Miller: Buyer beware: Fake car dealership websites costly

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Are 'Miller car sales' a scam?

No sooner have police and fraud prevention teams shut down one dodgy car dealer website, the scammers have set up another con. Car Dealer found criminals have launched the new sham – Miller Car Sales Ltd – which is advertising used cars at less than half their usual price. ...

Did a fake car dealer create Miller car sales?

Baggott believes he was speaking to the same person he had talked to two weeks earlier at another fake company, also purportedly based in Scotland, called AD Car Sales. That company was shut down by the authorities after Car Dealer reported it to them, but Baggott believes the criminals have swiftly created Miller Car Sales to continue the scam. ...

How much does a Miller car cost?

Valuation reveals the dealer price should be £28,500, so the asking price is around half what it should be. Car Dealer investigated Miller Car Sales by making checks with local businesses, which confirmed there was no showroom with that name in the location specified on the website. ...

Is Miller car sales a sham?

Car Dealer found criminals have launched the new sham – Miller Car Sales Ltd – which is advertising used cars at less than half their usual price. Three cars checked on the fake site by CAP HPI, the trade pricing experts, for Car Dealer revealed they were being sold for an average of less than 60 per cent of the correct price. ...

Is there a police investigation into Miller car sales?

Police Scotland has confirmed to Car Dealer that there is an ongoing investigation into Miller Car Sales. Earlier in 2022, the BBC investigated a similar scam in which criminals had cloned a genuine car dealership in Scotland and conned buyers out of thousands of pounds. ...

Does Miller car sales have a showroom?

Car Dealer investigated Miller Car Sales by making checks with local businesses, which confirmed there was no showroom with that name in the location specified on the website. A representative of the Scottish Motor Trade Association (SMTA) also visited the address on Car Dealer’s behalf and found no showroom by the name of Millers Car Sales. ...