Camper Trailer Australia – August 2019

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

funds transfer, pre-loaded card or electronic

currency, like Bitcoin. It is rare to recover

money sent this way.

• Don't give your personal details over email.
  Be wary of emails asking you to confirm or
  supply website login or credit card details.

BUYERS SCAMMING SELLERS

If you are advertising your items for sale,

beware of scammers posing as genuine

buyers. Scammers may make up stories such

as needing your help to pay an agent or third

party for upfront costs like transportation

or insurance. They may promise you

reimbursement for these costs.

Alternatively the scammer may send a

cheque for more money than the agreed sale

price. The scammer will invent an excuse for

the overpayment, such as to cover the fees of

an agent or extra shipping costs, or that it was

simply human error. The scammer will then

ask you to refund the excess amount – usually

through an online banking transfer, pre-loaded

money card, or a wire transfer – before you

discover that their cheque has bounced. In both

cases, you will lose the money you gave the

scammer, and if you have already sent the item

you were selling, you will lose it as well.

WARNING SIGNS FOR SELLERS

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HOW SELLERS CAN PROTECT

THEMSELVES

• Be wary of transactions that involve an over-
  payment, and requests to refund the excess
  money by internet banking or wire transfers.


• Avoid any arrangement with a stranger that
  asks for payment via money order, wire
  transfer, international funds transfer, pre-
  loaded card or electronic currency. It is rare
  to recover money sent this way.


• If you have been sent a cheque for more
  money than the agreed price, send it back
  and ask for another cheque with the correct
  amount.


• Do not send the items to the buyer until the
  cheque has cleared in your bank account.


• Do not allow potential buyers to inspect the
  goods without someone else being there to
  supervise.

TRUSTY PAYMENT METHODS

• Cash paid upon pick-up – used for thousands
  of years and still going. Always get a detailed
  receipt.


• Cheque – recommended if agreeable to the
  seller. Most banks will allow you to cancel
  a cheque before it is cashed if a problem
  arises.


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deliver the goods following receipt of payment.
Following payment you may receive a fake
email receipt claiming to be from the website’s
secure payment provider; however, you won’t
receive the goods and will not be able to
contact the seller.

WARNING SIGNS FOR BUYERS
Be wary if:

• The classified ad promotes an RV at a very
  low price.


• The seller claims to be unavailable and insists
  on payment prior to arranging for delivery of
  the goods.


• The seller requests that you pay through
  international money transfers, cheques or
  direct bank transfers.


• You receive a fake email directing you
  straight to a payment or 'shopping cart' page.


• You receive a fake email receipt claiming
  to be from the website’s secure payment
  provider.

HOW BUYERS CAN PROTECT
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• If the price looks too good to be true, it
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Old fashioned cash – one of the safest methods
of payment, when given upon pick-up
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