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Old 18th April 2011 | 14:06
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cyclic phenomenon
 
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I've just discovered that my aircraft has been put up for sale at a juicy price on various sites with a set of details and photos from G-INFO and a bit of extra inventiveness as far as the spec goes. It even has my full name and address from the CAA site, but a bogus pair of phone numbers that connect you to what appears to be a Nigerian gentleman who doesn't seem to know much about the aircraft. I'm afraid it appears at least one party from brazil has fronted a deposit, only to be told that I crashed it yesterday! So no aircraft, and I expect no deposit.

Just a warning. I know a lot of dealing is done on trust - I did the same when I bought the aircraft, but it's a case of "if it sounds too good to be true......". I've emailed all the sites I can find asking to have the ad taken down. I can't help wondering why the CAA make the info so readily available. I can't get access to the DVLA records for car details, why can I look up aircraft data?
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