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Car advertised on internet - strange call

  • 29-06-2009 11:00am
    #1
    bowsie casey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 332 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I have a car advertised on the internet, ad just published today. I got a call within 2 hrs from a funny looking number (was an Irish woman) asking me whether the car was still for sale. As it looked like a foreign number (+357..) I asked where she was calling from - she said they were a company which tried to match buyers with sellers. She asked me to confirm we are selling for X euros, which I did, then the phone went dead.

    Seems fishy to me. Anyone know what this is about, or are there companies out there searching the internet on behalf of buyers ? Seems a strange way to do business (putting phone down)...could this be a scam ?


Comments

  • #2
    Cionád
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭Cionád


    SCAM

    Well known crowd from Cyprus


  • #3
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Just Ignore...its a scam


  • #4
    bowsie casey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 332 ✭✭bowsie casey


    How does it operate ? Should I refuse to take any more phone calls from them ?


  • #5
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,263 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    bowsie casey wrote: »
    How does it operate ? Should I refuse to take any more phone calls from them ?

    They will tell you they have a queue of people looking to buy your car, and it only costs you €100 or so. Just ignore the call, or think of inventive ways to waste their time.


  • #6
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    bowsie casey wrote: »
    How does it operate ? Should I refuse to take any more phone calls from them ?


    You'll only get one call. They check everyday which cars were put up for sale on carzone and the likes the day before. Then they call you trying to get you to pay them to pass on customer details to you. Total scam.


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  • #7
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    eoin wrote: »
    or think of inventive ways to waste their time.

    except if you're on a mobile cause it ends up costing you for the overseas call :mad:


  • #8
    bowsie casey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 332 ✭✭bowsie casey


    Thanks guys.


  • #9
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,263 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Saab Ed wrote: »
    except if you're on a mobile cause it ends up costing you for the overseas call :mad:

    I don't think so - they're the ones being hit as they're making the overseas call.


  • #10
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    eoin wrote: »
    I don't think so - they're the ones being hit as they're making the overseas call.

    Maybe you're right on that . Okay Im off back to sleep:pac:


  • #11
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    The number wasn't 0035725817215 by any chance was it?

    http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/0035725817215


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  • #12
    bowsie casey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 332 ✭✭bowsie casey


    steve06 wrote: »
    The number wasn't 0035725817215 by any chance was it?

    That's the one - they called again this afternoon, probably to tell me they had a buyer and told the guy to sling his hook.


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