After seeing an ad for a Lotus for sale. I contacted Marcus Hutchinson the owner of the car for infomation. He seemed to be a nice man with a British accent and very charming.
We set a time to meet so I could see the car. He showed me the car and it was just what I wanted (or so I thought) and we struck a deal. I gave him 5K as a deposit on the car while I took delivery to have it inspected.
My tech looked at the car and discovered that the engine block had been cracked and repaired and cracked again. Marcus Hutchinson didn't disclose this to me and was trying to sell me a lemon and lied about the condition of the car.
When I tried to return the car so I could get my 5K back. He told me that I had forfited my deposit and would not give me my money back what so ever. I was upset and I felt like such a fool for putting my trust in this man.
Then to add insult to injury he had his tech Marcus Herme of GERMAN AUTO ART (now out of business after many customers complained about shoddy work and being over charged for work that was never done. As well as scams and bogus liens sales on customers cars) offer to fix the car for me at no extra charge.
Marcus Hutchinson assured me that he would take care of it and I was okay with his promises. Soon he began asking me out and he seemed sweet and kind so I agreed.
He works in the film special effects business for a company called Digital Domain. I was impressed with him and we had a hot and passionat 4 week romance.
But once he got what he wanted from me he broke it off and no sooner than I put my trust him again.
He told me that if I wanted the car back I'd have to give him 40K, 35K more than our agreed price.
I was stung and scamed and most of all played out of everything!
He had the car, my 5K deposit and my virtue.
I asked the police for help but it was a "civil matter" and there was nothing they could do.
I later discovered that Marcus had run this same scam on several other with different cars over the years.
He is about as straight as a dog's hind leg!
Ladies and buyers beware!!! Marcus hutchinson is a 1 class con man and scam artist!!!
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