So, how come autotrader can't spot scam adverts. If you search any marque on autotrader and list the results in price order, the cheapest one's are almost always scams. They are really easy to spot because all of them are really expensive cars with really low prices and emails emblazened on the ad.

Seriously, you can try this yourself. Do a search on autotrader and just put the words "dot com" in the keywords section. It brings up 37 scam adverts from people trying to fleece innocent members of the public. They all say that their phones aren't working and you have to use the email address (even though autotrader don't allow email addresses). To avoid detection they spell the email address out rather than using '@' or '.'

How does this make them avoid detection I'm sure if autotrader (and they arent the only offender) wanted to remove these ads they could do.

I appreciate that you would have to be mad to part with your cash before even seeing the car, but greedy people are desperate to buy a 2007 RR TDV8 for 7k (actually on there now) and are prepared to risk a few grand as deposit whilst the buyer "ships" it back from his holiday home in Spain.

We need to get Esther Rantzen back on the telly to take these scammers to task!!

Autotrader don't care- they're getting paid for the ad. It's all the same to them. 2010 MY Vogue SE TDV8 3.6 Stornoway Grey- fully loaded

Scam adverts have always been around in one for or another. Unfortunately it's the nation's common sense levels that are decreasing! 

Agreed, it's shocking the number of people that can't spot these and are prepared to send large amount of cash on trust. Schoolboy error!

autotrader are providing the untraceable number.....

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/adv...?logcode=p

I know, it's almost laughable that they seem happy to assist thieves in this way. Like Noddy says, they don't give a toss so long as the stolen credit card that paid for that ad, goes through....

when i was looking for my car i found a very nice one in liverpool, sounded just what i wanted and i would travel, when i phoned i got a recorded message for the first few times then got a women who told me it was her boyfriends and to call back, call later , message, then called again message then called again got the lady, he wont be back till late but its still for sale call back in the morning,,,any way to cut it short i called quite a few times when i check me account on my phone i was being charged 2.00 a call, and was up to 40+ pounds,
it was a premiun number and he kept me calling to bump it up, the phone company were great and waved the call charges. i wonder what he made out off that scam.. V8 facelift Range Rover Autobiography 22" wheels.
1976 Harley Davidson Iron Head Sportster

It never ceases to amaze me what some people wil do to avoid a hard day's work to earn money. Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

Or allowing suss noumbers

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/adv...?logcode=p


Nitice another msn.com e-mail address advised in the same way