Selling Cars- being ripped off......

[surveyor]

Since advertising my car I have had:

1. A text telling me that my advert is being removed unless I change it. Link is not to the advertising site....
2. A text offering to buy my car. Following through they want a £75 admin charge first before viewing the car.....
3, A more complicated one. A text saying they've tried to call, but not got through and please email them. Following the email I get another message purporting to come the advertising site saying that there is a message and login. Login site is of course not the advertising site....

Find it really sad that there are so many con artists out there. I'm guessing some non IT people would fall for some of these....

[vikingaero]

If you have phone/mobile numbers from each scammer can you not supply each number to then so they call each other?

[surveyor]

most of them seem to be trying to get my logon details via spoofing the sites.

[krisdelta]

I get that when I advertise on PH. Quite what they do once they've logged in as me I don't know.

[996TT02]

krisdelta said:

I get that when I advertise on PH. Quite what they do once they've logged in as me I don't know.

They use your account to advertise cars they don't have, to scam people.

See any of the multitude of ads "don't use messaging system, contact email on one of the images" BS.

[Roo]

Welcome to the world of selling cars.

Imagine what it's like when you've got about 35 cars for sale at any one time.