Where do I post this question? Fraud.

shudd1967

I have put my car for sale on line with Trade it. Had an email from someone via the site telling me they want to buy it and will pay by transferring the money in to my site and I have to give them my tel no and bank account details!

Not that stupid! Have emailed trade it but want advice as to who else I report it to?

Where do I pot this on the forums please?

frivolous_fay

I'm not sure what you mean by 'transferring the money in to my site' but if they want to pay direct into your bank account, it's extremely safe for you.

Very unsafe for the buyer though - which makes me think it's unlikely to be a legitimate offer.

What are you hoping to achieve by posting? That would indicate the most appropriate forum.

shudd1967

No I have a car for sale and someone has emailed me asking for all my bank details etc as they want to buy the car.......blah blah...never looking at the car. Clearly a scam.

I wanted to ask where in the forums on this advice site do I post about this and get advice as to who in authority to report it to.

I presumed that this thread being questions is where I would get an answer.

b33r

What exactly have they asked for? Your username and password to your online banking? If just the sort code and account number theres not a lot they can do with those other than send you money or set up a direct debit but that wouldn't be incredibly difficult to notice/stop or trace so doubt it would be worth it.

Even if they were intending to scam you in the future they certainly haven't done anything yet to suggest it yet so don't believe there is an authority who would really be interested.

shudd1967

Copy & pasted email below, offering the asking price without seeing it.

What do you think? As trade it say, if it sounds too good to be true it prob isn't.

Just viewed your listing and will like to purchase it outrightly,I am willing to offer you £2,950 for it and i will be paying you with my credit card via my Bank account,I will also like you to send me your account details(Bank Name : Account Name: Account Number)i can also pay you with my pay (cheque) we will need your full name and your address to send the cheque to you And also i can pay you with my paypal we will need (paypal I.D ) including your phone # so i can effect payment to you right away and make sure you get back to me so that we can arrange for pick up as i will like the item to be picked,so no shipping included.I await your reply.

dmg24

shudd1967 wrote: »

Copy & pasted email below, offering the asking price without seeing it.

What do you think? As trade it say, if it sounds too good to be true it prob isn't.

Just viewed your listing and will like to purchase it outrightly,I am willing to offer you £2,950 for it and i will be paying you with my credit card via my Bank account,I will also like you to send me your account details(Bank Name : Account Name: Account Number)i can also pay you with my pay (cheque) we will need your full name and your address to send the cheque to you And also i can pay you with my paypal we will need (paypal I.D ) including your phone # so i can effect payment to you right away and make sure you get back to me so that we can arrange for pick up as i will like the item to be picked,so no shipping included.I await your reply.

I agree, it does look like a scammer, possibly Mr Smith from Nigeria.

Give Trading Standards/ Consumer Direct a call. They will make a record of it, but are pretty powerless in these situations.

shudd1967

Thanks for that, I have forwarded it on to my local trading standards.

ThinkingOfLinking

Yes, scam. Notice how the sender goes from "I" to "we" about himself...."also i can pay you with my paypal we will need (paypal I.D )" And the wording, eg broken English....I don't know where best to post it here though.