


just rang the garda station directly from a number i got online and different girl answered the phone and i asked her about this.

she turned around and said "oh yeah "garda bla" was doing that, do you wanna talk to her ?"

i nearly shat myself AH help me please !

Quackles

Posting here does not constitute an alibi, they have the Internet on phones now.

Micky Dolenz

Burn out the car while you still have the time

or

just say sorry and pay for the petrol.

Gummy Panda

Shoot up the garda station like in The Terminator

robbie_998

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Burn out the car while you still have the time

I would if i could but i've never seen this car before in my life !

i now have to live with the shame that the very first car registered in my name was a 01 megane

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

just say sorry and pay for the petrol.

petrol prices man !!!


actually serious question though.. how does this effect my driving license and what not ? why did the gardi not cop on that i have no insurance and the likes ?

they got my name, address and phone number right like and it was the gardi that called cos i rang the station itself back and they confirmed!

do i have penalty points ? fines ? summons ? what the hell do i do ???

also theres a vehicle registered in my name... what the hell do i do about that ?

Dravokivich

robbie_998 wrote: »

also theres a vehicle registered in my name... what the hell do i do about that ?

Tell them it's not yours...

Micky Dolenz

Dravokivich wrote: »

Tell them it's not yours...

Oh yeah, Why didn't I think of that.

xzanti

Go post on Boards about it.. oh wait.

Dravokivich

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Oh yeah, Why didn't I think of that.

Because you got caght up in the Stereotype of the OP saying he's from Ballyer! :pac:

robbie_998

Dravokivich wrote: »

Because you got caght up in the Stereotype of the OP saying he's from Ballyer! :pac:

no way in hell am i from ballyer !!!

im a clondalkin head thank you !


and just one last serious questions.. will i ave penalty points, fines or anything over my head on this thing ?

cheers.

Dravokivich

haha, Clondalkin is just as bad. From round there meself. :P

Not your car, tell them that.

If it is registered under your details... you've somehow become a victim of identity theft. I'd be more concerned with that, then penalty pionts or fines.

Quazzie

robbie_998 wrote: »

and just one last serious questions.. will i ave penalty points, fines or anything over my head on this thing ?

cheers.

No. You might have to make a court appearance though to prove your innocence.

robbie_998

Dravokivich wrote: »

haha, Clondalkin is just as bad. From round there meself. :P

Not your car, tell them that.

If it is registered under your details... you've somehow become a victim of identity theft. I'd be more concerned with that, then penalty pionts or fines.

i've never lost a wallet, passport or driving license in my life... still have them all.. bank card.. only ever had the one and its grand. no unusual transactions on the statement... use the same bank trustworthy machines all the time and never had a problem

what should i be looking out for here ?

Quazzie wrote: »

No. You might have to make a court appearance though to prove your innocence.

grand, any excuse for a day off !

Sunnyisland

We all know that clondalkin is an of spring of Ballyer :-)



Re the incident, penalty points might be last of your worries,,as far as i know its an offence when you sell on your car not to change names ,addresses etc.And that is if it wasent you do the drive off :-)

the_syco

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Oh yeah, Why didn't I think of that.

Um, recheck what account you're signed in under... :P

=-=

OP; if the car "belongs" to you, it may have been "bought" by you, and you may "owe" money on it. Sounds like you have become a victim of ID theft. If you have, you're f**ked. As you may be in negative equity on a few houses.

Random idea: go into a few banks with your ID, and ask what's your bank account, as you have "forgotten" you account number...

Dravokivich

they dont have to steal from you when using your identity.

i'd be going to the gardai wondering how it could of happened. especially as you said, you dont own a car.

MagicSean

Dravokivich wrote: »

haha, Clondalkin is just as bad. From round there meself. :P

Not your car, tell them that.

If it is registered under your details... you've somehow become a victim of identity theft. I'd be more concerned with that, then penalty pionts or fines.

