We continue to publish stories on the site about scammers trying to cheat inattentive drivers for money right on the road. This time they tried to impose on the car owner additional service right on the Moscow Ring Road. Geography, however, does not matter. It can happen to anyone - anywhere, anytime.
Actually, there are not so many divorce options on the road - they differ in details, but in fact they boil down to two main reasons. The first is a violation of the law (accident, downed pedestrian), the second is a car malfunction (smoke from the hood, a flat tire). In the first case, a potential client is “taken in fear”, in the second case, they are bribed with care and a desire to help. The hero of our story just met on the road with volunteer assistant. But he did not listen to his persuasion ...
We drove with our son to Stroginsky Auchan. We bought, loaded, went. We leave for inside Moscow Ring Road towards Volokolamka. The movement is tight. After refueling BP, a tow truck is attached to the car on the right. It starts to buzz, the driver leans out of the cab, pokes a finger at my front right wheel.
Well, I think it's a flat tire. I go to the right, there is a small pocket on the road - I turned into it. I get out, close the car, switch to right side- the wheel is ok.
Here comes the tow truck driver; I ask - what's the matter, why was it noisy? You have, - he says, - a plume of smoke from under the car stretches, oil or something else.
I look under the car - the anther is dry, the oil pan is dry. Here he points his finger at the right arch - and here is the oil. Where, I think, there should be oil - maybe it was pressed through the breather ...
I touch the oil - working off, moreover, cold. If she just got knocked out - strange. Yes, and the smell of oil would be. Pepper is standing, worried: you, they say, open the hood, it will be clearer.
I'm going to driver's door I open the car, open the hood, close the car.
I raise the hood - and there the workings are splashed. Basically, in the area of \u200b\u200bthe crankshaft oil seal. Moreover, it is splashed, as if poured from a teapot. Now I understand what's the matter, but then I became very thoughtful. The tow truck driver does not let up: What is there to think about? You check the oil level.
Well, the point is, of course, why not. I drag the probe - he worries, a rag is needed, there is no way without a rag!
I go for a rag, I wipe the dipstick. I insert it, pull it out - everything is normal. He again: Yes, you start the car, everything will be clear.
And then I look - one wire from the ignition coil is dropped.
In vain, I say, you did it. I put the wire in place, raise my eyes, and the fighter is already jumping into the tow truck and knocking down quickly.
Rag wiped the oil as best he could, wound up, drove off. Got home without any problems.
That's such crap!
The mechanism, as I understand it, is as follows. A person goes to Auchan, from there, as a rule, does not return quickly. In the meantime, he is replenishing food supplies, at this time in the parking lot in his car through the right arch (presumably with a syringe) they pour used oil onto the engine. Then it remains to follow and arrange a performance with signals and hand-wringing.
Question: why? Everything is clear here. If I am driven, they put me on a tow truck and take me to the nearest service, where it turns out that “the engine is all” and it needs expensive repairs (in quotation marks, of course).
In general, colleagues, be vigilant: when there is little money in the country, there are more scammers. Rush, bastards, on any car.
Main: open hood in the presence strangers Do not leave. And when leaving the car - opened / closed; vigilance is not superfluous.
Good luck on the roads!
Divorce on the road with a tow truck baxwa wrote on September 3rd, 2013
Divorce is not new, but recently the guys have become more active again. It didn't seem to be here yet.
Here in the forum of motorists, servicemen write that disassembled cars are brought to them: http://largus-forum.ru/viewtopic.php?f=154&t=3341
Appeared in the capital the new kind fraud on the roads - the so-called auto set-up with the participation of a tow truck. On the track, the car stops the loader and convinces that the car must be urgently delivered to a car service. Already there, the driver finds out how defective his car is and how much he will have to pay for it.
Driving past the Mytishchi fair, Ivan Tverskoy mechanically picks up speed. Last week here, he almost became a victim of auto-substitutes.
"Well, absolutely brazenly! Confident in their impunity!" - the motorist is indignant.
Ivan was returning by car from work. On Liberty Street I drove to petrol station- ran out of petrol.
"At the moment when I paid for gas, I, of course, lost sight of the car, and I suspect that at that time my exhaust pipe was smeared engine oil", - says Ivan Tverskoy.
