Autotrader Scam?

deviation · 7 Sep 2025 at 15:46

Scuzi said:
Motorsview report for £50?

Yeah it’s a scam. You could have called him a donkey sucking nonce and he still would have wanted to proceed if you did the check.

Can we start a poll for the OP to say this to him :cry:

Helios1234 · 7 Sep 2025 at 16:46

deviation said:
Can we start a poll for the OP to say this to him

I've been nice. I don't know what his link was but prior to posting, I did reply to them that they can arrange an inspection through an authorised AA, RAC or Porsche mechanic at their expense. Haven't heard from them since...

deviation · 7 Sep 2025 at 17:13

OP, your buyer has just joined the forum!

Hi all, Sarah here

Hi all, I’ve just joined the forum and wanted to say hello . I’ve always been interested in cars and recently started diving deeper into the UK used car market. There’s so much to learn about reliability, fair pricing, and what to look out for when buying, so I thought joining a community would...

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Helios1234 · 8 Sep 2025 at 13:54

Jeez, it's scam after scam with Autotrader and it's only been a few days. Today I got a call from someone apparently from Autotrader claiming my listing was duplicated and therefore paused. They'd unpause it and give me a refund but I'd need to give them my card details...

Kenai · 8 Sep 2025 at 13:56

Given you linked your advert in your OP, half of them are probably forum members trying to stitch you up

Junglist · 8 Sep 2025 at 14:07

Saw something on reddit the other day where they offer to buy the car as long as you have a report done on some shady website for £50 and they'll pay you back

The website steals your card data, as well as the £50.

Helios1234 · 8 Sep 2025 at 14:14

Junglist said:
Saw something on reddit the other day where they offer to buy the car as long as you have a report done on some shady website for £50 and they'll pay you back

The website steals your card data, as well as the £50.

Do you have a link to that post? Sounds exactly like what my original message was about.

I'm going to try Pistonheads as well. Anyone know if it's as bad there as well?

Junglist · 8 Sep 2025 at 14:25

Helios1234 said:
Do you have a link to that post? Sounds exactly like what my original message was about.

I'm going to try Pistonheads as well. Anyone know if it's as bad there as well?

This is the one I read. Certainly sounds similar

Nasher · 8 Sep 2025 at 14:53

Better off just using gumtree these days. You get the same chancers, but it's free. Also don't use your phone number as a contact method.

If people ask "whats the lowest you'll take", tell them the price it's at

deviation · 8 Sep 2025 at 14:56

Nasher said:
Better off just using gumtree these days. You get the same chancers, but it's free. Also don't use your phone number as a contact method.

If people ask "whats the lowest you'll take", tell them the price it's at

Or knock a quid off :cry:

Helios1234 · 8 Sep 2025 at 15:15

Junglist said:
This is the one I read. Certainly sounds similar

Thanks. Same as mine although done through email and similarly generic username.