The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

Posted: **Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:13 pm**

Anyone notice the massive increase in scams online these days - particularly with car sales. Cars for sale at stupidly cheap money to get suckers to part with deposits.

E.G. - http://search.autotrader.ie/www/cars_ad ... 189145217#

&

http://search.autotrader.ie/www/cars_ad ... 4189109219

Posted: **Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:18 pm**

so you send them the money before you even see the car? how do they scam you, ask for a deposit?

Posted: **Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:23 pm**

colm_mcm wrote:so you send them the money before you even see the car? how do they scam you, ask for a deposit?

Exactly. You won't get them at the mobile number given (as its false or someone elses) - you have to email them - they say they're out of the country - but if you send a deposit for the car they'll get someone to deliver the car to you and you can have a look at it to decide to buy.

Heres another RX8 (note no contact number given) -

http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/Mazda/RX-8/car/1107870/

I just emailed him telling him I wanted to buy - its good craic stringing these guys out for ages. I'll see if I can get an address to post the cheque to. :wink:

Posted: **Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:33 pm**

In fairness, if you send a stranger a cheque as a deposit on a second hand car you've never seen you deserve all you get :roll:

Posted: **Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:36 pm**

Bernard wrote:In fairness, if you send a stranger a cheque as a deposit on a second hand car you've never seen you deserve all you get

You wouldn't believe the amount of eejits that get caught out by this.

Heres an S2000 - similar scam - http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/Honda/S ... r/1112240/

Posted: **Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:40 pm**

I fear Carzone wouldn't bother clamping down on this, I've emailed them before about cars that were obviously scams, and ads that are recycled with a different car added on, and never got a reply.

Posted: **Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:59 pm**

OK guys - a prize for the person who can develop the most entertaining email thread with one of these bozos !!

Let's have some fun !!

I've had a few interesting exchanges with the guys who want to give you £80m for the small fee to ship the bank draft to me. I was once very sneaky and gave him the mobile phone number of a mate who I wanted to annoy. Poor sod had punters from Nigeria phoning him up about sending the courier fee for the cheque :lol:

Posted: **Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:29 am**

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