Motorhome Fraud

[Niall_McIntosh]

Article in today's Guardian highlighting how fraudsters are flooding online auction sites with thousands of fake listings for camper vans and motorhomes, using the lockdown to trick people into handing over cash for vehicles they have not seen.

Fraudsters use Covid lockdown to scam motorhome buyers

Online auction sites are being flooded with fake adverts as part of ‘sophisticated fraud’

www.theguardian.com

 

[otherclive]

I guess that its no different to "fake" holiday lets. No amount of warnings on sites such as Autotrader, Ebay etc will stop some people being defrauded.

 

[littlebasher]

Ebay has been full of them for years, always the same M.O. - a stupidly low price, and including a picture that tells you to email some random gmail account. Usually a hijacked account to try and add a touch of authenticity

Clicking on the sellers other items, will show another 100 for sale.

Same in the classic cars categories as well

 

[Raywood]

The web has been full of them for years. They will have a low price, often silly low and will ask you to pay up front avoiding Paypal or other official routes. Basically a trap for the very unwary or those taking a risk, although after the warnings over the years it beats me how people still fall for it.