"Is this your car?" = is this a scam?

[Harris_I]

I have received a couple of responses to my recent classified advert with the message "Is this your car? I am very interested in purchasing but first i want to make sure if this is your car.
Regards".

I can only assume since I have received the same email from two different email addresses that it must be a phishing scam.

Anyway, just thought I'd put it out there FYI.

[rm55]

I got the exact same message to my car ad just now.

[RacingPete]

For these it is worth googling the email address they are being sent from - that way can tell you pretty quickly if these are scam enquirers.

Unfortunately by being number 2 to Autotrader now we have greater visibility in the scam world, and this is a nature of that. We are working on ways to try and reduce the number of contacts from non-genuine buyers but it a constant game.

If they are scammers then pass on their email addresses on here or to me on a PM and we can at least block them from our systems to stop them emailing others.

[Harris_I]

Scammer addresses:

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

[rm55]

Mine was from -

[e-mail]

[woollyjoe]

Got same email and they appear to be from same domain
[e-mail]

[Harris_I]

Here's another scammer:

[e-mail]

[robmeister]

And another

[e-mail]

[GhostWKD]

[e-mail] tried me too, and [e-mail]

[rm55]

I've had another 2 today - contain a link which redirects to - http://pistonheadsep.altervista.org/account/login/...

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

[pjac67]

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

both this week with the same message:
Message:
" Hi,

Is this your car?
Link: fn4.de/piston-heads-com-used-cars-4151062
(if the link does not work copy and paste it into a new tab).

I am very interested in purchasing but first i want to make sure if this is your car and if the price is negotiable. Waiting for your reply.
Regards "

[MrB.]

I've had 2 of these now. I replied to them before I twigged it might be a scam. Given the fact that I am a complete dinosaur when it comes to technology, should I have done this? Is my e-mail account at risk now?

[Drewcar47]

Hi, I've just received the same message from [e-mail]

>>>>>>>
Hello,
Is this your car?
Link: peston-heads-com.7pz.me/clasifieds-used-cars-autos----2854768/39
(if the link does not work copy and paste it into a new tab window)

Can you please let me know what is the real price for it? I saw your add on Piston-heads but another seller has the same car up for sale at half your asking price.
Regards
<<<<<<

Luckily I spotted the "pEston-heads" link and was suspicious, so hopefully no harm done.
I'm disappointed with PistonHeads though. This is the 2nd scam for this advert and I haven't had any genuine interest as yet. It makes me think that I won't use PistonHeads in future, unless they can eliminate these scams.

Drew

[GTRene]

Today I also got such, also one in the past, but I found it so strange that they ask to copy paste their line in the browser to see if its my car (when they reacted on the original PH link and the link to my ad was also in that mail original, so strange)

so...I will not react back and of course not try their link out (I'm to scarred for such) then I rather not sell

but then I came across this thread and see the same sort of asking etc...so I guess this one could be scam too?
if not, I'm sorry I posted this, but here we go what came in today and 'smells' fishy? >>

said:

Someone has sent you a message:
Email: [e-mail]
Name: Duffy
Phone:
Message:
" Hello, This is your car? tiny.cc/pistonusedcars-5019403726 (if the link does not work copy and paste it into a new tab).
I am very interested in purchasing but first I want to make sure if this is your car and if the price is negotiable. Waiting for your reply.
Regards

Sent from my iPhone "

and this one is from 01-03, same style on which I answered, but not tried out his link of course, and entered the link to my car which was save and also asked him some questions, but then never heard back

said:

Someone has sent you a message:
Email: [e-mail]
Name: David
Phone:
Message:
" Hi,

Is this your car?
Link: fn4.de/piston-heads-used-cars------3290304
(if the link does not work copy and paste it into a new tab).

I am very interested in purchasing but first i want to make sure if this is your car.
Regards
David

I really hate scammers/fraud/phis-sing people.

Edited by GTRene on Friday 5th June 13:26

[DenRob]

Hello all,

CARAMAIL????

My first post, I have my BMW 335i E93 for sale on PH and have received 2 'caramail' replies as follows:-

FIRST-
This email enquiry has been sent from [e-mail] and all replies should be sent to this address.

Someone has sent you a message:

Email: [e-mail]

Name: Alison

Phone: [phone]

Message:
" Hello, This is your car? tiny.cc/pistonusedcars-5019403726 (if the link does not work copy and paste it into a new tab). I am very interested in purchasing but first I want to make sure if this is your car and if the price is negotiable. Waiting for your reply.
Regards

Sent from my iPhone "

SECOND-
This email enquiry has been sent from [e-mail] and all replies should be sent to this address.

Someone has sent you a message:

Email: [e-mail]

Name:

Phone:

Message:
" Good evening,
I'm very interested in your car. Please let me know if your price is negotiable.
Kind regards.

Sent from my iPhone "

Just for information of PH - Perhaps daftly I did reply to the first without any response, I received the second one today that read similar again from a caramail etc and as a result of a search on PH forum on the topic I'm ignoring it.

Thanks all

[rubystone]

[e-mail]

[e-mail]

Both sent me mails...

I didn't click on the links...do they think I was born yesterday?

I did however furnish them with my bank details and online password. After all, they offered me a 50% share of US$20m that their mothers hid from the evil oppressors. Seems legit.

[SonicShadow]

It's a phishing scam - they aren't interested in the car at all. They've created a copy of the PH classifieds interface, and they are trying to get you to login to your account to get your username / email / password. This is why it's important to use a unique password for everything.

[Funk]

SonicShadow said:

It's a phishing scam - they aren't interested in the car at all. They've created a copy of the PH classifieds interface, and they are trying to get you to login to your account to get your username / email / password. This is why it's important to use a unique password for everything.

Convenient of PH to recently merge forum and classifieds usernames etc. Makes it easier for the scammers to compromise everything at once!

[rb5er]

Quite glad I don't advertise on PH anymore.

[dudleybloke]

But is it your car?