Fraudster almost cons car dealership out of £41,000 Porsche using Covid-19 financial rescue scheme
Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.THE relieved owners of a Chapelhall car dealership have warned people to be “unbelievably vigilant” after a “rotter” almost scammed them out of a £41,000 Porsche using a coronavirus financial rescue scheme.James Glen Car Sales was targeted by a con man who offered to buy the expensive sports car with a lump sum last Friday.Stephen Bogan, who runs the Chapelhall industrial estate business with his dad Jim, received a call from near London from the brazen culprit, who had an English accent and called himself Brian.But his offer to pay for the car in full by bank transfer raised suspicions with Stephen, who said: “He told me he was buying it for a corporate customer