To speed up the process, from now on I'll just note the name of the dealer whose account has been compromised (as it's obviously impossible to know which of his adverts are compromised and thus bogus), and the email addresses that the scammer is using, as well as reporting the adverts.
I have been unable to substantiate the existence of some of these companies and they are frequently operating from websites only a matter of a couple of weeks old, which is a concern that their adverts have been compromised so quickly.
The moral being that just because someone advertises with autotrader and has a website, doesn't guarantee that they exist, and that even applies to incorporated companies unless you can detect that they have actually existed long enough to publish accounts, which can all be checked online quite easily.
Currently there have between 50-100 scam adverts posted daily that I have detected and, if they remain live for three days, considering that they are all the most tempting bargains, an unwary buyer is going to lose money simply because of the volume.
CAR ADVERTS - If a car seller mentions escrow - he's scamming you Never ever for any reason pay anything until you have seen and inspected the vehicle
