Hi i think i have already made up my mind to lose my deposit but what do you all think....
After much hunting and investigating i found a firm in Japan to buy cars through seemed to be a small bespoke firm with a small amount of employees or even a soul trader there was evidence of him or the company being around for some time and no negative remarks/comments anywhere i could find so i paid a deposit just under £340 ( stated as refundable ) which gave me access to Auctions in Japan and over 2 to 3 weeks i bid on maybe 6 or 8 cars through them only looking to buy one or two so bids ranged from £3000 to £10000 including delivery .... so after 3 weeks of very late nights and trawling through hundreds of auction cars comparing lots of UK and Japan prices i decided it didn't look like it was going to work for me so i sent an email saying i wouldn't waste any more of there time and they had been very helpful i asked for a percentage of my deposit back and they could keep the rest for there help i felt this was fair as they had been informative and helped me finally put to bed the idea of importing from japan.
Now i have had an email with a form to fill out to request my refund asking for....bank details, account and sort number bank address and BIC number and account name .. all good and as expected but also my personal address date of birth passport number and place of issue....this i am not sure about you don;t need those details to send money but if they were trying to con me they could of said i had brought one of the more expensive cars and i would have transferred £10k into there account do you think they are playing a long game or am i just to paranoid, I sent the bank details and they have replied saying they need the rest i have sent a note asking why they need the rest as its not needed to send money and am waiting for the reply.
I knew the risks going in and could have lost a lot more so £340 is not great but not the end of the world like i said they could have had a lot more out of me by saying i had brought a car i just can't get my head around whats going on, are they after ALL my details for a much larger scam or do you need those details to send money from japan...Anyone have an idea whats going on
Many thanks
After much hunting and investigating i found a firm in Japan to buy cars through seemed to be a small bespoke firm with a small amount of employees or even a soul trader there was evidence of him or the company being around for some time and no negative remarks/comments anywhere i could find so i paid a deposit just under £340 ( stated as refundable ) which gave me access to Auctions in Japan and over 2 to 3 weeks i bid on maybe 6 or 8 cars through them only looking to buy one or two so bids ranged from £3000 to £10000 including delivery .... so after 3 weeks of very late nights and trawling through hundreds of auction cars comparing lots of UK and Japan prices i decided it didn't look like it was going to work for me so i sent an email saying i wouldn't waste any more of there time and they had been very helpful i asked for a percentage of my deposit back and they could keep the rest for there help i felt this was fair as they had been informative and helped me finally put to bed the idea of importing from japan.
Now i have had an email with a form to fill out to request my refund asking for....bank details, account and sort number bank address and BIC number and account name .. all good and as expected but also my personal address date of birth passport number and place of issue....this i am not sure about you don;t need those details to send money but if they were trying to con me they could of said i had brought one of the more expensive cars and i would have transferred £10k into there account do you think they are playing a long game or am i just to paranoid, I sent the bank details and they have replied saying they need the rest i have sent a note asking why they need the rest as its not needed to send money and am waiting for the reply.
I knew the risks going in and could have lost a lot more so £340 is not great but not the end of the world like i said they could have had a lot more out of me by saying i had brought a car i just can't get my head around whats going on, are they after ALL my details for a much larger scam or do you need those details to send money from japan...Anyone have an idea whats going on
Many thanks
