BUYING SCAMS IN USED MINI CARS

Buying used mini cars are ok when it comes to the low prices that you get them for, but it also involves problems like buying scams. The most common buying scam is the premium rate scam, with the 070 and 09 numbers. Anyone who is buying or dealing a car must know about the premium rates, which can help in avoiding buying scams. The 070 number is the major problem as most of the buyers are not even aware that it exists. This buying scam does not stop at the online level; it goes on to the level of even receiving a missed call or a text message. One must be very careful and under no circumstances should these numbers be called back.

The most effective way of staying abreast of buying scams is to not have any transactions with international sellers, and don’t sell to international buyers as well. This will save you a lot of trouble and will ensure that you don’t get caught up in an international buying scam. If in case you receive notice that someone outside of the UK is interested in buying your mini car or in selling a mini car to you, more often than not this will not be legitimate. These buying scams may be fraudulent in terms of counterfeit bank drafts or cheques, fake money orders and even false bank accounts.

The most common method in which a buying scam occurs is through the email and internet. There have been many cases where someone pretending to be an international dealer contacts advertisers that they are interested in buying their mini car. They will claim that they have clients in the UK who owe them money, and who will pay for the mini car on their behalf. They even agree to buy the car without even conducting an inspection, and will spin some tale of a temporary failure to their telephone number or the fact that they are abroad. Such cases often fool the naïve seller, as they will be pleased about the sale of their mini car.