Used car scam warning
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I searched to see if this has been covered on here but appears not. A person claiming to be called Alan is showing interest in used cars and then insists upon the seller buying a vehicle report from reportsverifier.co.uk before they come to view the car.
Its a phishing scam to get people to put their details into the website. See trustpilot, there are other reports but very few, so looks to be very new.
Stay vigilant!
Its a phishing scam to get people to put their details into the website. See trustpilot, there are other reports but very few, so looks to be very new.
Stay vigilant!
This is why i dont use forums any more. People so jaded by all the repetitive topics that they come across as nothing but sarcastic and unhelpful.
I haven’t sold a used car for a long time, so im not up on the latest scams. I dont use the forums any more for the above reason. This scam links to a website that looks extremely authentic!
Thankfully i wasnt actually caught out by the scam, but that was only because I don’t believe its the sellers job to provide a vehicle check. I didn’t go far enough down the road to see if there were any warning signs on the site. The person who actually makes the enquiry gets you talking and is quite disarming. Anyone who might have decided to pay for the check in order to get the car sold, i can see it would have caught them out.
Anyway, i hope if anyone searches this before they go ahead, sees this and realises its a scam.
I haven’t sold a used car for a long time, so im not up on the latest scams. I dont use the forums any more for the above reason. This scam links to a website that looks extremely authentic!
Thankfully i wasnt actually caught out by the scam, but that was only because I don’t believe its the sellers job to provide a vehicle check. I didn’t go far enough down the road to see if there were any warning signs on the site. The person who actually makes the enquiry gets you talking and is quite disarming. Anyone who might have decided to pay for the check in order to get the car sold, i can see it would have caught them out.
Anyway, i hope if anyone searches this before they go ahead, sees this and realises its a scam.
A potential buyer asks you to pay for something before they come and view your car. The conversation would go no further than that. I always HPI stuff at my own expense (obviously) before I go and look at something, its part of being a conscious buyer.
Then that website holy hell. It looks like its been built by a child.
Then that website holy hell. It looks like its been built by a child.
So just because someone is tech savvy enough to use a forum and post a sale add online, they are supposed to be able to spot fake websites as easily as you can?
I though the site looked very sketchy and had no intention of using it, but not everyone is going to think that. You get sucked in to potential of selling the car very quickly and easily and the idea of just buying that report in order to get the sale done seems like a good idea at the time.
I saw that this particular scam wasnt coming up when i searched the forum, so I thought id be “helpful” to anyone who took the time to search first.
Anyway thanks for proving my point about the level of responses on here.🤦🏻♂️
I though the site looked very sketchy and had no intention of using it, but not everyone is going to think that. You get sucked in to potential of selling the car very quickly and easily and the idea of just buying that report in order to get the sale done seems like a good idea at the time.
I saw that this particular scam wasnt coming up when i searched the forum, so I thought id be “helpful” to anyone who took the time to search first.
Anyway thanks for proving my point about the level of responses on here.🤦🏻♂️
Swellsy said:
So just because someone is tech savvy enough to use a forum and post a sale add online, they are supposed to be able to spot fake websites as easily as you can?
I though the site looked very sketchy and had no intention of using it, but not everyone is going to think that. You get sucked in to potential of selling the car very quickly and easily and the idea of just buying that report in order to get the sale done seems like a good idea at the time.
I saw that this particular scam wasnt coming up when i searched the forum, so I thought id be “helpful” to anyone who took the time to search first.
Anyway thanks for proving my point about the level of responses on here.???????
You really have missed the point of what was a relevant and helpful response backing up your story. If you're that inclined to see criticism even where it doesn't exist I definitely don't think PH is going to be a good fit for you. I though the site looked very sketchy and had no intention of using it, but not everyone is going to think that. You get sucked in to potential of selling the car very quickly and easily and the idea of just buying that report in order to get the sale done seems like a good idea at the time.
I saw that this particular scam wasnt coming up when i searched the forum, so I thought id be “helpful” to anyone who took the time to search first.
Anyway thanks for proving my point about the level of responses on here.???????
It's amazing how disagreeable some people can be, even when getting positive engagement from other posters the OP is managing to find offense.
Regarding the website, I've seen some good potential scams, this isn't one of them. Then again, half the idea is to catch someone gullible enough to believe it, so they can rinse you for more.
Regarding the website, I've seen some good potential scams, this isn't one of them. Then again, half the idea is to catch someone gullible enough to believe it, so they can rinse you for more.
bigandclever said:
Seems reasonable to point it out, even if there are millions of them.
I am amused that their address given is so very nearly Sesame Street though
That address appears to be a "fake" address that it used as an example or placeholder in a Website template, as it appears on a variety of half-arsed websites which otherwise have no apparent connection.I am amused that their address given is so very nearly Sesame Street though
Pebbles167 said:
It's amazing how disagreeable some people can be, even when getting positive engagement from other posters the OP is managing to find offense.
Regarding the website, I've seen some good potential scams, this isn't one of them. Then again, half the idea is to catch someone gullible enough to believe it, so they can rinse you for more.
I do not blame them.Regarding the website, I've seen some good potential scams, this isn't one of them. Then again, half the idea is to catch someone gullible enough to believe it, so they can rinse you for more.
They have gone to the trouble of writing a post with good intentions of warning people who they do know and the first words of the first reply is somebody laughing at them. Followed by some Jargon that I would not have understood either.
Edited by McMoose on Sunday 8th October 19:46
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