Liverpool
SCAM
What normally happens is they send you an amount of about £x amount more than the car is worth to PayPal/bank, and tell you that you should pay their courier in cash, or via PayPal/bank transfer from your account.
There is no courier, you're left with the car, and then you'll get a note from PayPal/bank about fraudulent use of someone else's account.
You're account is debited of the full amount you received from them which would normally mean you're simply back to square one, but you've also lost the amount you sent to their 'courier' which you won't get back. That's where they make their money.
Don't forget that in cases of fraud, there is effectively no time limit to reclaim the funds from you - and if your account shows you sending money to a 3rd party for this transaction, then it makes it awkward to explain that you weren't part of the scam yourself. It also means that if the car is picked up, then you cold lose the car and any monies received from the sale.
What normally happens is they send you an amount of about £x amount more than the car is worth to PayPal/bank, and tell you that you should pay their courier in cash, or via PayPal/bank transfer from your account.
There is no courier, you're left with the car, and then you'll get a note from PayPal/bank about fraudulent use of someone else's account.
You're account is debited of the full amount you received from them which would normally mean you're simply back to square one, but you've also lost the amount you sent to their 'courier' which you won't get back. That's where they make their money.
Don't forget that in cases of fraud, there is effectively no time limit to reclaim the funds from you - and if your account shows you sending money to a 3rd party for this transaction, then it makes it awkward to explain that you weren't part of the scam yourself. It also means that if the car is picked up, then you cold lose the car and any monies received from the sale.
