Selling cars - dodgy emails?

[Lois]

I've sold a couple of cars on PH now, but every time I do I get "dodgy" emails. By dodgy I mean clearly very poor english and asking questions that are already on the advert.
Do my adverts just attract people who can't construct a sentence, or is it some form of scam??

[rfn]

I've sold a few cars in my time on here. Not had any "scam" adverts for the current car - so don't know if it's the type of car or something else?

[Lois]

hmm...the same guy has just emailed again, now in perfect and rather "proper" English asking for
1. Current mileage (already given to him in a previous email)
2. V5 serial number (The V5 serial number should be 2 letters followed by 7 numbers on the front page)
3. V5 registration document issue date

Now I'm certain this is dodgy.

Edited by Lois on Sunday 31st October 18:06

[Lois]

msn.com

[edo]

I get a few, but they are all very obvious.

Just say they can see the info in person/call for it.

[Lois]

Interestingly that email did get filtered into my spam folder!

[Lois]

Quick google - BAM!

Re: Yahoo Finance Scam
3 more 'Yahoo Finance' fraud email accounts from ads on Autotrader:
Quote:
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Also fraudulent domain mycarinfos.co.uk is being used to host some ads, such as
http://defender.mycarinfos.co.uk/

[MrLou]

anonymous said:

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This could be to avoid buying a car with one of the stolen V5s. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8487381.stm)

[Lois]

Or more likely I think, to create a fake V5

[aw51 121565]

MrLou said:

anonymous said:

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This could be to avoid buying a car with one of the stolen V5s. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8487381.stm)

It could also be to access the vehicle's computerised MoT records and see if the vehicle has had a "haircut" at any time in the last 4 years between MoTs . It also means the prospective buyer can work out for themselves how long the seller has had their name on the V5C and so approximate how long the seller has owned the vehicle.

It would be good form to ask the seller for this info "so I can check out the last four or five MoTs and see what problems the car has had" though. I'd be unhappy giving out this info without a similar reason given by the buyer - and I wouldn't prompt them either .

[Petrolhead_Rich]

anonymous said:

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+1, ask him why he wants the info, could be a genuine reason, if so tell him you can give this info over the phone or when he comes to view the car.

[AndrewW-G]

anonymous said:

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IIRC you can get the same info with just the reg number and MOT cert number . . . . . .

http://motinfo.direct.gov.uk/internet/jsp/ECHID-In...

ETA, meant you can get the MOT info with the MOT cert number, not that you could get the V5 info

Edited by AndrewW-G on Monday 1st November 10:24