Ads on Autotrader UK with number plates photo hacked

I HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN PICKING SCAM ADVERTS ON AUTOTRADER UK FROM REGISTRATION DETAILS. THE SCAMMERS ARE NOW USING PHOTOS WITH THE REGISTRATION DETAILS REMOVED.

REMOVING THE REGISTRATION DETAILS FROM PHOTOS OF A CAR SOMEONE IS SELLING IS SUSPICIOUS ENOUGH BUT, IF THE SELLER ALSO TRIES TO MAKE YOU PAY WITHOUT VIEWING, YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED.

I CAN STILL DETECT THEM BUT I'LL NEED TO POST DETAILS IN THIS THREAD SO THAT I CAN USE IT AS AN ARCHIVE RECORD.

1st example

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/audi/a3/used-audi-a3-1-6-special-edition-3dr-paddington-fpa-201505063238131?logcode=p 6 May

£4,000 2013 Audi A3 1.6 Special Edition 3dr - Reg YX63BCU

This is an example of the photos being used in a fraudulent advert previously before the scammer disfigured the registration details.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/audi/a3/used-audi-a3-1-6-sport-5dr-bloomsbury-fpa-201503111635671?logcode=p 11Mar

£4,000 2013 Audi A3 1.6 Sport 5dr - Bloomsbury - (07557) 796838 - Reg YX63BCU

How the fraudulent advert looked when it was previously posted on 9th March 2015

2nd example

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/bmw/x5/used-bmw-x5-2-9-sport-5dr-highbury-fpa-201505063239340?logcode=p 6 May

£15,000 2012 BMW X5 2.9 Sport 5dr - Highbury - Brns E - (07742) 211712

and on 5th May it was being sold at a different location using a different phone number but the same photoshopped photos.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:9OuMYzogGIMJ:www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/bmw/x5/used-bmw-x5-2-9-sport-5dr-pentonville-fpa-201505053202797%3Flogcode%3Dp+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

£15,000BMW X5 2.9 Sport 5dr - Pentonville - (020) 7609 3322

REMOVING THE REGISTRATION DETAILS FROM PHOTOS OF A CAR SOMEONE IS SELLING IS SUSPICIOUS ENOUGH BUT, IF THE SELLER ALSO TRIES TO MAKE YOU PAY WITHOUT VIEWING, YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/land-rover/range-rover-sport/used-land-rover-range-rover-sport-2-7-td-v6-hse-5dr-kentish-town-fpa-201505103346945?logcode=p 10 May

£10,500 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Sport 2.7 TD V6 HSE 5dr - Kentish Town - LawsonA - (07828) 452033

The same photos posted on Autotrader UK on 5th May 2015 where it claimed to be located in Stepney with a different contact phone number

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:9iWHB5bgKlMJ:www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/land-rover/range-rover-sport/used-land-rover-range-rover-sport-2-7-td-v6-hse-5dr-stepney-fpa-201505053203109+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk 5 May

£10,500 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Sport 2.7 TD V6 HSE 5dr - (07511) 477852

REMOVING THE REGISTRATION DETAILS FROM PHOTOS OF A CAR SOMEONE IS SELLING IS SUSPICIOUS ENOUGH BUT, IF THE SELLER ALSO TRIES TO MAKE YOU PAY WITHOUT VIEWING, YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/audi/a3/used-audi-a3-1-6-special-edition-3dr-camberwell-fpa-201505103349575?logcode=p 10 May

£4,000 2013 Audi A3 1.6 Special Edition 3dr - Reg YX63BCU

ANOTHER APPEARANCE OF THIS FRAUDULENT ADVERT AND CACK HANDED PIECE OF PHOTO-HACKING

REMOVING THE REGISTRATION DETAILS FROM PHOTOS OF A CAR SOMEONE IS SELLING IS SUSPICIOUS ENOUGH BUT, IF THE SELLER ALSO TRIES TO MAKE YOU PAY WITHOUT VIEWING, YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/audi/a6-saloon/used-audi-a6-saloon-2-0-sport-4dr-highbury-fpa-201505103349534?logcode=p 10 May

£9,000 2014 Audi A6 SALOON 2.0 Sport 4dr - WestonM - (07258) 120369 - Highbury

The same photos previously used in a scam advert dated 5th May 2015 on Autotrader UK in a different location and with a different contact telephone number.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:AIcf2IbAaeAJ:www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/audi/a6-saloon/used-audi-a6-saloon-2-0-sport-4dr-south-bank-fpa-201505053203427+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

£9,000 2014 Audi A6 SALOON 2.0 Sport 4dr - 07511) 858007 - South Bank

BEWARE SCAM ADVERTS WITH REGISTRATION DETAILS PHOTO HACKED. ONLY PROFESSIONALS DO THAT - PROFESSIONAL SCAMMERS.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/audi/q7/used-audi-q7-3-0-tdi-se-tiptronic-quattro-5dr-rotherhithe-fpa-201505113370245?logcode=p 11 May

