EXCLUSIVEMore than 100,000 car adverts on Facebook are SCAMS, 警告するs Santander?
- 偽の 地位，任命するs on Facebook are 原因（となる）ing a 劇の 殺到する in 乗り物 scams
- There could be more than 100,000 偽の UK car 広告s on Facebook at any one point
- 犠牲者s typically 誘惑するd into sending money to 安全な・保証する a seemingly 取引 取引，協定
More than four out of five cars advertised through Facebook's online 貿易（する）ing 壇・綱領・公約 Marketplace are scam listings, High Street bank Santander 見積（る）s.
A bombshell 報告（する）／憶測 by the bank has for the first time 明らかにする／漏らすd the extent to which social マスコミ 巨大（な） Meta is 許すing its 壇・綱領・公約 to be 圧倒するd by 犯罪のs selling 偽の 乗り物s.
捜査官／調査官s 見積（る） there could be more than 100,000 偽の UK car adverts on Facebook at any one point, Money Mail can today 明らかにする／漏らす.?
If you search for any car type on Facebook Marketplace, it is likely 詐欺 広告s will be の中で the 最高の，を越す results, Santander 警告するs.
Chris Ainsley, who is 長，率いる of 詐欺 危険 管理／経営 at Santander and led the 研究, says a team 徹底的に捜すd Facebook Marketplace earlier this month to 査定する／（税金などを）課す the 規模 of fraudulent car adverts.
Too good to be true: 偽の cars 申し込む／申し出d online at unrealistic prices are almost 確かな to be scams
Within 30 minutes of running searches for different types of cars, the 捜査官／調査官s 設立する 25 偽の 販売人 accounts and a staggering 4,000 adverts.?
That 量s to 160 cars per 販売人 on aver age. One profile had 687 adverts for 偽の cars.
Hundreds of accounts 地位，任命する adverts in the UK, which 示すs there could be up to 100,000 scam listings at any one time, they 見積（る）.?
A search for 'Volvo' on Facebook Marketplace showed just one 本物の sale, and nine scam 地位，任命するs in the 最高の，を越す listings.
Mr Ainsley says: 'What we 設立する on Facebook Marketplace is really 関心ing and problematic.?
'We have raised it with Meta because we want them to understand the 規模 of the problem ― it is costing thousands of people in the UK.'
偽の 地位，任命するs on Facebook and other social マスコミ 壇・綱領・公約s are 原因（となる）ing a 劇の 殺到する in people 存在 conned by 乗り物 scams.?
The number of 事例／患者s 報告（する）／憶測d to Santander in the first nine months of 2023 nearly 二塁打d compared with a year ago ― 急に上がるing by 87 per cent.?
Around 440 of the bank's 顧客s 報告（する）／憶測d 出来事/事件s between January and September, of which an 概算の 60 per cent 起こる／始まるd on Facebook Marketplace.
This year nearly half a million 続けざまに猛撃するs (£479,964) has been 報告（する）／憶測d lost to Facebook car scams の中で Santander 顧客s, up 93 per cent from the same time last year. The 普通の／平均（する） 犠牲者 lost £1,090.
Data from TSB also shows that more than three-４半期/4分の1s of all 乗り物-関係のある scams start on Facebook.?
Seven per cent of TSB's 顧客s who 報告（する）／憶測d having lost money to scams say they heard about the cars on eBay. That is followed by Instagram and Gumtree.
The most scammed brands 含む Ford, which accounts for 18 per cent of all 報告（する）／憶測d 事例／患者s, Audi (12 per cent), BMW (10 per cent), Land Rover (10 per cent) and VolksWagen (8 per cent), によれば TSB.
Mr Ainsley 追加するs that Volkswagen ゴルフs and 小型の Coopers are also の中で the most 一般的に scammed cars.?
The two banks are 警告 that scammers are using social マスコミ to prey on shoppers looking to buy a secondhand 乗り物, 誘惑するing them into sending money with 削減（する）-price 取引，協定s.
によれば 詐欺 専門家 Jack Buster, who runs 活動／戦闘 Scam, a group which helps 犠牲者s 回復する money, the 普通の／平均（する） scam advert 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）s 乗り物s for between half and three-４半期/4分の1s of the market 率.?
'The biggest i ndicator of whether a 地位，任命する is real or not is the price at which it has been 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d.?
'Asking prices are typically from perhaps 75 per cent of what it should be 負かす／撃墜する to 完全に absurd 削減s of maybe 25 per cent or even 10 per cent.'
'£1,500 for a car that didn't 存在する'
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運転者s have been 勧めるd to take extra 警告を与える when searching for their 保険会社 online as there is a new 産む／飼育する of '（人命などを）奪う，主張するs 乗っ取り犯人s' on the loose who will try to 略奪する them of thousands of 続けざまに猛撃するs after having been 伴う／関わるd in an 事故.
The 保険 詐欺 Bureau say there has already been countless 事例／患者s of vulnerable people every day 的d by scammers who use paid advert spoof websites to appear at the 最高の，を越す of Google and other search engines to dupe unwitting drivers into thinking they will be redirected to the 場所／位置 of the 本物の 保険会社.
People looking to make a （人命などを）奪う，主張する can inadvertently 接触する one of these third-party 場所／位置s 経由で an 広告 and think they're 取引，協定ing with their provider, only to be 罠にかける in 合法的な 協定s with unknown 会社／堅いs and 直面するing costs of up to £50,000.
Ofelia Forbes fell 犠牲者 to a 偽の car scam in September, when she 猛烈に needed to buy a car for her work as a carer.
After months of saving, the 26-year-old, who moved to Nottingham from Jamaica just six months ago, was ready to buy a car on September 17 and 敏速に went online to find her new 乗り物.