Refueled the car, drove to the Moscow Ring Road. Soon a tow truck caught up with him. On the footage taken by the DVR, it is clearly visible: he is driving in the left lane, noticing the Renault Logan, the driver of the loader slows down, changes lanes and starts gesticulating frantically, offering to stop at the curb. A man got out of the tow truck, went up to Ivan's car, pointed to the exhaust pipe and stated that he saw engine oil dripping from it and thick gray smoke. And then he offered to take the car to the nearest car service for a thousand rubles.
Blue smoke is a sign that oil has entered the engine, and it can stall at any second. The tow truck quickly brought the Renault to a car repair shop at the Mytishchi Fair. There, mechanics surrounded the foreign car from all sides, which for some reason died out after manipulations under the hood. Mechanics promised to fix all the breakdowns in an hour. But Ivan was alarmed by such speed.
“As I later realized, they needed this time to disassemble the engine to the cylinders, most likely, and then refuse to assemble it without money,” Ivan Tverskoy believes.
“If you see that they are digging in the engine, film how they dig. ", - advises the deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine "Behind the wheel" Igor Morzharetto.
Ivan pressed the gas pedal - fortunately the car started up this time - and drove out into the street. Later, in the official car service, they spent complete diagnostics engine. He turned out to be absolutely correct.
"There is a check, there are seals this car service. And all the malfunctions consisted in replacing the lamp on the headlight and topping up a little antifreeze. Everything is in order with the engine," emphasizes Ivan Tverskoy.
Ivan is convinced that he has encountered new scheme fraud. At gas stations, car exhaust pipes are discreetly sprayed with machine oil from a syringe, and then blue tow trucks come into play.
Loaders - all of the same model - stand on the Moscow Ring Road between the exits to Ostashkovskoye and Yaroslavl highways. But at the sight of the camera, they hurriedly evacuate themselves, hiding in the direction of Mytishchi. Finding a car service at the Mytishchi Fair is not easy. You have to wander for a long time between hundreds of pavilions with building materials. But here are two familiar tow trucks. Ivan is afraid to return here. He is going to start a special page on the Internet to warn other motorists about possible danger and collect data on drivers who have already been victims of this new type of fraud.
"Vesti-Moscow"
From acquaintances and from the Internet, many had to learn about the “wiring” of motorists by scammers. Our brother is bred for money everywhere: on the streets, in the yard, in the parking lot, while standing in a traffic jam. The swindlers are progressing every year, coming up with new ways to take money away. In this article we will talk about the main ways to “divorce” on the road.
"Squander" in the parking lot or in the yard
While your car is stationary, scammers can come up with many ways to profit from you. At the same time, you don’t even have to be a redneck driver, leave the car on the lawn, on the sidewalk, block the way for ladies with prams. We are not currently considering cases of revenge against you. Imagine that you are just a respectable motorist. You left your car in an authorized parking space in front of residential building. Get ready, your car can become the object of extortion of money. You will be blackmailed with the risk of theft, immobilization of the car and claims of damage.
1. Unscrewed spools, flat tires
While you are away, the spools at the wheels of your car will be unscrewed with an ordinary small screwdriver, the wheels will be lowered and a note will be left with the following content. Like, you want back the spools, transfer the amount of money to the phone, and they will tell you the place of the bookmark. It is impossible to be safe from this. You won't leave a tethered watchdog with your car. You just need to always have a tire inflation compressor and spare spools in the car.
2. Installation of locks on the spokes of alloy wheels
Perhaps this will surprise someone, but scammers have even learned to hang locks on wheel disks like cops abroad. Only in this case, it is the scammers who will demand money for a mobile account for reporting the location of the keys to such a lock. Otherwise, you will have to suffer with the installation of a spare wheel. And if scammers put locks on two wheels at once? If you do not agree to blackmail, you will have to go by taxi or public transport behind the tool for cutting the lock. And this is all your precious time wasted.
3. Blackmail car theft
An unprepared driver, especially a female, leaving a note under the janitor with blackmail to steal your car can knock you down and sow panic. Remember, real car thieves never tell you they are going to steal a car. If they like him, they will do everything, use any special means, but they will steal the car, remove it from any “signal”. They always take big risks, and they can’t shine in any way. But such notes are left by fraudulent psychologists who are well versed in people who find themselves in a stressful situation. Therefore, we advise you to completely ignore the notes in which you are required to transfer money so that your car is not stolen from you.
