Lorraine over at Patchworkpottery has had an image stolen on Etsy and they have used it to con a number of people selling something they didn't make or own.
please be very aware of the risks of purchasing from people with no feedback, I know everyone has to start somewhere but just be careful out there.....
If you are selling on the web try and watermark your images with your store logo.... hopefully this will stop people from stealing your images and using them for their own financial gain.
We have purchased several cars and motorbikes on Ebay and we stick to the rule that when purchasing a car ask for internal photo's if there aren't any....
people have been known to photograph cars and vehicles parked on the road and sell them as their own, asking for a deposit to be paid prior to collection....
if they can't give you photo's that have the door open it is more than likely that they do not own the car....
Motorbikes etc you need to see a photo of the V5 paperwork....
Cover your number plate if you are selling a vehicle as people will search for a vehicle in the same colour and make as their own and clone your number plate, they then drive around using your details, if they get flashed on a speed camera, you get the fine! They do this quite a lot in London with the congestion charges I believe... plus with all the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) it gets them a free car to drive around in so long as they don't have a prang
Be sensible out there with your online purchases look at feedback, ask questions, if it feels dodgy don't take the risk and walk away.....
By for now
Alex
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please be very aware of the risks of purchasing from people with no feedback, I know everyone has to start somewhere but just be careful out there.....
If you are selling on the web try and watermark your images with your store logo.... hopefully this will stop people from stealing your images and using them for their own financial gain.
We have purchased several cars and motorbikes on Ebay and we stick to the rule that when purchasing a car ask for internal photo's if there aren't any....
people have been known to photograph cars and vehicles parked on the road and sell them as their own, asking for a deposit to be paid prior to collection....
if they can't give you photo's that have the door open it is more than likely that they do not own the car....
Motorbikes etc you need to see a photo of the V5 paperwork....
Cover your number plate if you are selling a vehicle as people will search for a vehicle in the same colour and make as their own and clone your number plate, they then drive around using your details, if they get flashed on a speed camera, you get the fine! They do this quite a lot in London with the congestion charges I believe... plus with all the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) it gets them a free car to drive around in so long as they don't have a prang
Be sensible out there with your online purchases look at feedback, ask questions, if it feels dodgy don't take the risk and walk away.....
By for now
Alex
x
5 comments:
Lordy! that's a terrible thing!!! will be more vigilant in future!! xx
Great info. Thanks for the tip. jan
I've left you an award on my blog
April xx
I do not understand - why one should cover his number plate when posting photos of car when everyone can easily see his number plate on the street? I mean if i would like to copy someones number plate i would just pick some random car on the street and write down the plate numbers and color of the car.
Hi Anon, I think its to do with the scammers looking for a particular car, for example the scammer has a blue ford mondeo... therefore if they search for a plate from a blue ford mondeo it will give them time to be off and gone while the letter for speeding etc is being sent to the address of the plate owner...it is then up to the original car owner to prove it was not them, it would be obvious that it was a stolen plate if the scammer got a random plate off the street for a red mitzi and stuck it on his blue mondeo... that gets flashed up on a cops computer and they are going to investigate further, perhaps chase them down...
Plus these scammers are not daft, why trapse around looking for a particular car when you can trawl the net in the comfort of their own home!
however a neigbour had his plates stolen off his white van the other night... so they obviously are out and about too...
Alex
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