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watts



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Scam ad?










Hi

Friend sent me this super interested and has asked to see it, seller wants PayPal only and discussed covering transport fees as it’s based on South West apparently.

Gumtree ad says
£3,995

I think it’s a too good to be true sale, anyone recognise it?

Thanks in advance for any help.


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alwoodley72



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No link?..
I report 3 or 4 per week on gumtree, you can tell as they put contact details in a picture, and they’re way too cheap...

Cheers Alex

Edit just seen pic, that if genuine would be £10 k plus... avoid!… 98 300 tdi 90 project
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Post #687493 18th Feb 2018 11:37pm
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leeds



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If things look too good to be true they are normally too good to be true.

Tell your friend to do their own homework.

Looking at that advert it is being marketed at 50% of value.

Look at https://www.parkers.co.uk/vans/prices/land...arplate=73

Scammers work on peoples greed, getting a good deal mentality without people doing their own homework.

It took less then 30 seconds to check the value, so why is it so cheap???


Edited to add that FE53DXZ is taxed, mot and insured

Brendan
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leeds



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Re: Scam ad?
watts wrote:



Hi

Friend sent me this super interested and has asked to see it, seller wants PayPal only and discussed covering transport fees as it’s based on South West apparently.

Gumtree ad says
£3,995

I think it’s a too good to be true sale, anyone recognise it?

Thanks in advance for any help.



Since when has Chelsea, London been in the South West??

Also do a search on image and you get Gumtree Error 404


Alarm bells ringing??



Brendan
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watts



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Exactly don’t believe it’s true for a second, told him to raise it as a fraudulent Post.

Put it on here to see if anyone recognises the Land Rover in the image, I reckon the reg
has been added to the photos afterwards.

NB Seller posted the ad from Chelsea but told my friend the vehicle is in South West.
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Omega



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Definitely a scam, the vehicle appeared again on Gumtree. Enquiry generated an eBay link to pay for the Defender, clicking of the eBay address bar showed the link to be to vppayments.motors@europe.com

Once ‘seller’ was challenged all correspondence stopped. Gumtree and eBay alerted and I thought I should post something here.
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Since when has Chelsea, London been in the South West its were all second home are Rolling Eyes
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You don't even have to be a Defender aficionado to realise that it's worth a lot more than £4,000. Unfortunately there are people out there who still haven't grasped the fact that if it's too good to be true............................. Defender 90XS SW
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It's on the DVLA System, and owned by someone...
as stated it's probably below 50% if its true value,
so it is very unlikly that the true owner is selling it.

walk away...


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