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Topic: Possible scam stolen Swift Lifestyle

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romany

20/1/2016 at 4:54pm
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I have been thinking of moving into motor homes and saw this wonderful add on gumtree

2002 Swift Lifestyle 630l £7,000 obviously to good to be true but then seller replied to an email saying he was posted to Afghanistan and had to sell quickly, so I asked for the CHRIS No and No plate so I could do a check.

He didnt come back with either, but I did manage to piece the No plate together from pictures he had sent HY52 YFP unfortunately this came back as a 2002 green vauxhall so folks keep away from it I have informed the boys in blue

yotanka62

20/1/2016 at 5:39pm
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Same type of scam they did a few years ago with a caravan. Again too good to be true. On a airbase in Scotland and would bring it to you. Being posted abroad and needed a quick sell... Was a scam and went on for quite a while.

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20/1/2016 at 8:37pm
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I was hoping that if anyone had a lifestyle stolen they may see this although the police said they had no stolen vehicle on record so may have been taken from a storage unit and not missed yet

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Sounds like a standard scam that gets posted on all sales platforms. I doubt vehicle is stolen. All sorts of variations but all require buyer to be daft enough to pay money before seeing(non existent)vehicle which is just a set of photos lifted from a previous legit listing.

Vehicle is always well underpriced to attract punters but common thread is requirement for payment before even viewing so if it's that you know it's a scam.

romany

21/1/2016 at 9:21pm
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a vehicle has obviously had its No plate copied as the one on the van pictures actually belong to a vauxhall Zaffira so their not the brightest scammers on the block

and hopefully some people who didn't know about these scams are now informed

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