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Is this a scam??

  • 20-11-2017 11:49am
    #1
    thegills
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,802 ✭✭✭


    I placed an advert on a reputable car sale website but got no hits. A few days ago I got an email from a guy asking if the car was still for sale and what the asking price was. He accepted the price and now wants my address to send the cheque to! Usually scammers try and get your bank details so I'm not sure how I can be scammed with my address only? Perhaps rob my car??

    Has anyone ever experienced this?


Comments

  • #2
    TigerTim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭TigerTim


    Defo scam. He'll probably send you a cheque for more that the value of the car & then ask you to refund the difference. Scam will be something along those lines or as you say it could be to see where you live. Very few buy a car without taking a look at the car first.

    T.


  • #3
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,631 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    Just contact him and say you won't accept a cheque.


  • #4
    Wheety
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,521 ✭✭✭Wheety


    Does he say he's based outside the country and is looking for a car for his son/daughter?


  • #5
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Scam, walk on.


  • #6
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,482 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Lol. Buyer agrees to pay full asking price of car by cheque without even seeing or driving it, yep sounds legit. Not sure how that scam would work exactly, it may involve the amount on the cheque being more than the agreed price and it appears to clear but he then wants you to send the difference back to him or his shipping company and then your bank realizes a few days later that the cheque is fake and your down the difference.

    Either way he is either a conman and/or a complete idiot.


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  • #7
    Harika
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,574 ✭✭✭Harika


    Scam works either: Car is e.g. 5000 Euro, he sends cheque but someone makes an error and the cheque says 7000 Euro. So he asks you to return the overpay by western union. You do that, the cheque bounces and you lost 2000 Euros.
    Or:
    Cheque arrives, someone picks the car up, Cheque bounces. You lost your car for nothing in return.


  • #8
    thegills
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,802 ✭✭✭thegills


    Yep. Asked him for a reference and said I don't do cheque. Gone quiet on me. How do we report this dude so others don't fall for the scam?


  • #9
    mgbgt1978
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,252 ✭✭✭mgbgt1978


    No point in reporting him. There's thousands more out there.
    All you can do is be as aware as possible of the numerous Scams out there.
    In fairness to yourself, you knew it was a scam from the start.....even put it in the Thread title.


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