Fake Car Buyers On the Rise In Accra; How To Avoid them as a Car Dealer

 It's so good to own a Car from the right dealers but it can also be a hell of time if you do not purchase it from right dealers. 

Some unscrupulous people also move around deceiving Car dealers and running away with either their cars or causing problems for them via the medium of payment.

Accra is the most Populous City in the country and as a result of that both good and bad people can be found in every corner of the City.

According to some Car Dealers in Accra who recently narrated their encounter with scammers who almost got them into trouble with the police, fraudsters who usually scam white people are shifting their attention from receiving monies into their own bank accounts to using bank accounts of these Car Dealers unknowingly in their dirty dealings.

Most fraudsters in Africa end up being tracked by the police or banks of Victims (whitemen) after they receive money from victims into their own bank accounts.

 As a result of that, these fraudsters are finding a new way of receiving money from victims without using their own Bank accounts. 

According to these Car Dealers, the fraudsters approach them and show interest in purchasing their cars but they tell the Car Dealers to give them their business Bank Account to receive Cash from their business Partners overseas for payment. 

In reality these so-called business partners are victims (whitemen) of these fraudsters and Car Dealers unknowingly get themselves into trouble when they give out their business bank account details to receive payments from the so-called business partners abroad. 

These Car Dealers obviously have no idea who is paying monies into their banks accounts because they are only interested in a successful transaction ie. payment made for their cars.

These Car Dealers added that, after they receive monies from abroad from the so-called business partners for payment of their vehicles, the fraudsters change their minds in a second about buying the cars and request for instant refund this time around as cash or into their own Bank accounts in Ghana not to that of their business partners abroad. The Scammers through this process have automatically added these car dealers into their chain of dirty dealings without their knowledge.

When these fraudsters get busted by Police or other security agencies at a later date, these Car Dealers find themselves in trouble for using their business bank accounts to receive money from Victims even though they refunded the money to these fraudsters on the same day.

According to these Car Dealers, the fraudsters can be dangerous when the victims try to expose their information and in some case they have make threats to the Car Dealers and their family. Some of these fraudsters can mysteriously disappear without a trace. These Car dealers even added that the fraudsters probably use their money as a means of power to potentially bribe some irresponsible Police Personnel to protect them.

NB: It is therefore advisable for Car Dealers in Accra to accept Cash Only when selling their cars in Accra or Receive monies from the direct bank accounts of the buyer and not involve any other third party to prevent future arrest.