Obvious scams on the PH classifieds

[Motorrad]

I'm starting to get sick of reporting these and it being ignored or ads stay up for multiple days after report.

Example:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

An obvious scam, I report it. Result, scam advert stays posted for days.

PH is therefore an active platform for use by scammers and shysters. I wonder why the credit cards or IPs of these users aren't banned or if they are why action isn't taken sooner.

Although they are obviously con merchants I hate to think of someone being suckered in by these scammers.

[Don1]

This would do more good in website feedback.

[Motorrad]

That's where I thought I'd posted it.

[SMcP114]

How does such a scam work, you are talked into sending a deposit for a car that doesn't exist or something?

[R36vw]

Wow!! That's cheap....might email them. Handover my bank details and credit card no....

[Ari]

Seems legit!

[northandy]

I went through a stage of reporting them, they seem to time them as to pick weekends/bank holidays knowing it takes a while to pull them down.

[toerag]

Paste this line:


VERY IMPORTANT- I CAN`T BE REACHED THROUGH PISTONHEADS CONTA site:http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars

in here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/search.asp?h=0&...


should work





Edit: https://www.google.com/search?as_q=VERY+IMPORTANT-...

Edited by toerag on Saturday 8th March 21:55

[toerag]

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/n...

2 more..

[magooagain]

Its been going on for months. Can we assume the PH classifieds are getting paid for the adds?

[CoolHands]

magooagain said:

Its been going on for months. Can we assume the PH classifieds are getting paid for the adds?

I would assume they were legitimate ads that have been hacked and re-written by the fraudsters. I wonder how they hack the ads.

[eybic]

CoolHands said:

I would assume they were legitimate ads that have been hacked and re-written by the fraudsters. I wonder how they hack the ads.

I think that's the case. I know every Monday the classifieds teams remove a load of dodgy ads that appeared over the weekend. The basic rule of thumb is if they say not to contact them through PH the they are dodgy.

[lilwashu]

When I listed my car on the classifieds a few months back I was sent a fairly convincing phishing e-mail telling me I had an offer and to log in via a link to see it. I would imagine they get usernames/passwords like that.

[GC8]

Still there and the has run the add on multiple occasions before, too.

[eybic]

GC8 said:

Still there and the has run the add on multiple occasions before, too.

Can you please link to the specific ad so I can point our ads team towards it? With just under 84,000 ads it can be quite difficult to weed out the dodgy ones.

[GC8]

It was the OPs example, but it has finally disappeared.

Itll be back soon though! I have reported the same ad (996 with GT3-alike Aero kit) on several occasions in the past.

[GC8]

Better described as a chronic recidivist !

[Waynester]

This?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

[Oggs]

I gave up reporting scams, traders pretending to be private sellers etc because sod all happened.

[Motorrad]

Surely there has to be a way of banning these people based on the payment method they use and or IP addresses?

The problem here is both the system and the scammers.

If I was a more cynical person I'd almost think PH allows these ads because they're making money from them.