It's not often cars are registered under a victims name because the offender needs access to their mail to intercept the registration cert when it's sent out. This means that the person who does it would have to be family/housemate/neighbour/postman. Op if you have never owned a car you need to contact Shannon asap and get your name off it before you start getting speeding fines and toll bridge bills. You also need to make an official complaint about it at your local station and get it investigated.

MagicSean

Dravokivich wrote: »

they dont have to steal from you when using your identity.

i'd be going to the gardai wondering how it could of happened. especially as you said, you dont own a car.

When you buy a car you don't need id. You just put your details on the cert and the person sends it off. If the car is registered to the op at the correct address this is what happened. As I said before it means someone would need to intercept the cert in the post though.

the_syco

robbie_998 wrote: »

what should i be looking out for here ?

Victims of ID theft only find out when the law comes down on them for failure to pay taxes and/or loans, for hit and runs, etc.

If your ID has been stolen, you don't know until it's too late. I'd ring the Gardai, and get them to put out an alert that the car isn't yours, and because it's not yours you don't have tax or insurance for it. Also point out that you fear the person in it is impersonating you.

MagicSean

You should also ask to look at the CCTV for the drive off to see if you recognise the thief. Also have a think about wether anyone has asked you to keep mail for them in the past.

Someone has made a set of plates with your number on it and stuck them on a similar looking car, that's all.
An easy thing to do, all he has to do is walk around a car park and find another car like his and copy the plates.

Until it's stopped, you'll have to keep a record of the cars whereabouts.

The ringer car may collect a few speeding tickets, M50 tolls, and other thingc have the Garda accepted that your car wasn't involved.

edit:if you'd posted this in motors, you would have been given a serious answer straight away!

MagicSean

Deleted User wrote: »

Someone has made a set of plates with your number on it and stuck them on a similar looking car, that's all.
An easy thing to do, all he has to do is walk around a car park and find another car like his and copy the plates.

Until it's stopped, you'll have to keep a record of the cars whereabouts.

The ringer car may collect a few speeding tickets, M50 tolls, and other thingc have the Garda accepted that your car wasn't involved.

Op doesn't own a car though.

Vicxas

Jesus man that sounds serious, id say get off boards and get down to the garda station pronto.... then come back and tell us.

oppenheimer1

robbie_998 wrote: »

why the hell do i have ballyfermot gardi ringing this early in the morning saying theres a ****ing megane registered in my name doing a drive off at a topaz.

a ****ing megane of all **** heaps !

whats going on there folks... a new type of scam here ?

You should be fucking ashamed of yourself OP

for driving a Megane

k_mac

k_mac wrote: »

Op doesn't own a car though.

oops

Identity theft or clumsy admin! Identity theft is easy, just stealing a letter out of your front door will give someone your name and address.

Plazaman

robbie_998 wrote: »

i now have to live with the shame that the very first car registered in my name was a 01 megane

So you had an 01 Megane but you don't own a car now ?

What happened the Megane? Did you sell it on to someone, if so did you complete the relevant paperwork (RF200 to the motor tax office)? If not your details for that car are still registered on the motor tax database.

However if the car is still sitting in your driveway not used, ask the Guards to come around to check it and aompare with the bilkers car.

Dravokivich

he has never had a car. he's saying that because of this, its going to appear that he had a megane.

FatherLen

hold on we havent asked if it was him that did it yet.

op are you just guilty and tryin to play the innocent act?
where were you at 11pm last night?????

BlueDrax

If the car's registered in your name, can't you report it as stolen?

pickarooney

BlueDrax wrote: »

If the car's registered in your name, can't you report it as stolen?

Or the opposite of stolen, whereby you come to own a car without ever having bought it.

Cianos

pickarooney wrote: »

Or the opposite of stolen, whereby you come to own a car without ever having bought it.

Exactly. Look on the bright side OP, someone was kind enough to get you a free car.

Dravokivich

Cianos wrote: »

Exactly. Look on the bright side OP, someone was kind enough to get you a free car.

well for the price of petrol... but yeah...

biko

Deleted User wrote: »

edit:if you'd posted this in motors, you would have been given a serious answer straight away!

This.