atrader.co.uk, anyone heard of them?

[moebiusuk]

Hi all

I have a Citroen C2 VTS up for sale for £4,600 and got a text from atrader.co.uk saying that they'll buy it today £4,450 and collect it from us.

Has anyone heard of them? Seems too good to be true...and on their site, they state: "If your wondering how we make our profit - its in the finance deal with the new owner."


Also, they spelt "your" wrong.

[daemon]

moebiusuk said:

Hi all

I have a Citroen C2 VTS up for sale for £4,600 and got a text from atrader.co.uk saying that they'll buy it today £4,450 and collect it from us.

Has anyone heard of them? Seems too good to be true...and on their site, they state: "If your wondering how we make our profit - its in the finance deal with the new owner."


Also, they spelt "your" wrong.

Its a con.

They try to give themselves credence by using names that sound a bit like autotrader.

From memory you get a code, you enter it on the site, then have to pay some sort of "admin fee" which of course you never get back and noone comes to buy your car.

[DuraAce]

I see they charge a "refundable" deposit appointment fee . No proper contact details/address either.

Looks like a duck, quacks like a duck.....

[daemon]

Also, they just registered that website on thursday....

https://who.is/whois/atrader.co.uk

[moebiusuk]

Ah OK, thanks guys, much appreciated.