This can't be right?

enuff_zed said:
That's odd. Definitely on the .gov site at all?
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The Vehicle Smart database seems to cross-reference reg plate changes, so I assume the person who bought the car from the original genuine advert (from which the scammer has copied the photos) has since changed the plate.

As others have already said, this is a common eBay scam, using stolen login details from a dormant eBay account, typically with too good to be true prices, and a load of very similarly priced vehicles being posted at once, with no previous eBay vehicle sales activity.
 
Still an active ad. I've just looked at it. The leaves on all the trees are a bit of a giveaway!
 
Just got this from eBay, some lucky bu99er has got a cracking deal :thumbsup:
 

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Could also mean he's withdrawn it because he got the price wrong (or something similar!?
 
Rockhopper said:
Could also mean he's withdrawn it because he got the price wrong (or something similar!?
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He must have got the prices wrong on all the others cars he was selling then. :rofl:
 
Rockhopper said:
Could also mean he's withdrawn it because he got the price wrong (or something similar!?
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It sounds as though there’s too many other suspicious elements for the withdrawal to be purely on a pricing mistake :?
Rob
 
Stevo1987 said:
ean he's withdrawn it because he got the price wrong (or something similar!?
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No, probably the 600 hits he's had on his Ebay advert for this one car in 1hour... ' A rat always knows when its in with weasels!' :rofl:
 
Check the address on Google maps street view. All factory units and definitely no garage or anything that looks like a garage.

Avoid like the plague
 
Check the address on Google maps street view. All factory units and definitely no garage or anything that looks like a garage.

Avoid like the plague
 
Pinged up on my ebay feed too - as posted above, rule of thumb is a quick check of sellers 'other items' which will inevitably reveal a list of tasty cars at bargain prices.

My favourite Ebay one is the poor 2012 plate silver 2.0 M-sport which crops up every couple of weeks for auction (always with an email address to contact to complete the sale!). I've managed to bid that sucker up to £50k a good few times now before it gets pulled.
 
Here's another one that was listed yesterday - to good to be true because it is :headbang:
 

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On eBay as a registered business seller CLEV garage prestige Ltd. Guess what, no record at Companies House. I went back in to check and seller had changed the registered name to CTG garage prestige Ltd. Guess what, that doesn’t exist either.

Avoid like the plague.
 
None of the cars are pictured at the same place.

The latest Z4, pictured above at around £4k is pictured in the street.

They are probably photographing random cars and listing them for sale.
The advert states that cars will be delivered to the buyers address.

Basically, if the ‘seller’ receives a payment for £X thousand pounds, they will withdraw the money, and close their accounts on paypal and eBay, then do it all again. Or they are chancing a one off large payment. Either way, no car will manifest after ordering!
 
There must be something going on with eBayer at the moment as that is not the only advert I've seen like that, this morning I've seen a couple of Porsche Boxster's and Cayman's the same, advert looks like the Z4 one, all up north (Hartlepool etc) all under priced all asking for your mobile or giving an email address to email....
 
The blue one posted today at £4K was genuinely for sale on eBay about 4/6 weeks ago at around £7/8k. I remember it because the original advert made note about the private plate reading K155 U
 
People must be naive to think they’re buying a car for half price, don’t they read all the warnings about scammers?
Rob
 
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