4. Theft of car numbers from another region
Such fraud usually occurs in small resorts where tourists come from all over the country. Usually in small coastal towns there are no workshops that can make duplicate numbers. And if the owner of the car lost license plates, but left a note demanding to transfer money for their return, then he is likely to agree. In addition, for better motivation, they usually require small amounts, something like the cost of one day's stay at the resort. You can fight this type of fraud only by installing special protective frames on numbers that are difficult to unscrew without attracting the attention of passers-by. You can also screw the numbers through to the body or bumper with bolts with locknuts, or screws with a semicircular cap. And, of course, do not leave your car in the quiet lanes in the resort.
5. Blackmail with the accusation of leaving the scene of an accident
This is one of the new ways of cheating for money. Imagine you come to your car, and there are signs of damage on it and a note with the following content: “You scratched my car. I demand compensation for the damage caused to me. P.S. There are traces of your white paint on my rear fender.” AND contact number attached. This scam is also aimed at psychological impact. They hope to get on an unbalanced person who will fall for this and pay money. However, if, indeed, you are sure that you didn’t hook anyone, and there was no contact, you can ignore such “pampering”.
6. Pedestrian throws himself under a car in a parking lot
The tightening of administrative and criminal liability has led to the emergence of a new type of fraud. The attacker hides in the parking lot and waits for the victim. As soon as a car begins to slowly reverse, he rushes under it from behind, kicking the bumper or trunk to heighten the effect and shouting that he was run over. This is where the real one-man theater begins. The driver gets out, and in front of him on the ground, a swindler is writhing in pain. He, of course, demands money for treatment and compensation for moral damage, otherwise he will file a complaint with the police. Here every car owner will think about whether he needs such problems. In a stressful situation, not everyone will even understand that they can simply “breed”. How to deal with this kind of fraud? It is necessary to install a second DVR that will record the entire rear view. Yes, it is unprofitable, superfluous expenses. If the situation occurred before entering the shopping mall, you need to go to the guards and ask to show the video of the moment of the “collision”. However, of course, scammers will not throw themselves under cars in front of street cameras.
7. Cash payment for parking
Such deceit is common in Moscow. A lot of guests from the region come here. They do not always understand the operation of parking meters in the area paid parking. The crook changes into a yellow vest with a valet badge and runs up to an inexperienced driver who is trying to park his car. The attacker offers to pay for the parking time in cash. As is known, such real life can't be. Payment is accepted in cash. So remember this and never fall for such a scam.
Cheat during a traffic jam
For every motorist, a traffic jam in itself is stressful. Someone is late for work or an important meeting. Someone has not yet learned to drive well and is afraid to drive someone into rear bumper. Others think about the extra fuel consumption in traffic jams and excessive costs. And during stress, the driver's attention is dulled. Thieves and scammers prey in traffic jams on the inattention of motorists and their personal belongings in cars. Here are some ways to steal in city traffic.
1. Get your windshield dirty and run away
In a traffic jam, a small teenager pours, for example, yogurt over windshield and runs away. The driver, surprised by such rudeness, can run after him, leaving the car. At this time, the accomplice quickly runs up to open door and takes valuables from the cabin: a smartphone, a purse, a DVR, etc. He also quickly runs away from the crime scene, having received a head start. The driver no longer has time to turn around and catch up with the robber. Therefore, we warn you not to fall for such tricks. Just turn on the wipers and windshield washer.
2. Tire cut
The scammer pretends to be an ordinary pedestrian. He approaches the car and pierces the tire with a special sneaker with an awl. Even if the driver did not notice this, the attacker can knock on the window and point to the punctured wheel. While the motorist is busy installing a spare tire, they will try to steal things from his car.
3. Grabbing things through an open window
In such cases, scammers rely on their own quick reaction. It is important for them that the driver looks the other way while he, passing by, quickly reaches through the window to his bag or smartphone and picks it up. After that, he can only run with all his strength from the place of the theft. It is especially easy to steal from open convertibles. Therefore, owners of such cars are asked to keep all valuables out of sight.
4. Pedestrian on the "zebra"
During a traffic jam, it is better to stop close to the zebra. A fraudster can pretend to be a pedestrian, come close to a stopping car and claim that he was pushed, he dropped the smartphone from his hands, it crashed. The fraudster will demand damage, threaten to call the police, etc. Here to help the driver will be a DVR and their own vigilance. Best of all, follow the rules traffic. Stop at the stop line a few meters from the zebra.
