Autotrader conman be carefull !!!

Pete.g

I have my BMW on autotrader at the min got this email regarding it a couple of days ago, which just didnt sit right with me from the start:

"Hello.
I am writing in regards to your advert on auto trader site.
I am very much inteested in buying your above advert subject
I have gone through the details,I am quite satisfied with it.
Kindly furnish me with the final price you wish to let it go.
You can ring me on 07024068848
Thank you very much
Regards
Cole."

The way it's worded obviously a "forgeign" gentleman.

I replied with:

"Hi Tried calling but no reply. I am willing to let the car go for £9500. If you need more info or wish to view you can call me on 07*********."

Now I have just recieved the following email:



"Hello.
Thanks for the mail.
I am quite satisfied with the price tag.
Wish to pick up the car as soon as the payment made to you, actually i
am busy right now and it will take me about two weeks before i will be
available,(I will be away for seminar and workshop) so i will not be able to come for the inspection and test drive, but if you don't mind i will make a kind of bond in other to hold the car, i will like to make a deposit for the car,is that okay with you?
If this is okay with you let me know? by giving the information on how to make the payment? Bank Wire Transfer(The Name of the Bank, Account Name, Account Number and the sort code) ? By Bank Draft ? cheque ( The name you wish the payment to be endorse, mailling address, post code and your contact telephone number) For quick and effective transction.
Alternatively I can send my repsentative to come for inspection and test drive on my behalf if you want it that way, or you send some picture of the to me through mail, because without doubt in mind i have senn all need to see about the car through advert on auto trader, so i promise i will purchase this car.
Thanks and God Bless.
Cole"


Now call me sceptial be no one buys a nine and half grand car without seeing it!

richardw

Reply saying sorry, but the price is £19,500 and see what they say.

Cumbrian_Male

tell them to bring cash!!! you won't ever see them.

burbs_2

I must admit that Autotrader has started to get a bit like Ebay lately with issues like this. They are the same old rubbish and luckily can be spotted a mile off. I would just send him back a mail telling him to go away in no uncertain terms. They will soon move onto the next.

GabbaGabbaHey

Pete.g wrote:

You can ring me on 07024068848

That would be the first warning bell for me. Numbers beginning 070 are not mobiles, but premium rate numbers.

Wig

Tell them you will only do business in person inside "yourbank" bank and only with cash, you will issue a reciept, sign the V5 and hand the reciept, V5 and keys over to the person only after the cash has been counted and accepted into your account by the bank cashier.

You do not accept deposits only the full amount. The car will be "on sale" to anyone until someone comes and agrees to buy it and pays for it.


Now the warning, It looks like a scam where the buyer either sends money via western union and it never arrrives but the car departs. or bought by cheque, and the money is reclaimed through the bank system, (you can recover cheques through banks for upto 2 years (or it could be 6 months I dunno) and there is nothing the recipient can do about it, if the money is in the account ...out it goes back to the cheque issuer.

Wig

All the emails need is to have a few "god bless you" and to say "I wish for the car to be sent to me in Lagos, Nigeria, don't worry I am a rich man I have inherited $122,000,000 (one hundred twenty two million dollars, yes that's right!)."

Pete.g

UPDATE: I'M GETTING £19500 FOR THE CAR WHAT A RESULT!!!!!!!!

As suggested by Richard.

Sent this email:

Hello mate just wanted you to know I acually made a mistake reg price. I wrote £9500 whereas It should have been £19500 i'm sure you will have noticed the mistake. Let me know if this is still ok?

Regards,

Pete.


Got this reply:

Hello.
Thanks for the mail.
I am 100% interested and satisfying with the price, of buying this car .
Aslo i have seen all i need to see about through advert on autotrader, very lovely car.
Their is no need of deposit again,the payment will come directly from my
company as my car allowance which i due for , for months ago.
You let my know your payment method,? Bank Draft, cheque, Bank Transfer So i
can present it for my financial Director for immediate approval and they
will send it to you as soon as possible, The name you wish payment should
be endorse, mailling address, post code and your contact telephone number,
and if is transfer, The account name, account number, name of the Bank and
the sort code.
Aslo i will contact my representative on my behalf for inspection and pick
up,as soon as payment cleared into your account.
Because i am a busy Man working as Network adminstrator in Telecom industry and presently as i said in my pervious mail i on my way to united state for seminar and workship for two weeks. So the payment can get to you before my arrival.Please take action fast becuse of the time factor on this issue , as i need this urgently because my wife is using my car now and i don't have anything to use presently.
You can ring on 07024068848.
Thanks and Best regards
Cole


"That would be the first warning bell for me. Numbers beginning 070 are not mobiles, but premium rate numbers."

OOps i did actually ring the number when I 1st got the email nobody picked up though will it be ok?

Wig

Pete.g wrote:

OOps i did actually ring the number when I 1st got the email nobody picked up though will it be ok?

Should be ok then. How about suggesting a postal order, you can cash it and I'm pretty sure there is no way of making you have to repay the amount.

ttoli

Pete.g wrote:

UPDATE: I'M GETTING £19500 FOR THE CAR WHAT A RESULT!!!!!!!!

As suggested by Richard.

Sent this email:

Hello mate just wanted you to know I acually made a mistake reg price. I wrote £9500 whereas It should have been £19500 i'm sure you will have noticed the mistake. Let me know if this is still ok?

Regards,

Pete.


Got this reply:

Hello.
Thanks for the mail.
I am 100% interested and satisfying with the price, of buying this car .
Aslo i have seen all i need to see about through advert on autotrader, very lovely car.
Their is no need of deposit again,the payment will come directly from my
company as my car allowance which i due for , for months ago.
You let my know your payment method,? Bank Draft, cheque, Bank Transfer So i
can present it for my financial Director for immediate approval and they
will send it to you as soon as possible, The name you wish payment should
be endorse, mailling address, post code and your contact telephone number,
and if is transfer, The account name, account number, name of the Bank and
the sort code.
Aslo i will contact my representative on my behalf for inspection and pick
up,as soon as payment cleared into your account.
Because i am a busy Man working as Network adminstrator in Telecom industry and presently as i said in my pervious mail i on my way to united state for seminar and workship for two weeks. So the payment can get to you before my arrival.Please take action fast becuse of the time factor on this issue , as i need this urgently because my wife is using my car now and i don't have anything to use presently.
You can ring on 07024068848.
Thanks and Best regards
Cole


"That would be the first warning bell for me. Numbers beginning 070 are not mobiles, but premium rate numbers."

OOps i did actually ring the number when I 1st got the email nobody picked up though will it be ok?

NOW TRY FOR 119,500 GBP

robbo123_2

...since this post was added to, but I just got a very similar mail, and found this site by searching for the phone number in it:

"Hello
My name is harewood smith and am living in Belfast in northern ireland in united kindgom.
I am responding to your advert on auto trader site regarding to the car you wish to sale.
I am very much inteested in buying your above advert subject.
I have gone through the details,I am quite satisfied with it.
Kindly furnish me with the final price you wish to let it go,if it is affordable so i can know what am going to budget for.
You can ring me on 07024068848
Thank you very much
Regards
Harewood"

This is the 2nd time I've had a mail like this since putting my car up for sale (coincidentally for £9500!). I'm afraid I wasn't as patient or trusting as you. I told him to p*** off.

I'm posting again in case someone else needs to check this out with a Google search.