She 設立する a Kia Picanto 2021 model 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d for sale on Facebook Marketplace for £1,500 and 接触するd the 販売人 経由で Messenger.
The 販売人, Peter, appeared friendly in his profile picture, she says.
'He seemed like an older gentleman who you would 尊敬（する）・点.?
'There was a link to his company's website where there were reviews from happy 顧客s.?
'I also searched his 指名する online and 設立する no 指示，表示する物 of a scam.'
Ofelia told Peter she was 利益／興味d in the car and asked for it to be 配達するd from Manchester to her home.?
She paid a £250 deposit on the car and was told 配達／演説／出産 would be the に引き続いて day.
Ofelia says: 'We agreed that the next 支払い（額） would be made when I received the car.?
'However, on the day of the 配達／演説／出産 he called to say all was on schedule but I needed to 支払う／賃金 £500 for the 保険 and paperwork.'
Ofelia was told she would have to 支払う／賃金 the £500 if she 手配中の，お尋ね者 it 配達するd that day and that the car wouldn't be on the road until the money （機の）カム through.?
'I didn't understand why they needed money for 保険 and asked them about it. But I needed the car so I paid it,' she says.
Scamdemic: This year nearly half a million 続けざまに猛撃するs (£479,964) has been 報告（する）／憶測d lost to Facebook car scams の中で Santander 顧客s, up 93% from the same time last year
But a few hours later, Peter told her the money had not arrived and there had been an 問題／発行する with the first 支払い（額） so I would need to send another £500.?
If the first 支払い（額） 攻撃する，衝突する his account later, it would be deducted from the final 支払い（額） she needed to make, she was told.
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In the first half of the year, 犠牲者s to 乗り物-関係のある scams lost £998 on 普通の／平均（する）, によれば 研究 from Lloyds Bank.
The Ford Fiesta was the most 一般的に 的d 乗り物 scam 経由で 偽の adverts online.
Scammers also featured BMWs and Audis ひどく in 偽の 広告s, with motorbikes and classic cars also cropping up 定期的に.
偽の 広告s for parts and 従犯者s, such as alloy wheels, are also ありふれた in online 乗り物 scams the bank said.
'At this point I was nervous because I was 支払う／賃金ing more than half of the total without getting any 確定／確認 the car was on its way but I paid it anyway,' she says.
Twenty minutes later, Peter told her the money had been received, the car was on its way and would arrive at her home at 2pm.?
The carer asked to see the driver's 場所 or some form of proof but was told the driver could not do that.
She says: 'He just kept telling me to be 患者 and remain 静める.'
An hour later, another message from Peter arrived ― the driver needed £100 to 支払う／賃金 for 石油 as he had run out.
'I'd never heard of this happening before so I was getting annoyed but he 脅すd that I wouldn't see the car if I didn't 支払う／賃金 so I did,' she says.
Ofelia was told the car was 支援する on the road but when the car was just 15 minutes away she 攻撃する，衝突する another bump in the road.
'Peter said the driver was really の近くに now and was 指名するing 地元の streets. He said I should go ahead and 支払う／賃金 the final £150 so that when it arrived everything would happen 滑らかに, given how many 延期するs there had been already. At first, Ofelia 辞退するd because she was worried it was a scam.
But when she raised her 関心s, he told her they run a good 商売／仕事. 'He kept giving me 推論する／理由s to 支払う／賃金 so I did. But the car didn't arrive.
'I was begging him, 説 please don't let this be a scam because I already explained to him I really need this car.
'He started to laugh and said all was ok. But then when there was still no 調印する of the car I asked what the problem was and he just replied 'LOL'.'
Within seconds, Ofelia was 封鎖するd by Peter and could make no 接触する. 'I was in dis belief but that's when I realised and I felt sick,' she says.
The carer called her bank, Lloyds, and 活動／戦闘 詐欺 to 報告（する）／憶測 the 罪，犯罪. She received £500 in reimbursement from Lloyds and a その上の £125 に引き続いて Money Mail's 介入.
A Lloyds Bank 広報担当者 says: 'Keeping our 顧客s 安全な from 詐欺 is our 優先 and we have a 広大な／多数の／重要な 取引，協定 of sympathy for Ms Forbes. Buying a car from social マスコミ that you 港／避難所't 見解（をとる）d in person is always risky.?
In this 事例／患者, while we did show a 警告 before Ms Forbes 完全にするd any 支払い（額）s advising her to 支払う／賃金 by card, we have 供給するd a 部分的な／不平等な refund.'
Hotbed for fraudsters
Facebook Marketplace has 爆発するd in 人気 in 最近の years. It was 初めは popular in 地元の communities as you could see what someone in your area was selling.?
Scams were いっそう少なく of an 問題／発行する because 買い手s would only を引き渡す the cash when the 販売人 received the items in person.
However, items are ますます bought from その上の afield and 配達するd by the 販売人. This is 類似の to other marketplaces such as eBay or アマゾン.
A Meta 広報担当者 says: 'We recognise our important 役割 in 取り組むing the 産業-wide 問題／発行する of online 購入（する） scams and have systems in place to 封鎖する scams.
'Facebook Marketplace is a 地元の 会合，会う up and collection service so we don't 容易にする 支払い（額）s or shipping, but scammers 偉業／利用する this by taking conversations off our 壇・綱領・公約s where we can't 施行する.
'We encourage our comm まとまり to 報告（する）／憶測 scams すぐに so we can take 活動／戦闘 and we'll continue equipping 顧客s with knowledge to transact securely and 避ける 詐欺 on Marketplace.'
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