[email protected] - Autotrader Scammer

Another scam on autotrader from [email protected] selling a citron DS3 for £3000 from Spain.
I noticed looking at this that all the emails being sent to people are all exactly the same.

From: Marie Wilkins <[email protected]>
Date: 27 November 2013 11:56:32 GMT


Hello there,

I am glad to hear that you are interested to buy my 2011 Citroen DS3 1.6 HDi 110 DSport Plus 3 door!
Although I am registered in the UK,i recently moved to Cadiz, Spain (where my family is from) and the car is being shipped from here.
I want to sell it in UK due to the fact that it's an UK version (right handed),it meets all UK standards.I bought this car from UK and It still has UK registration, so you won't have to pay any import and insurance fees. The car meets all United Kingdom guidelines so there will be no problem regarding UK Customs policy on receiving the car.The car is in perfect condition, the bodywork is immaculate,no scratches, dents or hidden defects as well as the interior in excellent non-smoking condition , never been implied in any accident and it is as advertised .
The car comes with log book, HPI cleared, No finance. You will get from me the keys and all documents to register the car in you name.If the car is not how i described it, i will offer a full refund. It will be insured during transportation and will be delivered at your address in maximum 10 days. Final price is GBP 3,000 (the price includes shipping and insurance fees). The price is low because the car is right hand drive in a country where all cars are left hand drive so in the Spain is very difficult to drive this type of vehicle and nobody wants to buy it here in Spain.Instead of keeping it in garage (during this economical crisis), I decided to sell it to someone back in the UK for a really attractive price.
I want to take this opportunity to assure you that this deal is 100% legitimate,the deal will be manage by a well known company,in this way both buyer and seller are 100% covered during the steps of this transaction.
Let me know if you need any further details or if you would like to buy my car.

Thank you!

Can't these people be stopped from doing this because you will get idiots that fall for this scam and dish out their money within 5 mins of looking at the car.

Added quotation. (BW)

Welcome to Scamwarners Ashleighcraig.

You may note form the ad site forum that I've been working on the adverts that this scam group have been posting on Autotrader, but I was out today.

Now you've alerted me I'll go and check if they've posted a fresh batched and get them reported and listed. I may not be able to protect all potential victims but i can disrupt and diminish the effectiveness of what they're doing.

Why is nothing done ? - ask the UK government and UK law enforcement, but both spend so much time in confusion and disarray I have doubts that they possess the ability to do anything, even if they wanted to.

You wouldn't believe the amount of work that members here do to attempt to combat the harm these scammers do (and I'm far from the most hard working), and there are others on other sites at work too, and I dread to think of what would happen if we weren't here. This doesn't include the behind the scenes work members do trying to encourage businesses to adopt more secure practices and procedures.

It hurts every time we come across a new scam victim.