Miss Zhaoyuan Wang told the story of her second-hand car trading scam:
Not long ago, Miss Wang just got her driver's license, and her hands were itchy. She has always wanted to get a second-hand car to drive, so she pays close attention to the second-hand car trading information when surfing the Internet. One day, he saw a message on a website in Qingdao, saying that a batch of cars confiscated by the customs were now handled at a low price and could be transferred. Miss Wang chose a 2003 Elantra with asking price of 1.6 million. He called according to the online phone, and a girl answered it. After some bargaining, the two sides finally reached an agreement with 9000 yuan. In the final transaction details, the girl said, let our manager Wang tell you, and then told a mobile phone number. Miss Wang called and a man with a southern accent answered the phone. He told Miss Wang to pay 1000 yuan in advance, and then they sent the car by container. When Miss Wang raised an objection, the other party said it was risk protection. "We will take the car in the past. What if you don't want it? " So you can pay 1000 first, which depends on the sincerity of both parties. "After some bargaining, the final deposit was reduced from 1000 yuan to 500 yuan. Miss Wang then transferred money according to the account provided by the other party. Soon, the other party told her that the car would arrive in these two days and then pay.
What Miss Wang didn't expect was that Manager Wang called him yesterday and told him that the car had arrived in the south of Zhaoyuan City, and asked him to prepare 9000 yuan and ID card for the transaction. When I couldn't get the money, I called my friend Xiao Li to borrow money. Seeing that Elantra is about to get it, Miss Wang also said to her friend with emotion: I didn't expect this institution to be so efficient.
When her friend Xiao Li heard about it, she was warned that she was likely to encounter a scam. "Think about it, a car with a market price of hundreds of thousands will not give you 9000 no matter how cheap it is!" Black cars can't be transferred at this price. Pies don't fall from the sky, so-called pies are often traps. "
The friend's words made Miss Wang hesitate: No, that manager Wang said to stay in Jincheng Hotel in the south of the city.
Knowledgeable Xiao Li firmly believed that his friend had met a scam and decided to accompany Miss Wang to visit the hotel. She told Miss Wang in advance that she must master a principle: no money without seeing the car. "I guess not only the car didn't arrive, but also the people didn't arrive. He directed all this by telephone. " Sure enough, Miss Wang went to the hotel to check if there was any manager Wang, and then called again. The other party said that now that the car has arrived, let Miss Wang pay the 3000 yuan in the account first. They drove at once. Miss Wang asked to see the car first. Manager Wang said, no, our company has strict discipline, and staff are not allowed to conduct cash transactions directly with customers. Money must be deposited in the account designated by the company. And stressed that "I have sent all the cars to your site." What are you worried about? You know, we must be careful when doing such business. " Miss Wang insisted on paying after seeing the car. Manager Wang said there would be no business if this happened. Miss Wang replied that if the business fails, please give me back 500 yuan. Manager Wang said that 500 yuan paid for the car to Zhaoyuan. We can't compensate for such a big expense. Pay 3000 yuan to see the car, otherwise the business will not be done.
At this time, Miss Wang finally believed that she had indeed met a liar and was so angry that she cursed Manager Wang on the phone.
The reporter verified that there are many such scammers on the Internet.
After hearing about this scam, the reporter browsed their crime tool-the webpage that released information. The reporter filled in the words "Toyota Camry 2.0,36,000" on Baidu search, and found more than 700 web pages after the search, most of which were about selling used cars. The reporter randomly selected a few, dialed the number provided above on the grounds of buying a car, and found that many of them had stopped working. Some of them hastily hung up after hearing that they were journalists.
In order to seduce consumers, information publishers have also played their own propaganda slogans, and some of them are still "disgusting". The reporter saw a second-hand car trading message on a website in the province, and its propaganda slogan made people look ridiculous: "Your choice is our glory! Your satisfaction is our pursuit! Your suggestion is our wealth! We have been working hard! Our shop strives for survival by honesty! Seek development with credibility! I hope you can buy your dream car with the mentality of' worth buying and getting value'. Honesty and trust are the basis of online transactions. I hope we can cooperate happily! "
However, related websites have noticed the existence of these fraud incidents. Just above this information, the website reminds consumers: recently, it was found that scammers from outside the province repeatedly posted information about cheap notebooks, computers and cars on this website. Please be careful in trading!
Insiders: It is impossible to have such a cheap car.
Compared with being cheated to go to 500 yuan, Miss Wang is lucky. Mr. Tian from Laishan made money from the account provided by the other party because he was greedy for cheap, and was finally cheated to 8.8 yuan.
"This is obviously a scam. Regular channels simply can't buy such a cheap used car. " Guo Wei, manager of Yantai used motor vehicle trading center, said.
It is understood that this kind of low-priced and high-end second-hand car trading information has appeared as early as two years ago, and it will flood the Internet for a period of time every once in a while. There are always people who don't know the truth and are greedy for petty gain.
In fact, as long as the public is a little cautious, it is easy to see through these simple scams. According to reports, the so-called smuggling of cars and the confiscation of cars by the customs are not the case at all; Domestic cars are so cheap, who would take such a big risk to smuggle them? Cars confiscated by the customs can only enter the market through auction. How can there be so many so-called cars confiscated by the customs?
"According to the model and car condition described by the seller, the normal market price of Passat is about 6.5438+0.2 million yuan, the Accord is at least 6.5438+0.3 million yuan, and in 2004 Audi was about 6.5438+0.5 million yuan, but it is not a problem for Audi A6 to sell for 230,000 yuan." Liu Jian of Yantai Automobile City said that it is really abnormal to sell at a price lower than the market price 1/3 or even lower. Even if the car is real, there must be something wrong with the origin.
"Consumers who want to buy used cars must first inquire about the market conditions, and they should not be impulsive because the price is cheap." Liu Jian reminds consumers that used cars are a special kind of goods, and they need to be rational when buying, so beware of being deceived.
Police reveal: new tricks of the old scam
According to reports, online low-priced used car sales fraud has four characteristics: First, they explain that cars are cheap because they are smuggled or confiscated by the customs, so they need money urgently, so they are handled cheaply; Second, I only left my mobile phone number on the Internet, but I didn't leave a fixed phone number and no company address. Even if the company address is left, it is very vague, such as Pudong in Shanghai, Luohu in Shenzhen and Dongguan in Guangdong. Third, you need to pay a deposit ranging from one to two thousand yuan first; Fourth, the ownership of their registered mobile phone number and card number is inconsistent with the location of the "company".
In view of the recent online scams, the police reminded the public that this is a very old-fashioned scam. Fraud means are the same as the previous short message fraud means such as recruitment fraud, false certificate fraud and winning fraud, except that short messages or street advertisements were used in the past. This kind of online fraud takes advantage of the credibility of media advertisements and websites to some extent. Probably because the old-fashioned method of SMS fraud does not have much market, scammers will renovate their tricks and continue to cheat. Any fraud must first throw bait, and the bait of this fraud is "ultra-low-priced used cars." They first explain that the reason for the ultra-low price is that these cars are stolen, which makes you believe that the ultimate goal is to get the "deposit" and "sincerity money". If you do, he will continue to ask you to remit money in various names until you find out that you have been cheated. In fact, they don't have a car at all, and people are not in Yantai at all. Most of their phone numbers are services such as "one-number call", so you can transfer the call to several phones, and you have no idea where the other party is.