What's The Scam?

[Sir Tigger KC]

I've been scanning the car ads on Facebook Marketplace and have noticed a few extremely cheap Disco 4's.  Last night for example there was a nice looking 2014 one with about 78,000 miles for £6000 in Barnstable.  Looking at the sellers profile, he appeared to be a dealer with about 20 cars for sale, but all of the cars he had listed were cheap and each car he had listed were photographed in a totally different place, as if the photos were lifted from ads somewhere else. Also he doesn't mention he is a dealer.

A 2014 Disco 4 for £6000 is obviously too good to be true, unless it's nicked or has a seized engine or something, but this is not the first time I have seen this.

So what's the scam? 

[Sir Tigger KC]

This Range Rover Ad is a good example.

It's a crap advert, but a 2009 Range Rover for £4600 in seemingly good condition? 

The MOT history is sketchy to say the least, and the mileage is recorded at 73,875 in April, but that's very cheap!

Check out the seller details and other items. She has 98 listings mostly cars with a few tractors thrown in! 

What's going on? 

[Raeturbo]

Post the link👍

[Doctor Gollum]

Can't view without a Facebook account.

Be fair to say the whole thing is a scam.

[Raeturbo]

Mm👍

[Sir Tigger KC]

Post the link👍

Just did. See above.

[Raeturbo]

I'd love to catch one of these Fu@ckers in the act🔥

[Raeturbo]

Post the link👍

Just did. See above.

Ahh I was posting at the time⏱️

[Sir Tigger KC]

Maybe when you go and look at the car, you get kidnapped and sold into slavery or something?   

[STEMO]

This Range Rover Ad is a good example.

It's a crap advert, but a 2009 Range Rover for £4600 in seemingly good condition? 

The MOT history is sketchy to say the least, and the mileage is recorded at 73,875 in April, but that's very cheap!

Check out the seller details and other items. She has 98 listings mostly cars with a few tractors thrown in! 

What's going on? 

The ad says it's only done 4057 miles. That's how far I'd run away from it.

6 owners in 15 years should tell you it's a basket case.

[Rangie]

If it looks to good to be true then avoid at all costs, far too many con artists around now eager to take your hard earned cash.

[Rangie]

This Range Rover Ad is a good example.

It's a crap advert, but a 2009 Range Rover for £4600 in seemingly good condition? 

The MOT history is sketchy to say the least, and the mileage is recorded at 73,875 in April, but that's very cheap!

Check out the seller details and other items. She has 98 listings mostly cars with a few tractors thrown in! 

What's going on? 

The ad says it's only done 4057 miles. That's how far I'd run away from it.

6 owners in 15 years should tell you it's a basket case.

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Looks like a pikey to me.

[Sir Tigger KC]

I was curious about the sellers rather than the cars to be honest.  Even if that Range Rover is a dog, it's still stupidly cheap and look at all the other cars she has for sale. All very cheap. 

This girl is just one of a few like this I've seen advertising cars so cheap you know it's too good to be true. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Here's another example with a different seller. 2014 Discovery 4 with 61,800 miles £7,600. That's a £15k car all day long.    Even if it is brown! 

The sellers profile looks genuine enough, but again he has 100 listings of mostly nice looking but extremely cheap cars for sale.... 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

They can insist on a a cash only sale, then knock you over the head and rob you when you turn up to pay and collect.
Or even get you to do a bank transfer at that point, then smack you on the nose and drive off with the car.
There was quite a lot of it happening around Barking a few years ago.
If it looks far to good to be true, its 99% certain that it is.
Could always arrange to meet outside a Police station if you can find one thats open and manned by officers who arent nodding off in front of a computer screen.