5. Hitting the car with soap
This is a cheat in the style of auto-substitution. Fraudsters are colluding on multiple machines. They create such a situation on the road that the victim had to maneuver. For example, near the intersection, where there is also a “Stopping is prohibited” sign, a car is left standing in the right lane without alarm. The victim turns and sees an obstacle in front of him. She has to immediately change lanes to the left. And then an unidentified car starts moving. The surprised driver slows down to get back into his lane and follow that car. At this moment, a road comes up sharply from behind. luxury car, and a front man from the sidewalk throws soap on the trunk of the victim's car. As a result, a blow is heard, everyone stops on the side of the road. People get out of an expensive car and declare a blow. Then a security guard from a nearby office runs up and declares that parking is prohibited here. Everyone exchanges contacts and disperses. After that, the deception of the victim by phone begins with the involvement of “masked” traffic policemen and insurers. And the victim left the scene of the so-called accident and begins to feel his own guilt. Therefore, we advise you to be attentive to unforeseen situations on the road.
6. Gypsies-bred
Representatives of the Roma nationality began to use new way"divorce" motorists. They stop on the track in a car and start to slow down other drivers asking for help with their problem. They say that they ran out of gas or a car broke down, and they only have gold with them: a ring, a chain, etc. The gold jewelry is fake. They ask to be exchanged for money better price to call a tow truck. Trusting people fall for such tricks and rush to help the gypsies. And in the end, they are left without money and with jewelry in their hands.
In the end, I would like to advise you to always remain cool and reasonable. The one who is forewarned is armed. Do not forget these tips and be interested in new tricks of scammers.
Buttered. Oil
About paronyms, which, due to the similarity in sound and partial coincidence of the morphemic composition, can be erroneously used. Not without reason, I wrote about the words subscriber - subscription;idle - festive; bustle- fuss; school - scholasticism; elite - elite.
Let me remind you. The term paronym is a borrowing from the Greek language (para "near" + onym "name"). This layer of words is common in Russian speech: inhale - breathe in; weekday - everyday; dictation - dictation; remnants - remains; courtyard - courtier; fact - factor; mental - psychological; tenant - a resident; introduced himself - passed away; royal - royal; military - military; mental - spiritual; oily - oily, etc.
Work on the words sincere - spiritual, fog - foggy, royal - regal, etc. will help analyze the texts of works of art, improve the culture of students' speech.
A language teacher should know the features of paronyms common in Russian speech, since there is a "rapidly growing wave of errors in choosing one necessary word from a number of similar in semantics and word formation." This is how the well-known scientist A. A. Bragina clearly defines this phenomenon.
Now consider the features of paronymsoily - oil .
Word oily has a direct and two figurative meanings:
1. Direct. Lubricated, soaked in oil; stained with oil (oily pancake; oily hands).
2. Portable. As if covered with oil; sensual, voluptuous (about the look, eyes).
He chewed loudly, disgustingly ..., while his eyes became oily and greedy (A. Chekhov. Woman's Kingdom).
3. Portable. Flattering, ingratiating (oily voice; oily smile).
They hugged and sat like that in silence, maybe half an hour, maybe an hour. Until they woke up from the oily voice of Stepanovna: - Oh, well, pure doves (Zverev. She and he).
Word oil is also multi-valued, but all four of its meanings are direct:
1. Consisting of oil; pertaining to oil (oil stain; oil fumes).
2. Oil-powered, with the help of oil; intended for oil oil pump; oil lamp; oil tank).
3. Executed with paints ground in oil (oil painting).
- [Raisky] took out a small oil portrait of a young blond woman (I. Goncharov. Precipice).
4. Containing oil (oil varnishes).
The walls are whitewashed with lime, and the bottom is painted with brown oil paint (A. Kuprin. Night shift).
In the Russian language, not only paronymic words live, but also paronymic combinations: an oil lamp (stained with oil) and an oil lamp (operating with oil); oil paper (stained, soaked in oil) and oil paper (oil paper designed to wrap butter).
The nest of related words includes: the participle oily (from the verb to oil), the adverb oily "flattering", butterdish, carnival, carnival, butter, etc.
The word oil, formed from the verb smear, in the modern language is the top of the word-formation nest and has entered into a large number of set phrases: add fuel to the fire; kukish (fig, shish) with butter (get, give); like clockwork; live like a lord; nonsense (nonsense) in vegetable oil; You won't spoil the porridge with oil.
The word oil has entered a number of complex words (oil plant, oil pipeline, oil mill, etc.).
A conversation about paronyms is necessary not only for language teachers, pupils and students. It is needed by all of us, native Russian speakers.
