Is this a scam www.bid-autotrader.com

lkalka

Hi,
I have a car or sale on autotrader and have received a text saying:-
Is you XXX still for sale? I can pay £xxxx cash and collect tomorrow. To accept visit www.bid-autotrader.com

Has anyone had any experience of these. I've 'googled' and can't find much on them - good or bad. The web site looks a bit lacking in detail. I also tried to ring but they were already closed for the day.

Just thought I'd see if anyone on here and ever used them,

Cheers

addyboy1982

Same as sold-autotrader.com

It's a scam, avoid it and report it to Autotrader as someone else is playing on their domain name.

lkalka

Ok thanks Addy

Herzlos

It must be a scam; if they wanted to buy the car why try and direct you through another site instead of buying direct?

thenudeone

Absolute 100% scam IMO

The domain was only registered two days ago, and is registered to a proxy domain provider in the US http://www.whois.com/whois/bid-autotrader.com

The site doesn't list a company name, number, or registered address, which is all illegal.

The postcode given is actually a Royal Mail delivery office
http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1387/74.php

This is the real reason for the site:
http://www.bid-autotrader.com/terms.php

9.a Our Fees
https://www.bid-autotrader.com does NOT charge any fees for our service.
We may request a fully refundable appointment deposit.

IMO, the money from your deposit will be abroad in some dodgy jurisdiction within hours, and you will never ever see it again.

I suggest you report it at http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/

catherine1999

oh dear
seems like ive been done in this scam ,i payed yesterday and been waiting in since 12 today ,70 pounds down the drain ,i googled yesterday and nothing apeared it seemed ok until i read post ,im so very carefull regarding scams as well