Brett Caravans scam website warning

You can still find Brett caravans purported  website, with all the ads including the Eriba, but it does not come up if you just search for that specific caravan.

Had a wander up to the registered address.  Spoke to 3 lovely ladies who already knew about the scam.  The registered owner (not the scammers) has been informed, but ladies not sure what further actions being taken.  Andrew Brett does not sell caravans.

Anyone with access to other forums might want to alert the folks on those forum. 

Really is a deceitful world at times. Well done Oneputt.

Friend runs a company and they've been having 'odd' phone calls, but what really alerted them was someone talking about their website, they don't have one! Turns out their company has been cloned . Companies house have now noted it.

I think it did just come up in a search - not specifically for the Eriba, we were just exploring caravans and they seemed to have reasonable prices... yes we know it was unrealistic prices now (particularly the Eriba) but at the time did not know!

You're right though it's no longer coming up. Will check with partner for any more detail.

Unfortunately I too have fallen foul of their scam. Was buying my first motorhome from them. Unfortunately this scam warning has come too late for me. Checked out the numbers on HMRC in advance to make sure it was a legit company and of course a company of the same name was registered. Even contacted a friend who's been a campervan enthusiast for some years now and he agreed it looked like a decent company.

Stupid me paying by bank transfer. An expensive lesson and one I'll never forget.

Even a regular caravanner was fooled by this. I'm a newbie and sent the information to a friend of mine who has been on the circuit for years. His reply was "I've only ever heard good reports".

So despite a little voice in my head saying be wary I proceeded, as this friend continued to urge me to do so. I don't blame him in any way, he was acting in good faith.

Life is full of lessons and this is financially the most expensive one I've made.

Sandy, may I please ask when/if you reported it to the police or bank? As I've just suffered the same fate (I did what I thought was a thorough search a week before paying and found nothing to say it was a scam, even a friend recommended I go ahead with the purchase), I'm wondering whether if you reported it before I made my payment then the fault is with the bank for not blocking the account. Though I think it likely they'd have had more than one account set up to deal with their ill-gotten gains.

Hi everyone,

I've forwarded this discussion to my colleagues at the Club and can confirm:

·         They are not an Approved Workshop, and the Approved Workshop Scheme has been alerted to take action to stop them claiming that they are.

·         They have no affiliation with ourselves, and thus should not be using our logo on their website. We will be taking action to stop them doing so.

·         They have had no involvement with any of the competitions and awards of ours which are listed on their website, and should not be using those references. We will be taking action to stop them doing so.

We have had concerns raised about the accuracy of the stock listings on their website, and about their business practices. These matters are issues for their local Trading Standards office to take up, but we are looking into the concerns which have been raised by members, and will pass any relevant information on the appropriate authorities.

 Hey Firefly

I've got no chance of money back, so am just trying to get the site stopped.

Today contacted:

1. Companies House (they can do nothing)
2. Insolvency Service (gov agency who look into company fraud) they will send a form for me to fill out.
3. Action fraud again to hassle them to take action.

Going to call the NCA and Financial Ombudsmen later!

This is a very well done scam.

The website is hosted in Russia by MAROSNET Telecommunication Company, a front for scam websites - they're not going to do anything about the site for sure. If was UK the company might have dropped the hosting.

The name is also offshore:

Domain Name: BRETT-CARAVANS.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2275577610_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.PublicDomainRegistry.com
Registrar URL: http://www.publicdomainregistry.com
Updated Date: 2018-06-16T13:52:29Z
Creation Date: 2018-06-16T13:52:29Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2019-06-16T13:52:29Z
Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com
Registrar IANA ID: 303
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse-contact@publicdomainregistry.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.2013775952
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Name Server: NS5.OFFSHORE-SERVERS.NET
Name Server: NS6.OFFSHORE-SERVERS.NET
DNSSEC: unsigned

So basically, nothing much can be done, by anyone and I doubt the club or anyone else will be able to get logos removed.

But I am exploring the darknet for help, vigilante style.

BTW Firefly, I'm really sorry for your loss! :( doesn't feel nice being fleeced like this. They're scumbags and I hope they get what's coming to them!