| 词条 | Vehicle matching scam |
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A vehicle matching scam works by people approaching owners who have put their cars up for sale in car sales publications and promising falsely to match the sellers with buyers in return for a one-off fee.[1] On most occasions however, no buyers are found and the agent takes the fee. In the United Kingdom, vehicle matching scams are listed by the AA as one of the most common used car buying scams.[1] According to Peter Stratton of the Trading Standards Institute, high pressure selling alongside cold calling made this a very successful scam that often leaves consumers with little chance of obtaining redress.[2] According to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) consumers in the UK lose nearly £3m a year from Vehicle Matching scams.[1] In 2009 the OFT, the police, Trading Standards and the car industry agreed to collaborate to drive out the practice.[3] A number of the more notorious car matching scandals have been covered by the UK press. Vehicle Seller and Vehicle Match, two companies associated with Kieran Cassidy and described as "one of the worst offenders of the practice" were covered by the Daily Mirror[4] and Mail on Sunday[5] between 2008 and 2009 . In October 2010 Kieran Cassidy was given an 11 year directorship disqualification for his role in Vehicle Seller and Vehicle Match.[6] Express Match and Vehicle Searcher, two companies associated with Emmanuel Nwokedi, were exposed by the Guardian in 2008.[7] Consumer Direct[8] and the AA offer advice for people who think that they may have been a victim of car matching.[1]References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/car-buyers-guide/cbg-vehicle-matching-scams.html|title=Car buying scams|publisher=The AA}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2009/may/28/oft-vehicle-matching-scam|title=OFT targets car sales scammers|author=Tony Levene|work=the Guardian}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-1676778/Crackdown-on-the-car-sale-con-artists.html|title=Government tackles ‘vehicle matching’ scams|work=This is Money}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/money-opinion/p-s-investigates/vehicle-seller-smashed-after-hundreds-534467|title=Vehicle Seller smashed after hundreds of complaints|author=Penman and Sommerlad Investigates|date=28 May 2009|work=mirror}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-1632716/Car-matchmaker-sets-off-danger-signals.html|title=Tony hetherington: Car matchmaker sets off danger signals|work=This is Money}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/pressreleases/insolvency-service-london-second-director-of-misleading-essex-vehicle-matching-companies-is-disqualified-505862|title=Insolvency Service (London): Second Director of Misleading Essex... - UK Government|work=Mynewsdesk}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2008/may/10/7|title=Capital letters|work=the Guardian}} 8. ^Consumer Direct, Vehicle Matching 3 : Confidence tricks|Personal selling|Car ownership |
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