January 2008 | Statement concerning possible criminal activities in reference to the placing of questionable adverts for vehicles on www.mobile.de in Germany

A person who appears to be known as Alvin Nicolls is reportedly regularly placing notices for various vehicles using various telephone numbers on MOBILE.DE. The vehicles probably do not exist and various people are being terrorised by people calling at all hours asking about luxury vehicles that are being offered for below list prices and with low recorded mileage (km). So far a BMW estate, Mercedes C220 cdi, VW T4, VW T5 and other vehicles have been offered for sale. We believe this company or person may be based in Holland, but it may be an individual first spotted in Spain and then Bristol, England. The vehicles are supposed to be based in Dortmund in Germany, but the telephone numbers given are in or around Hamburg. The idea may be to get people to send money to a foreign address in advance for vehicles, that this person will have delivered. It is possible that the vehicle will never arrive. Please note that the standard of Emails sent from this person, to victims, points to the fact that this person is not English.

If you intend to call us, please be aware we do not have anything to do with these notices and are victims of this situation. We are in contact with the relevant Criminal Investigation Departments and the press and do not want to receive any more calls or faxes, even if the intention is good, only Emails. The police are welcome to call us.

Mobile.de has so far ignored all calls to remove the person from their databank and prevent further adverts from being placed. No confirmation that this practice will be stopped on mobile.de has been received. All we have received so far are standard mails and standard text, but no real action. If you are a victim, please send your details, and your problem to us, via the contact page, so we can all take action together (Deutsch or English).

Please click here for a forum in Germany, which has covered this subject - search the site for Alvin Nicolls. It is up to the authorities to decide if criminal intent is behind these actions.

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