Raff86

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2912142312...84.m1423.l2649

Please beware of the seller jeep_specialist as he scammed me out a deposit for the above Subaru impreza. I believe the account has been hacked due to previous feedback but he has been reported to the police and also ebay. non have acted so far and he is still active.

Was interested in buying a Subaru and this one came up agreed with the seller on delivery if I covered the cost of transport home and fuel paid him a deposit and everything looked fine.

On the agreed date no one showed and he was not answering his phone so started to look in to more and found out I had been scammed.

A couple of mates from different areas in the uk messaged him and he said it was still for sale and offered them the same deals so still actively scamming people.

Registration he sent me of the supposed above car was YX03 FRR but after checking the government site this has not been mot'd or taxed for years also the spec was taken from another advert from years ago that I found after searching high and low.

The ford puma he is selling I checked out that registration and that is the same not mot'd or taxed for years. The model number he is also claiming it to be belongs to a member in France. I found this out from the puma member club and the advert details he had stolen from a advert in 2012.

I was stupid enough to be sucked in by the seller but he has done his homework and adverts do look genuine.

Carnut

Did it not come across as to good to be true in the ad?

Trinity

iTrader: (28)

Its not even an STI , Q - interior and aftermarket high rise spoller.

Carnut

Didn't notice that, bad signal and takes to long to load each page, just saw sti etc.

LuckyWelshchap

Thanks for the info.

fat-thomas

iTrader: (4)

why would you pay a deposit on a car you havent seen??
also if you read the description you can tell half of its b0llocks too.

Raff86

It did after researching more about the cars but read across was a wrx with sti engine build so thought reason it was lower priced.

Have managed to pick up a lovely Impreza WRX for less than what it was worth.

My own fault for being to trusting but after buying many cars of ebay and other places with no problems you end up being to trusting.

strawberryhead

Don't try anyone pal not matter what crap they tell you

Raff86

The description I found of another advert that was real and did sell many years ago so most of the spec is real. He maybe added some more in to it that was not.

Have paid deposit on cars and parts before without issues. I have also sold and took deposits on items and cars. Most people are trustworthy but unfortunately the a**holes ruin it for everyone else.

Know I made a mistake but just warning other people so it doesn't happen again.

fat-thomas

iTrader: (4)

half of the description is crap, so that would automatically ring alarm bells,but yet again why pay a deposit without seeing the car and secondly how did you pay it as if it was paypal can you not claim it back?, any other way more fool you.

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

If only you'd read the description because half of that spec clearly isn't visible in the photos How much did you lose and how did you pay it?

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

I've reported the listing to eBay as fraudulent.

Raff86

Yeah just getting in to Subaru's so was a bit naïve on the matter.

Thanks for that hopefully ebay shut him down soon.

Should get it back through paypal they are investigating the case.

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

You didn't send it as gift did you?

Raff86

No gifts are for friends or trusted people and that's not many these days lol

Just the normal for paypal to take ages to act on anything these days.

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

that's good, hopefully you stand some chance of getting it back then.

Raff86

Hopefully soon as I would like to buy some more new parts for the Subaru I managed to get.

fat-thomas

iTrader: (4)

if it was not done by gift you should get a refund

BLU

iTrader: (27)

We have found a matching vehicle in our database, is this the car you're interested in?
Vehicle Registration Plate: YX03FRR
Make: SUBARU
Model: IMPREZA WRX TURBO
Colour: SILVER

^^ Just to confirm its no STi, although looking at the pics thats fairly obvious!

He even has in his ad "Aluminium boot"

fat-thomas

iTrader: (4)

the 2 grand odd super duper mega clutch is my favourite bit

scubbay

iTrader: (61)

Payment by Paypal for a car deposit will not be refunded. Sorry to burst your bubble but that is the policy.

strawberryhead

Can't be all that bad said he pay for train ticket and fuel home lol

strawberryhead

+1

BLU

iTrader: (27)

That will only be applicable if the buyer pulls out of the sale, if the seller fails to sell the car as arranged then its a different kettle of fish

strawberryhead

Sam vercetti is the guy's name just put in Google and comes up with oxford crown court

Raff86

Been watching seller on my ebay account and thought ebay had removed him but looks like ebay have not done a good job he's back this time scamming with Toyota's and parts.

Reported all his items again to hopefully stop anyone else getting sucked in but doesn't seem to be helping much .

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1993-TOYOT...item43cf86d26c

Didn't do a very good job of hiding where he plucked this information form this time - http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1282438

Rusti

iTrader: (4)

Ebay need to do more about A holes like this, particularly as its not the first time.

stamina_daddy

iTrader: (3)

It's a very good ad but what if you go to see the car? What's he gonna do?

jaygsi

iTrader: (46)

I don't get how he gets your money apart from robbing you when you go see the car?

jaytc2003

iTrader: (1)

quite common, I paid £200 deposit a few years back for an 11k evo 8 that was in Scotland (I am Manchester). I did that though as the seller was a long term member on the lancer register all positive comments and a very well looked after car.