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UK CARS SCAM. BE AWARE!!!
Please read carefully if you dont want to become a victim like me and my sister
and some of my friends. I am sending this message from my behalf and from behalf
of all the people I know who have been ripped off. I am sending this message to
a lot of friends and ask them to forward it to others to help as many people as
I can.
WANT TO SELL YOUR CAR?
LIST OF SOME UK SITES BELOW WHERE NOT TO GO:
Motor Network £89.99 -
http://www.motornetwork.co.uk A COMPLETE RIP OFF.
They are looking for car adverts from other websites and start calling the
sellers telling them that they have few buyers wanted to buy a car like yours,
but you have to register with them first. It is "only" £89.99 one off fee. And
thats it; once they take your money forget it. Be aware, dont let them take over
they may ring you over 5 times today, and pushing you to register with them.
They can tell you for example: "We have three buyers who want to buy your car
right now." Well you tell me how, when the buyers havent even seen your car?
PLEASE AVOID!!!
Desperate Seller - £29.99 -
http://www.desperateseller.com or co.uk
For this money they are going to put your advert in 101 top car websites until
sold. WHAT A LIE. They have a list of this websites, some of them dont even
work and almost all of them (if youre looking carefully) use the same search
technology and the same database. Imagine YOU have a website and then create
another 100 small websites and start telling the people that you can put their
advert in your "PARTNERS WEBSITES" which websites buy the way are all yours.
PLEASE AVOID!!!
Auto Seek - £15 - http://www.autoseek.co.uk
a Car Data sister site.
Car Data - from "just" £79.99 -
http://www.cardata.co.uk PROBABLY THE FOUNDER OF THIS SCAM. THE WEBSITES
ABOVE ARE PROBABLY SOME OF THE MANY CAR DATA GAMES.
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LIST OF SOME HIGLY RECOMMENDED UK SITES FOR BUYING OR SELLING CARS:
AUTOTRADER from £5.99 to £45 for two weeks -
http://www.autotrader.co.uk
WEBMOTORS UK free and paid option £15 until sold -
http://www.webmotors.co.uk
EXCHANGE AND MART from £5 to £15 for two weeks -
http://www.exchangeandmart.co.uk
FRIDAY AD from £10 to £45 -
http://www.friday-ad.co.uk
THE SITES ABOVE ARE RECOMMENDED BECAUSE I AND A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW HAVE SOLD
THEIR CARS THROUGH THEM.
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Please, if you are looking to buy or sell a car from the internet, be very
careful which sites youre visiting and what kind of emails/offers youre
receiving.
If you are a seller, you might receive an email message similar to this below:
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Sellers lookout for these signs!
* Overpayment scams - the person says they want to buy your item without
seeing it! They will say they have someone owing them money who will send you a
cheque. This will be for far more than the item is worth, the idea being that
you take the cost of the item and send the rest to their shipping agent. They
will ask you to send via Western Union or Moneygram, NEVER SEND MONEY USING
WESTERN UNION or MONEYGRAM for the overpayment of goods. Truth is that this will
be a fake/counterfeit, stolen or an altered cheque (check). This will bounce
eventually, often after you have sent the money to them. You will then owe the
bank ££££'s - the scammer will have disappeared, abandoned the free email
account he used to communicate to you.
Think about it would anyone really trust a total stranger with more money
than something is worth?
* Clues to detect a scammer
o Poor use of English, strange combinations of long words, god, bless
...
o Strong emphasis on the payment method
o Asking for information you have already given in the advert
o May talk about representing a client, shipping agent ..
o Have a sense of urgency to need your item - do they not sell it in
their country?
Buyers lookout for these signs!
Lookout for items that are priced less than the market price! These tend to be
cars that are being advertised for an amazing price. The price will be so good
that you feel you need to get in touch. The advertiser will say the car is in
another country to where you are, but that he has a good courier that will get
the item to you in a few days. He will then ask for a deposit via Western Union
or Moneygram, NEVER SEND MONEY USING WESTERN UNION or MONEYGRAM. Never send
money for a deposit for something you have not seen, especially to someone
overseas.
Fraud Alert
Do not accept cheques for your goods, from distant buyers, that are of a higher
value than the item you are selling. The fraudsters post you a counterfeit
cheques and you wire them your good money. Their cheque may well clear, but you
will lose the funds once the bank realise the cheque is fraudulent. Example: you
sell car for £5,000. They post you fake £7,000 cheque and you send them £2,000.
Don't fall for it!
Example of dodgy email:
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Thanks for your mail, due to what i have told you concerning the payment and the
shippment that you my shipper will come for the pick up of the BRAND NEW HP iPAQ
pda H2210 as soon as the cheque clear. My client that is owning some funds in
United Kingdom (£3,500), i will instruct him to issue the cheque for you and as
soon as it clear you will deduct the cost of the BRAND NEW HP iPAQ pda H2210
(£389) the remaining balance will be send to my shipper via Western Union Money
Transfer for immediately shipping arrangment. Do get back to me if these is okay
by you, so that i can forward your information to my client ASAP.. Hope to hear
from you soon
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GOOD LUCK!
Jessica.
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