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Scam selling used car

mitchellcaines — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:30:09 GMT

I was selling a used car recently when i received a tradingpost message from a user asking me if the car was still available.

I replied to his seemingly legitimate gmail account and he replied asking relevant questions stating he was out of the country and was buying the car for a friend. He stated he would buy the car through paypal, and would send the payment before an "agent" arrived to pick it up. So it all seemed fairly real until i received a fake paypal email, and then another email stating his payment would not be allowed through by paypal unless i directly pay his agent $800. At this point clearly i knew it was a scam, and i continued to post it on the relevant forums etc.

Non-legitimate buyer(s)

Amy_TradingPost — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:53:45 GMT

We have received reports of some seller’s receiving SMS and email enquiries into their items for sale from non-legitimate buyer’s based overseas.

Below is an example of the SMS you may receive:

Hey,saw ur add on tradingpost and will like to know if the car is still available. You can contact me on my personal e-mail m.anthony@ovi.com Mark xxx

Trading Post strongly recommends you do the following:

1. Ignore the request and forward the SMS/emails to investigations@tradingpost.com.au and then delete the SMS/email from your Inbox and Deleted Items

2. Do not reply to the SMS/email.

3. If you have responded and provided personal/financial details you should contact us immediately

Scam selling used car

mitchellcaines — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:30:48 GMT

Scam selling caravan

clarksos — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:47:05 GMT

The scam previously mentioned on this site is still operation. Be aware of cheap items for sale. My advise, if you are buying a big ticket item such as a CAR, Motorbike, boat or caravan, definately get physical proof by inspection.

Refund for insertion fee

monkeymia — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:30:00 GMT

Hi there,
I just listed my first item for sale on tradingpost today. I thought I give it a go as I am usually trading on ebay since 2004. Just 3h after I listed my item someone bought it "Buy it now" and I got a message telling me.
Sorry I can't pickup but I would like to!! I am in USA, Florida at the moment for work and I want to buy this lovely item for my Fiancee, who works with UNICEF and apparently got transfered to West Africa for Malaria and Polio control. After he bought my item he said I am interested in buying your item. I am so sick of these people. Is there anything you can do? And I want my fees back. They cost me $20 a hit and you can do absolutly nothing stopping them from hitting the "Buy now" button.