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Scam used car ads are costing Aussies more than $1m a year – NEWS.com.au
Scam used car ads are costing Aussies more than $1m a year
A new scam is ripping off Aussies by more than a million dollars a year.Online scam car listings have already cost shoppers more about $300,000 through the first three months of this year.
This is more than the entire losses reported to Scamwatch in 2019.
Scammers are posting dodgy ads on sites such as Carsales, Cars Guide, Facebook Marketplace and Gumtree according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
And in a worrying new trend these scammers have started to impersonate…
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