In 2023, a scheme requiring prepayment was spread in Russia among scammers offering to bring cars on order. Kirill Chernov, an expert on car selection and author of the YouTube channel AvtoRevizorro, told socialbites.ca.
According to Chernov, scammers, under various pretexts, demand to pay the full price of the car or make a deposit of 5-10%.
“Such scammers have very well-developed social engineering; They work using special scripts and protocols. So they know how to deceive other people. It is very difficult to protect yourself from this; You need to dive deep into the parallel import process, understand its mechanisms, know the necessary documentation because everything is done remotely,” said the auto expert.
If scammers manage to persuade the customer to pay upfront, they try to make even more money by offering loans, installment plans and discounts. The interlocutor warned that criminals may act under the name of well-known companies, dealers and popular bloggers.
The high demand for buying cars from other countries attracts a large number of fraudsters who want to profit from car sales. You can find more information about such plans at: material “socialbites.ca”.
Russians before in the name Reliable cars for 500 thousand rubles.