Possible scam attempt in the UK
New member to Club Together, tjrtenby, has posted the following information for our members' attention but, because it's a single post within an existing thread in the Help and Feedback Section, I can't transfer it but have copied and pasted the content.
Thanks to tjrtenby for the warning.
I feel I should make members aware of an incident this week on the southbound M5 near the Almondsbury interchange when I was towing my caravan on my own and was subject to what I believe was an attempted criminal interception.
A Ford Transit van overtook me with I believe two male occupants, slowed down in front of me and put on his hazard warning lights, gesticulating that there was a problem with either my car or caravan. He pulled on to the hard sholder still gesticulating for me to pull over. When I ignored him he then rejoined the carriageway, overtook me again and repeated the procedure several times. I have dash camera footage of the complete incident showing the van with its registration number and have contacted Avon and Somerset Police who are investigating.
This may have been a UK instance of what I believe is a common practice in particularly Spain and I think members should be made aware that it might have spread to the UK.