What's the Con?

[Deleted member 26715]

Always on the lookout for a new car, had this one 8+ years & although it's okay we're always looking, so saw this car for sale near York

Seemed a little cheap, but thought it might be more than the trade-n so was just looking to make a little extra, started to look at others of the same type & widen the search area to check the price & came across this other one.

So what's the con, will they just try to extract details from me, they know my name, so will it be telephone, email addresses, or will they ask for a deposit before I try to view?

 

[fossyant]

Who the hell is called Matilda ?

 

[T4tomo]

I'd drop Fiona message and tell her Matilda is having a giggle at her expense and or vice versa.

 

[DCLane]

They'll ask for a deposit to reserve the car. And disappear.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Always on the lookout for a new car, had this one 8+ years & although it's okay we're always looking, so saw this car for sale near York

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Seemed a little cheap, but thought it might be more than the trade-n so was just looking to make a little extra, started to look at others of the same type & widen the search area to check the price & came across this other one.

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So what's the con, will they just try to extract details from me, they know my name, so will it be telephone, email addresses, or will they ask for a deposit before I try to view?

As it's the same picture, is it a national dealer? Sometimes they advertise the same vehicle from several showrooms, and will bring it to you if you want it.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

They'll ask for a deposit to reserve the car. And disappear.

That's my feeling, "I've had so many people wanting to come look & not turn up, £1000 deposit to come view, if it's not what you want I'll give it you back then" or something along those lines,

I'll see what Fiona has to say for herself.

 

[newts]

Sophie Wallace in Doncaster & Lauren Thompson in Poole both selling it much cheaper@ just over £6k
Surprised the mileage is only 50,645km as it gets around the country a bit

 

[figbat]

Fiona, Lauren and Sophia all joined Facebook in 2022! What are the chances?

 

[fossyant]

Some poor bugger is probably driving round in that car without knowing 6 or more scammers are selling it !

 

[figbat]

One of them is also selling a cheap Ford Kuga, which also turns up multiple times under other assumed accounts from 2022 across the country. They all seem to like a small number of friends from abroad and football, and work in a coffee shop.

 

[ColinJ]

Tell Facebook and/or the police?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Tell Facebook and/or the police?

I have reported it to FB, but if others are still finding the advert then they are doing as much about it as I expected them to, as for our boys & girls in blue, the chances of them being interested is even less than the actions for FB

What I am surprised at is that I asked one of them if I could come to view this evening, which if they don't respond makes it even more curious as to why they are doing it.

 

[midlife]

Talking about Facebook, was on TV last night that out of 40 Manchester property adverts 10 were fake. Someone rented a flat, gave the deposit, turned up and flat wasn't for rent.

 

[ColinJ]

... as for our boys & girls in blue, the chances of them being interested is even less than the actions for FB

I was just looking at reports that many forces don't even send officers round to burgled homes these days!

One force decided that they WOULD investigate every burglary, and... *** GASP ***... the burglary rate in that area fell by about 50% - who'd have thought that police trying to catch/succeeding in catching criminals would actually deter them!!!

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I was just looking at reports that many forces don't even send officers round to burgled homes these days!

One force decided that they WOULD investigate every burglary, and... *** GASP ***... the burglary rate in that area fell by about 50% - who'd have thought that police trying to catch/succeeding in catching criminals would actually deter them!!!

You can't blame the boots on the ground it's the 20 tiers of management above them & the paperwork