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

Number Nine · 15-05-2009 12:31PM #1

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.

ejmaztec · 15-05-2009 12:40PM

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

Abi · 15-05-2009 12:41PM

Thraed tiltes splet wrong mayke me crayzy.

Number Nine · 15-05-2009 12:44PM

Abigayle wrote: »

Thraed tiltes splet wrong mayke me crayzy.

Sorry Abigayle

I try to better next time

ejmaztec · 15-05-2009 12:45PM

Abigayle wrote: »

Thraed tiltes splet wrong mayke me crayzy.

Sorry to hear about your lexdysia.

bnagrrl · 15-05-2009 12:50PM

Abigayle wrote: »

Thraed tiltes splet wrong mayke me crayzy.

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

shamblertine · 15-05-2009 01:08PM

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

ScumLord · 15-05-2009 01:10PM

shamblertine wrote: »

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

And own a SAAB.

Dopey · 15-05-2009 01:13PM

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

lucylu · 15-05-2009 01:16PM

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

cjt156 · 15-05-2009 02:06PM

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.

Steoob · 15-05-2009 02:09PM

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?

Lord Derpington · 15-05-2009 02:22PM

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

Saibh · 15-05-2009 02:27PM

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!

15-05-2009 02:36PM

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.

phasers · 15-05-2009 02:38PM

Who on earth would rob a SAAB?

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

Jumpy · 15-05-2009 02:38PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

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

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

ejmaztec · 15-05-2009 02:58PM

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

petes · 15-05-2009 03:10PM

Random wrote: »

I smell fish.

Regularly?

Dubh Geannain · 15-05-2009 03:46PM

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

skywalker_208 · 15-05-2009 03:50PM

Random wrote: »

I smell fish.

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

Theta · 15-05-2009 04:01PM

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.

phasers · 15-05-2009 04:03PM

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.

murfie · 15-05-2009 04:07PM

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.

Theta · 15-05-2009 04:12PM

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.

The_Minister · 15-05-2009 04:28PM

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.

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

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