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From: Steve Firth on 7 Feb 2010 10:16 I've been looking for yet another car recently. One thing I have noticed is that Autotrader now contains large numbers of adverts for cars at ludicrous prices. Such as this one: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201005351803189/ So umm what's the actual scam? Bang on the head up a dark alley after arranging a meet to pay for the car? I'm not daft enough to think that anyone would be selling a two year old XC90 for that price, I'm just bemused by the scammer. Surely if the price were just a couple of K less than book they would attract some buyers? If they actually gave a contact number rather than insisting on email contact only they would attract more punters? As it is, it just screams WRONG! at anyone with two brain cells or more. Or is the aim to attract the absolute dimmest members of society?
From: Homer on 7 Feb 2010 11:05 "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message news:1jdju7v.nyggtbytlsdN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk... > I've been looking for yet another car recently. One thing I have noticed > is that Autotrader now contains large numbers of adverts for cars at > ludicrous prices. > > Such as this one: > > http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201005351803189/ > > So umm what's the actual scam? Bang on the head up a dark alley after > arranging a meet to pay for the car? > > I'm not daft enough to think that anyone would be selling a two year old > XC90 for that price, I'm just bemused by the scammer. Surely if the > price were just a couple of K less than book they would attract some > buyers? If they actually gave a contact number rather than insisting on > email contact only they would attract more punters? > > As it is, it just screams WRONG! at anyone with two brain cells or more. > Or is the aim to attract the absolute dimmest members of society? Contact the seller and he will probably claim he and the car are in another country where RHD cars don't sell. Will request payment is sent by Western Union and he will arrange for the car to be delivered to your door a his cost.
From: Dr Zoidberg on 7 Feb 2010 11:10 "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message news:1jdju7v.nyggtbytlsdN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk... > I've been looking for yet another car recently. One thing I have noticed > is that Autotrader now contains large numbers of adverts for cars at > ludicrous prices. > > Such as this one: > > http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201005351803189/ There's always the possibility that it's a typo with a missing digit. More likely a scam though > So umm what's the actual scam? Bang on the head up a dark alley after > arranging a meet to pay for the car? Nope , they don't want to actually meet anyone in person - they will just want payment in advance and have the car shipped to you. of course , you can use their trusted (and entirely fake) escrow site so your money will be safe..... Quite often this will be linked in with the sort of "earn thousands of pounds a month working from home" jobs where they get the gullible people to provide bank details for the scammers to launder the money through. Either way , you won't get a car and yes , the truly dim and greedy are targeted. -- Alex
From: IanT on 7 Feb 2010 11:27 "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message news:1jdju7v.nyggtbytlsdN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk... > I've been looking for yet another car recently. One thing I have noticed > is that Autotrader now contains large numbers of adverts for cars at > ludicrous prices. > > Such as this one: > > http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201005351803189/ > > So umm what's the actual scam? Bang on the head up a dark alley after > arranging a meet to pay for the car? > > I'm not daft enough to think that anyone would be selling a two year old > XC90 for that price, I'm just bemused by the scammer. Surely if the > price were just a couple of K less than book they would attract some > buyers? If they actually gave a contact number rather than insisting on > email contact only they would attract more punters? > > As it is, it just screams WRONG! at anyone with two brain cells or more. > Or is the aim to attract the absolute dimmest members of society? Seeing as he will not take phonecalls, due to the number not being available it will probably be a 419scam. He does have an email address, so why not contact him and ask when you can get the AA to call and inspect the car? Also ask him for the registration number so you can do the HPI Check to make sure it isn't a rightoff and doesn't have existing finance. That is all YOU need to do in order to find it is a scam. Get back to us with the answers he gives you. There wil be some problem over him being away on holiday and a friend selling it for him, or maybe working away and he will need to have the car delivered to you. Whichever way you try to see the car, it will never be available as it is probably a picture pinched from elsewhere. You will be faced by the hard pressure sell. If you try to phone his number will be off, so that ties in with the thing about working/being away. First step of a scam. Next will be an email asking you for your phone number. You will get regular calls and told things like other buyers are interested, so could you pay a deposit etc, or pay the full amount. They try to get as much as possible out of the victim. It will be a payment direct to a bank account or the scammer will get your full bank details and/or credit card details and security code which he will use immediately! If it's a debit card then your account can be emptied in minutes without any protection. Have a look at 419scams on Google and you will find various sites saying how they all work.
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