O. E. Olshansky
A new scam is thriving in major cities our country and neighboring countries. The victims of swindlers are, as a rule, women at the wheel, young inexperienced drivers and the elderly.
A scam develops according to the following scenario: an unknown car starts blinking its headlights behind a driving motorist. Coming up with you, the driver unknown car pokes his finger under the hood of your car and yells something like "Stop, something is leaking in there!". An inexperienced driver stops and, in confusion, tries to see what is flowing under the hood of his car. The swindler asks to open the hood with a clear and good intention to help. While the motorist is distracted by opening the hood from the passenger compartment, the swindler concludes - it's a pipe!
Indeed, when you approach your car, oil drips from below. An inexperienced driver is always confused, and a swindler is even more terrifying. For example, he emotionally explains that the current oil threatens to immediately jam the engine, with the subsequent removal of the car to scrap metal. To a completely bewildered motorist, he informs and good news. I have, de, not far away, there are acquaintances of a car mechanic in private, but great service. Let's say, let's go and I will agree to solve the problem literally for a penny.
For motorists, especially young inexperienced girls who do not really or do not understand the material part of the car, the scammer seems to be a savior! After being instructed to drive very slowly, the victim of the scam follows the scammer. Indeed, a car service is located nearby, as they say - without frills. The auto mechanic present there throws up his hands to the sky, shakes his head in lamentation: you arrived on time, a little more and the car is over! Your hose is broken, seals are leaking and the oil pump is finished. The swindler who stopped you on the road begins to ask the auto mechanic to fix the problem as cheaply as possible and accessible to the poor fellow. As a result, an auto mechanic (like) agrees to fix the problem almost at a loss, for some 5-10 thousand rubles. You can even be offered coffee, sit on the sofa and watch TV. At this time, the mechanic under the hood, eliminating the "serious breakdown."
After a while, you are told that your car is in order, you pay the money for repairs and leave happy, while thanks to both the mechanic and your savior on the road. The most interesting thing is that many car owners deceived in this way do not even suspect that they have become a victim of an elementary divorce for money! They understand this only after reading this material and unsubscribing the story to us by mail!
What is the point of the scam? In fact, everything is simple. Your angel-savior on the road and the mechanic of the nearest car service are in cahoots. This is one bunch. It should be noted that such scams are not carried out on federal highways, Where more speed traffic, not on autobahns, nor in yard areas. As a rule, fraud is implemented on unloaded minor roads, roads around residential areas in industrial areas, etc., where numerous car services, workshops, and tire shops are located. A scammer in a car stands in such a way as to see the flow of cars coming towards him, often with the help of a camera or binoculars. He chooses a medium car price category, driven by a woman, an elderly person, or clearly inexperienced driver. The latter is more likely to be determined if the car has no frills, tuning, has standard equipment, but is in good condition. Those. the owner is “hands-free” and does not seek to deal with the car, except to wash it regularly. How accurately and specifically the scammers define their victim is impossible to say unambiguously. This is what is called a trained eye and sleight of hand.
After the scammer stops you and asks you to open the hood, the criminal magic begins. While you are not around, in a matter of seconds, the swindler takes out of his pocket a syringe without a needle, filled with antifreeze or engine oil. While you open the hood, close the door, approach the hood of your car, he has a few seconds to arrange an "accident". From a syringe, he injects oil or other process fluid into an area that is hard to reach for the eye. engine compartment. Usually oil is injected under the generator, under the manifold exhaust system, in the starter area and other hard-to-reach places. Oil naturally flows down and drips onto the road, creating the complete illusion of a leak. If a motorist does not understand anything in technology, rarely opening the hood, he will never understand what is the cause of the leak, where it is leaking from and whether it is real. Well, then - a matter of technology. You are escorted to a car service, where the master accomplice continues the performance. He laments, talks about fatality and, of course, takes the money, DOING NOTHING. And, satisfied, they send home. As mentioned above, the vast majority of victims of such "assistants" do not even suspect that they were simply "thrown".
Morality. Do not trust a very active assistant on the road. It can also be intruders who will try to cheat you for money in the above way. In case of occurrence technical problems with a car, it is better to call a tow truck and take the car to service official dealer which you are serving. Well, or at least to a trusted car service that friends recommended to you. And of course, it will not be superfluous to devote a couple of hours of free time in order to at least approximately study the structure of your car. Good luck on the roads!