£10,000 2012 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI SE Tiptronic Quattro 5dr - Rotherhithe - (07825) 452009

The same photos appeared yesterday on Autotrader UK at a different location and with different contact details

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:CQg3kCaaQkgJ:www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/audi/q7/used-audi-q7-3-0-tdi-se-tiptronic-quattro-5dr-bloomsbury-fpa-201505103349085%3Flogcode%3Dp+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk 10 May

£10,000 2012 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI SE Tiptronic Quattro 5dr - Bloomsbury - (07825) 110365

BEWARE SCAM ADVERTS WITH REGISTRATION DETAILS PHOTO HACKED. ONLY PROFESSIONALS DO THAT - PROFESSIONAL SCAMMERS.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/audi/q7/used-audi-q7-3-0-tdi-se-tiptronic-quattro-5dr-westminster-fpa-201505123405200?logcode=p 12 May

£10,000 2012 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI SE Tiptronic Quattro 5dr - Westminster - (07828) 441039 - Marsden S

Another car with no number plates wandering around London has now turned up at the Houses of Parliament. An old favourite of scammers.

BEWARE SCAM ADVERTS WITH REGISTRATION DETAILS PHOTO HACKED. ONLY PROFESSIONALS DO THAT - PROFESSIONAL SCAMMERS.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/audi/a3/used-audi-a3-1-6-special-edition-3dr-mayfair-fpa-201505123405241?logcode=p 12 May

£4,000 2013 Audi A3 1.6 Special Edition 3dr - Mayfair - YANNS
(020) 7491 0411

Another old favourite and a truly awful example of photo-hacking.

BEWARE SCAM ADVERTS WITH REGISTRATION DETAILS PHOTO HACKED. ONLY PROFESSIONALS DO THAT - PROFESSIONAL SCAMMERS.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/audi/a6-saloon/used-audi-a6-saloon-2-0-sport-4dr-upper-holloway-fpa-201505123407168?logcode=p 12 May

£9,000 2014 Audi A6 SALOON 2.0 Sport 4dr - Sutton H - (07221) 503662 - Holloway

Shuffling the photos doesn't work. It's still the same car.

BEWARE SCAM ADVERTS WITH REGISTRATION DETAILS PHOTO HACKED. ONLY PROFESSIONALS DO THAT - PROFESSIONAL SCAMMERS.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/audi/a3/used-audi-a3-2-0-tdi-sport-sportback-5dr-stepney-fpa-201505133441465?logcode=p 13 May

£4,000 2013 Audi A3 2.0 TDI Sport Sportback 5dr - CH WS - (07511) 729278 - Stepney

From the adverts of this car you'd imagine that it has embarked on a lone hike around London but, being one of the most easily recognised sets of photos used in scam adverts, along with a photo-hacked number plate that would shame a kid with a crayon, it's reassuring that the scammer thinks it would fool anyone.

BEWARE SCAM ADVERTS WITH REGISTRATION DETAILS PHOTO HACKED. ONLY PROFESSIONALS DO THAT - PROFESSIONAL SCAMMERS.

Previous appearances by this set of photos in fraudulent adverts on Autotrader UK can be seen above.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/audi/a6-saloon/used-audi-a6-saloon-2-0-sport-4dr-stepney-fpa-201505143467642?logcode=p 14 Sep

£9,000 2014 Audi A6 SALOON 2.0 Sport 4dr - Powell T - (07599) 136095 - Stepney

BEWARE SCAM ADVERTS WITH REGISTRATION DETAILS PHOTO HACKED. ONLY PROFESSIONALS DO THAT - PROFESSIONAL SCAMMERS.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/audi/a3/used-audi-a3-2-0-tdi-sport-sportback-5dr-camberwell-fpa-201505153498989?logcode=p 15 May

£4,000 2013 Audi A3 2.0 TDI Sport Sportback 5dr - DRKW - (020) 7262 2255 - Camberwell.

A truly shabby piece of photo hacking.

BEWARE SCAM ADVERTS WITH REGISTRATION DETAILS PHOTO HACKED. ONLY PROFESSIONALS DO THAT - PROFESSIONAL SCAMMERS.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/audi/a6-saloon/used-audi-a6-saloon-2-0-sport-4dr-south-kensington-fpa-201505153502380?logcode=p 15 May

£9,000 2014 Audi A6 SALOON 2.0 Sport 4dr - Lloyd EVN - (07907) 234907 - Kensington

After months of traipsing through the sleazier areas of London it has now gone upmarket just as the scammer's spelling skills have deserted him. HINT - Most people in the UK can pell their own name.

BEWARE SCAM ADVERTS WITH REGISTRATION DETAILS PHOTO HACKED. ONLY PROFESSIONALS DO THAT - PROFESSIONAL SCAMMERS.

Another nomadic scam advert that reappears claiming to be located in different parts of London on a regular basis.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/audi/q7/used-audi-q7-3-0-tdi-se-tiptronic-quattro-5dr-hackney-fpa-201505153501990?logcode=p 15 May

£10,000 2012 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI SE Tiptronic Quattro 5dr