Around 3,000 drivers have already fallen victim to what has been described as an elaborate car scam which is costing them thousands of pounds.
People looking to buy second hand cars are urged to be on the alert after scammers have been targeting drivers and fooling them into handing over money. Such a scam has been exposed by a BBC investigation into a fake car dealership website.
It has caught out many motorists and the fear is that the scam could be repeated as more people look for a bargain online.
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The BBC investigation revealed just how easy it is to fall for such scams, while exposing the fake car dealership website that defrauded people out of thousands of pounds. Among them Pietro Pagliuca, from West Yorkshire, who told the BBC how he transferred almost £4,000 to a legitimate-sounding company for a second-hand Nissan Qashqai, reports Birmingham Mail.
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He even chatted to someone saying they were a sales director before parting with cash and saw what he believed to be a company stamp on the invoice they sent him. But it was a scam.
According to Action Fraud the number of people being conned is growing. Last year there were 3,000 reports of online fraud from UK drivers - a 21% rise compared to 2019.
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