A white Mercedes-AMG G-Class converted by Brabus to G700 specification, valued at 1,000,000 Qatari rial, was handed over to a Doha luxury dealership on 1 August 2026 under a signed purchase agreement. Twenty-seven days later the seller had received no money and the vehicle remained on the dealer premises. The dealership is publicly associated with British national Tom Jimson.

The transaction was documented. A purchase note and a purchase agreement were signed on the same day, both naming a price of 1,000,000 QAR to be settled by immediate bank transfer. The car, registered under Qatari plate 273192, was physically delivered at 16:00 that afternoon. According to the seller, an Italian businessman, no transfer confirmation, reference number or bank receipt was ever produced.

For the following seventeen days the dealership's sales manager repeated that payment would arrive the next day. The stated reasons shifted from transfer processing to bank procedures, then to anti-money-laundering verification. None of the delays were accompanied by documentary evidence. The seller has kept the message log covering the period from 2 to 18 August 2026.

On 19 August the request changed. The seller says he was asked to sign a document titled No Objection Certificate authorising the 1,000,000 QAR to be paid not to his own account but to a third-party company registered at a Delaware mail-forwarding address in Lewes. Signature was presented as a precondition for release of the funds. The seller refused. Communication from the dealership stopped shortly afterwards.

Tom Jimson is not new to press scrutiny. In May 2015 he was reported by UK newspapers to have been detained in the United Arab Emirates in connection with an alleged 100,000 pound property deposit scheme, and released after five weeks without charge. In August of the same year the Sunday Mirror reported an alleged attempt to extract a six-figure payment from a British model. No prosecution is recorded in either case, and Jimson has never been convicted of any offence connected to these reports.

The 2026 complaint mirrors the structure described in the earlier reporting: obtain physical control of a valuable asset, create a contractual position that is difficult for the counterparty to unwind, delay settlement with procedural language, then request an authorisation that routes the money to a third entity. Neither the dealership, the sales manager named in the correspondence, nor Jimson has responded publicly to the allegations. Knightsbridge Automotive lists a Doha commercial registration and the contact number +974 4444 8486.

The seller has been advised to file a criminal complaint with Qatar Police, seek an injunction blocking any onward transfer or re-registration of the vehicle, and instruct local counsel before further contact. Anyone consigning a vehicle in the Gulf should confirm cleared funds in their own account before delivery, refuse to sign authorisations naming a payee other than themselves, and treat unexplained settlement delays beyond forty-eight hours as a warning sign.

ScamTelegraph publishes this report as an account of allegations made by an identified claimant and supported by signed contracts and correspondence. It is not a finding of guilt.

What car is at the centre of the case?

A white Mercedes-AMG G-Class in Brabus G700 specification, Qatari plate 273192, contracted at 1,000,000 Qatari rial.

Who is Tom Jimson?

A British national reported to be associated with Knightsbridge Automotive in Doha, previously named in 2015 UK press reports over an alleged property fraud and an alleged extortion attempt. He has no recorded convictions.

Who was to receive the payment?

A Delaware-registered company whose Lewes address is a known mail-forwarding location. The seller says he was asked to authorise payment to that entity instead of to himself.

How can sellers protect themselves in similar deals?

Do not release a vehicle before the funds clear in your own account, never sign a payment authorisation naming a third-party recipient, and demand transfer references in writing.