Fraud Warning

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djdestiny

6,542 posts

184 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Post the URL's for any sites you used to make the transactions and the email addresses.
I bet they have the word pistonheads in it, but are a subdomain eg. pistonheads.buyourcar.co.uk might look genuine at a glance but in reality its just a made up page originating from buyourcar.co.uk

Rawwr

22,722 posts

240 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Failure of due diligence on your part, I fear.

FazerBoy

974 posts

156 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Surely this has got to be a wind up...

I have always wondered why these scammers spend so much time and effort putting out these ads and emails - who the hell would ever be so stupid as to even think for one moment that there might actually be a physical car for sale??

Now I know...

trickywoo

12,259 posts

236 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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FazerBoy said:
Surely this has got to be a wind up...

School holidays started today.scratchchin

scarble

5,277 posts

163 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Yazza54 said:
rallycross said:
I thought only a fool would fall for these scams. Hardly needs a warning.
yes
Op, you div
This.
I feel bad for you but don't try to blame PH, especially when the same happens on all the top car selling sites.
Also, who gets so excited about a 1.9 diesel that they lose the ability to think rationally?

T1berious

2,365 posts

161 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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I'm genuinely stunned that the cash was handed over.

Like, Really? This isn't a wind up?

"the car, the keys and the paper work is in the post mate!"

Honest Bob's Motor Emporium strikes again....

pc.iow

1,879 posts

209 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Hi Joe, what car didn’t you get?

furtive

4,501 posts

285 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Looking at the price of other 2009 159's the scam car was about half the going price.

Oh dear

Roo

11,503 posts

213 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Sure there was a thread on here the other day where someone had queried the low asking price of an Alfa.

threadlock

3,199 posts

260 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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I predict the OP's next post will be something like:

"Well I thought I was helping everybody but instead people have been downright rude. I'm not a so called "div". No wonder these scams exist. I will never buy another car from piston heads. Please delete my account immediately and stop emailing me with these scam transactions."

wink

Busso GTA

178 posts

132 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Roo said:
Sure there was a thread on here the other day where someone had queried the low asking price of an Alfa.
Indeed there was , I am amazed that anyone would ever transfer money in this situation then get all uppety about some responsibility they perceive PH to have , it is awful that OP has been scammed but seriously what were you thinking ?

smiffy180

6,020 posts

156 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Just going to hijack the thread as I've had a scammer contact me within half hour of my ad going live.
is there a website or PH wiki that has scammer email addresses?
Google provided me with mine but I assume a lot aren't reported?

Shaw Tarse

31,657 posts

209 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Busso GTA said:
Roo said:
Sure there was a thread on here the other day where someone had queried the low asking price of an Alfa.
Indeed there was , I am amazed that anyone would ever transfer money in this situation then get all uppety about some responsibility they perceive PH to have , it is awful that OP has been scammed but seriously what were you thinking ?
Dealer's website hacked, the ad stated price was one day only & not to use PH mail system, or phone but to use email they supplied in the advert.
ETA thread started with a Honda http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Roo

11,503 posts

213 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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^^^ That's the one.

Thank you.

Centurion07

10,395 posts

253 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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SlideyJoe said:
I initially thought there was a mistake due to the low price
There's your first clue.

SlideyJoe said:
The seller claimed to want a quick sale in order to work abroad and that piston heads would handle the sale.
There's number two.

SlideyJoe said:
The process was that Piston heads would send me the car for me to review within 48hrs following receipt of my monies into their third party account, after which time I could keep it, they would then send the money on to the seller, or if i changed my mind within this time I could send it back and have my money returned to me.
Seriously? If that doesn't scream scam then I don't know what does.

SlideyJoe said:
They told me they are well aware of the scam (amongst others) and that they have a fraud warning on each advert.
That is so ridiculously, obviously, a scam it shouldn't need any sort of warning; it's bloody obvious. Either way, they do have that warning there, it was YOU that missed it.

SlideyJoe said:
I guess my enthusiasm for a 'good deal' got the better of me.
So your fault entirely then.

In fact, assuming this story is true, which I highly doubt, you're clearly an idiot and deserve to lose your money. Harsh but fair.

Edited by Centurion07 on Thursday 24th July 14:19

zebra

4,555 posts

220 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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Slidey Joe, as you can see from the banner at the top of my post I am an official PH fraud control officer.

To assist you, I first need you to transfer £4,300 into a third party account which shall be returned if you are not happy with the debt recovery service.

t400ble

1,804 posts

127 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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hairykrishna said:
fk me. People like you are the reason there are so many scam adverts. You put over 4 grand into a random account because someone sent you an email which they had pasted pistonheads banner images into. Would you hand over 4 grand in cash because someone in a branded T-shirt knocked on your door, showed you a picture of a car and said they'd handle the sale for you?
This.

t400ble

1,804 posts

127 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

261 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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The process was that Piston heads would send me the car for me to review within 48hrs following receipt of my monies into their third party account, after which time I could keep it, they would then send the money on to the seller, or if i changed my mind within this time I could send it back and have my money returned to me. This sounded ok and I felt confident that the process was legitimate

Pardon me, but ----------> rofl

Can I interest you in the Titanic? Take a jiffy to raise her, she'd look great in your back garden.

ging84

9,275 posts

152 months

Thursday 24th July 2014
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oh come on why are people responding to this thread
doesn't everyone know it's school holidays?