What's The Scam?

[Sir Tigger KC]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/24017550/woman-facebook-hacked-car-advert-scam/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunmaintwitter&utm_source=Twitter

[Doctor Gollum]

Two from what I can see...

First is to hijack a genuine account to give a credible platform for the second.

Secondly, copy and paste genuine adverts and change the prices to attract greedy stupid people. Get them to transfer money then disappear..

Exactly the same ruse that you? uncovered looking at cheap Discoverys.

[Rangie]

Yes clever! 

Thing is, the Facebook profiles seems genuine enough, so either these people are very stupid or the scam is more sophisticated than it appears. 

You'd be surprised how many people fall for very obvious scams, be that "Microsoft calling to fix you computer", "BT calling to fix your broadband", or people buying shit off people who don't own it.

There are tricks, which I can't say I understand, which are essentially a form of hypnosis, that the better scammers can use when they have you in a 1 on 1 conversation (such as a phone call or face to face).  So if they can initially get you on the hook....

(and those who genuinely believe they are immune and can't be fooled are said to be the easiest to reel in, as long as they can be hooked)

Yes I'm a sucker for a cheap car and if I hadn't looked at the sellers profiles and seen all the listings......   

Thing is Range Rovers and Discos have dropped in price recently due to the cost of fuel and no one wants them. There are loads of Range Rovers that have been advertised for months and the sellers have gradually chipped away at the price, so on the face of it, it wasn't that unbelievable that someone might have to unload one quickly with a low price. 

It was the amount of cheap cars suddenly popping up that attracted my attention. 

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On the RR & RRS owners forums the vehicles for sale in the new ULEZ area are going ridiculously cheap , even some really good ones appear to being broken for spares, but several prospective purchasers of parts are issuing warnings re scammers. If I can get 2-3 years more out of mine it won't owe me a penny & it will be the last diesel I ever own.

[ronnyd]

I had one on my mobile phone just this morning. It started..." Mum the battery has just broken on my phone".  Which was odd, 'cause they usually call me Dad. 

[STEMO]

I had one on my mobile phone just this morning. It started..." Mum the battery has just broken on my phone".  Which was odd, 'cause they usually call me Dad. 

They're a bit transphobic then, Ron?

[ronnyd]

I had one on my mobile phone just this morning. It started..." Mum the battery has just broken on my phone".  Which was odd, 'cause they usually call me Dad. 

They're a bit transphobic then, Ron?

Scamming tvvats more like 

[STEMO]

I had one on my mobile phone just this morning. It started..." Mum the battery has just broken on my phone".  Which was odd, 'cause they usually call me Dad. 

They're a bit transphobic then, Ron?

Scamming tvvats more like 

No, I meant your kids 

[ronnyd]

So did i. 

[STEMO]

https://news.sky.com/story/car-buyers-beware-online-scams-are-soaring-with-the-average-victim-losing-1-000-12969868

[dave the builder]

You'd have to be pretty gullible for someone to scam you into buying a ford fiesta 

[ronnyd]

You'd have to be pretty gullible for someone to scam you into buying a ford fiesta 

But are you in the under 34 age bracket Dave? 

[dave the builder]

You'd have to be pretty gullible for someone to scam you into buying a ford fiesta 

But are you in the under 34 age bracket Dave? 

I'm now old enough to be scammed into an "over 50s plan"