Cool scam

[Quartz]

Okay, so how do I, as the owner of a dormant business prevent a bounce-back loan being taken out in the name of my business?

 

[Akagi]

Why would pederasts be the only individuals to do so?

Some people use the term to mean something akin to "muppets".

I used to until someone told me what it actually meant.

 

[chroniclard]

OP stop lying.

 

[Malevolence]

A good friend of mine tells me of a trader he knows who was paid a deposit on a £52,000 car and the trader then asked for the final payment to be made by bank transfer. On checking his account it later showed the balance to have been paid in, so he released the car. Time goes on and he finds the scammer had got enough bank and personal details to arranged a loan in the seller's name and the transfer was from a loan company and he was paying it back himself Not resolved two months later... Be careful! Better than working, for some, huh?

Why lie to complete strangers on the internet? You're anonymous, a nobody, so what do you gain from it?

 

[SixTwoSix]

OP is Castiel on an alt account, you heard it here first.

Did Castiel also go to imaginary pubs with made up friends?

 

[Resident]

Okay, so how do I, as the owner of a dormant business prevent a bounce-back loan being taken out in the name of my business?

Probably by applying for a tiny bounce back loan & putting the cash to one side till first payment is due.

 

[Nasher]

No one is going to pay that much for a car they have only discussed over the phone unless they are a Sheikh.

 

[Efour]

Some people use the term to mean something akin to "muppets".

I used to until someone told me what it actually meant.

It means both depending on your regional slang but yeah I guess now days it's pretty much always spedos Cockney accent.

 

[Diddums]

OP is Castiel on an alt account, you heard it here first.

Castiel might not have been the best poster but there’s really no need to insult his intelligence like that.

 

[Diddums]

this really tickled me

Did it also blow berries on your tummy and go coochie coochie coo?

 

[Mercenary Keyboard Warrior]

Did Castiel also go to imaginary pubs with made up friends?

Its not imaginary its the fictional arms

 

[kaiowas]

OP is Castiel on an alt account, you heard it here first.

Unlikely, I encountered Chris on the internet many years before he became known on here.

 

[Kenai]

Okay, so how do I, as the owner of a dormant business prevent a bounce-back loan being taken out in the name of my business?

I wouldn't worry about it, there's no benefit to anyone just randomly taking out one of these loans on your behalf, as it gets paid to your business.

The scam here was telling someone that they'd pay them £50,000 and then taking the loan so the business thought the loan being deposited was the 'payment' they were expecting and would hand over a £50,000 asset.

 

[.Lethal]

Unlikely, I encountered Chris on the internet many years before he became known on here.

My condolences.

 

[Devrij]

Jokes on you mate, I'd never get approved for a loan that big

 

[Greebo]

Okay, so how do I, as the owner of a dormant business prevent a bounce-back loan being taken out in the name of my business?

You can't. Unless you get in there first and get one?

 

[Angilion]

scumbag moves... but quite impressive all the same. Though can't be that smart as I'd expect you'd register the car in your name and all of a sudden they know who you are!

It's scary what's out there to purchase though. So many peoples cards/details are up for sale and they have no idea.

There are ways to sell stolen cars, especially new ones of a desirable type and especially ones that aren't yet known to be stolen. The scammer wouldn't get anywhere near the full retail price, but since it cost them nothing whatever they get is profit.

 

[Resident]

There are ways to sell stolen cars, especially new ones of a desirable type and especially ones that aren't yet known to be stolen. The scammer wouldn't get anywhere near the full retail price, but since it cost them nothing whatever they get is profit.

Tbh it probably would have gone straight to a container and overseas anyway.

 

[Daftbrown]

Why lie to complete strangers on the internet? You're anonymous, a nobody, so what do you gain from it?

Flagpoles.

 

[Uther]

OP stop lying.

No no, it's a good friend of his, he told him in his fictional pub.