Stolen car...please help

Good luck Matt. I'm sure if the lawyer knows his stuff and you do you due diligence you'll be ok.

 

The stamp should have some form of identification on it, which would point you to the Notary who issued it.

 

Other than credit problems later that you could explain, talk to your lawyer and see what he says about stopping making payments....

Just tell the bank they can repo the car if they can find it.

If it has onstar they can get it tracked pretty quickly. A good repo man would have it back in a heartbeat...

 

Can't the cell phone he called you from be located by the nearest tower? The the police can look in that area for the car and the guy? Or is that just something they would do if it was their car?

 

It wouldn't surprise me if the car was already on a different continent.

 

+1

It was probably in a container within minutes.

I feel for you Matt, but you can't trust ANYONE, and you can't cut corners. Unfortunately it sounds like you've just learned a very very expensive lesson.

 

Same lesson I learned trying not to pay comp and collision. Rolled a car over when I was 20 and made payments on a hunk of scrap metal for 3 more years. That's what I get for cutting corners.

 

Matt, I'm sorry to hear this happen to you & hope you get this resolved soon.

 

Any progress?

 

I would not even bother. You should of had this done on the first day. Your car is most likely in another country, or in thousand pieces by now. You need to work on getting out from the payments now.

 

Don't do that! Did your insurance give you notice of the policy change?

 

Person selling might list the car on the Internet, so, search Google using VIN and also metasearch engines (Copernicus for example searches multiple engines)...I see where that car appears/appeared to be for sale in Anniston, AL:

Infiniti Cars For Sale around Anniston, AL - Oodle.comVIN: JNKCV54E66M721215. Category: Coupes. Year: 2006. Make, Model: Infiniti G35. Details: 12500 miles, Manual Transmission, Black ...
annistonal.oodle.com/vehicle/car/-/make_infiniti/ - 250k - Cached - Similar pages

IF THIS IS YOUR CAR, YOU CAN FIND IT HERE:

http://www.marketmyauto.com/search08/clientBroker/details.aff.php?id=1715724#contact

WHAT IS REALLY WEIRD IS THIS STATEMENT IN THE AD:
2006 Infiniti G35 Coupe. Fully Loaded with every option available. Navigation Bluetooth 6 disc CD changer 19 inch factory rims Power moonroof Leather 3.5L V-6. Only 12500 miles. 6 speed manual transmission. I'v owned the car for just a few months and only drive it 5 miles to and from work. It runs like it is brand new and has no mechanical problems. The oil has been changed every 3000 mile with synthetic oil. I've kept the inside spotless since I have had it. It took me forever to find this color combination with all the options I wanted and I hate to get rid of it but I've decided to put my money into other projects. If you are interested feel free to call my cell. 256-505-1009 Ask for Matt



Also, anyone buying a car might ask CARFAX for a Report -- see if you can trace to the seller by alerting Carfax.

Offer $100 on the Internet for information leading to recovery of your car.

Most will do it just for the challenge and satisfaction of helping out.

Good-luck!

Let us know how this turns out for you.

 

This guy that stole your car is a con man. Plain and simple. Con men are always very nice, and seem very honest, and trusting. Con man is short for confidence man for a reason. They convey confidence to you. Do not think for a second he was legit, or that he really did make a mistake with your bank digit. He went out from day one to steal that car from you, no exceptions.

I am very sorry to hear about your loss. My advice (and I have been conned once) is to from now on, never trust anyone. Also, I think everyone else is right in saying you need to get an attorney. That has the highest chance of success out of all the options you have.
In addition to that, I would talk with someone from the sheriffs office. These are the type of people that investigate things like this. They might have a task force for it, or perhaps someone dedicated on fraud. Either way, I would expect them to be of more help than the police.

I hope everything works out for you. PLEASE keep us updated!

 

Just read this whole report and I am sorry for your loss.

I know it it feels to be duped into trusting someone and then getting punched in the stomach.

I used to play video games in my younger years (11-12 yrs of age). I played a game called Diablo 2 and was conned into downloading an application that had a backdoor trojan attached to it. The conman stole my account and put my computer into matrix chat telling me that he was going to steal my fathers financial information from the computer that was within our network and bankrupt our business. I was very young at the time but it made me cry for months.

I hope you resolve your problems and get your car or the 29,000 back.

Good luck Matt.

Daniel Baker

 

Matt, too lazy to go back and look... who is you insurance policy with? Simon

 

IMHO, I'd have the lawyer work with state farm to accept that the car was stolen, and to pay off as much of the note as possible

just curious....

how are you paying this lawyer? Hourly

if so you don't want him spending 40-60 hours on this...

hopefully you have a flat fee....

 

Try using the Marshall County Property Tax Assesor's website.
http://www.co.marshall.ia.us/assessor/cgi/frameset.cgi
You can do a search for James' name and may be able to find out where he lives.