How does this scam work?
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I saw similar style adverts for a garden shed earlier this year, I knew it was a scam as the shed was about £60, retail should have been about £500 normally.So i sent them a note, heard nothing for a day or so, then got a replysaying to go to a specificwebsite.
Which I did but couldn't even find the shed, it was just a wensite of more normally priced tat.
I "think"the idea is just to drive clicks to thir websites.
Which I did but couldn't even find the shed, it was just a wensite of more normally priced tat.
I "think"the idea is just to drive clicks to thir websites.
TTmonkey said:
What about all the car adverts at stupid prices? I don’t get it surely no one thing so they can bag a car at a tenth of its value?
the stupidest part about the FB car adverts is that the scam 'sellers' who have lots of cars for sale seem to just change the picture and advertised price yet use the same description for all of the vehicles.Tye Green said:
TTmonkey said:
What about all the car adverts at stupid prices? I don’t get it surely no one thing so they can bag a car at a tenth of its value?
the stupidest part about the FB car adverts is that the scam 'sellers' who have lots of cars for sale seem to just change the picture and advertised price yet use the same description for all of the vehicles.As always, if they didn’t ever find people that fall for the scam, they wouldn’t waste their time advertising them.
nuyorican said:
On FB Marketplace this listing pops up occasionally for an Eames lounger chair and matching Ottoman. New, reproduction obvious (the originals and licensed reproductions go for thousands) Always the same photos, usually the same price (£79) the seller usually having only just joined etc.
I was in the market for a genuine Eames lounger so I think the algorithm keeps serving them up to me. I imagine the same scam exists for other items.
I know it's a scam, every other listing on FB is, or obviously stolen goods. But just interested in how it works? As it's a bulky item maybe they ask for an upfront courier payment?
It varies. Sometimes they direct you to a dodgy website, you order, make payment and nothing turns up. When hundreds of similar people have paid £79 for the product, the website is abandoned or the domain not renewed so it could linger on. Other times the £79 is just plain misleading and they tell you the correct price when you enquire.I was in the market for a genuine Eames lounger so I think the algorithm keeps serving them up to me. I imagine the same scam exists for other items.
I know it's a scam, every other listing on FB is, or obviously stolen goods. But just interested in how it works? As it's a bulky item maybe they ask for an upfront courier payment?
The car scams are deposit scams. Common themes are cars at a third of the price. This leads many stupid/greedy people to believe that they can have a premium car for the cost of a 10 year old eurobox. Seller profiles are false or hacked. Adverts for cars are stolen and pics reused for their scams. They use lots of female profiles. Think about it - how many grannies have 500+ cars for sale for a third of the price? That's more cars than most large dealerships! Other themes are ridiculously long adverts listing every function and option the car has, hashtags #bmw #luxury, advert says car is always garaged etc,.
When you enquire, they tell you the car is proving to have a lot of interest, but YOU can reserve it for £500/£1,000. So you pay the deposit and so do hundreds of others and there is no car. We've had a few PH'ers jape them by claiming to live nearby and could they pop over to view the car, but to no avail. When you message them the replies are very overly American formal:
"Hello, my name is Sarah Hutchinson, and I am the sales executive for Marbella Cars Inc..."
TTmonkey said:
What about all the car adverts at stupid prices? I don’t get it surely no one thing so they can bag a car at a tenth of its value?
Article here explains how bad it isSantander has revealed that over four out of five cars advertised on Facebook Marketplace are a scam.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/24888518/money-gon...
Kinky said:
TTmonkey said:
What about all the car adverts at stupid prices? I don’t get it surely no one thing so they can bag a car at a tenth of its value?
Article here explains how bad it isSantander has revealed that over four out of five cars advertised on Facebook Marketplace are a scam.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/24888518/money-gon...
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