A guy in Cork lost €1,700 to a very sneaky car scam on Done Deal

duffman3833 wrote: »

Read this on Joe.ie and it got me thinking, a lot of people calling them stupid for not test driving the car but it could happen anyone, i don't think all the info is there, like who's car was it? when it said the key didn't work, did they mean in the ignition or to enter the car. Anyone else hear of this story?



"A man in Cork named Benny was the victim of a cruel scam after agreeing to buy a car on Done Deal.
Benny travelled to Meath to look at a '04 Toyota Corolla he had agreed in principle to buy it for €1,700 after seeing it on the site.
The person selling it arranged to meet Benny and his daughter, who the car was for, at 10pm near his house in Ashbourne.
The two arrived at the agreed time and place and met a man wearing a hi-vis vest who showed them the car and everyone was happy with the deal.
The seller gave the girl a key but said before letting her drive it away, he needed to show his mother the money because "they were almost scammed last week by someone using forged notes".


The girl walked up to the nearby house and gave your man the money so he could show to his mother. He walked in around the side of the house and was never seen again.
She ran back to the car to tell her dad what happened and when they tried the key in the Corolla, it didn't fit. No!
They went up to the house and rang the doorbell, an elderly woman appeared saying she didn't know anything about a car for sale.
They called the Gardaí and they informed them that similar scams were happening all over the place, they're currently investigating it."