Juliette Jones was pumped about going on family holiday in a caravan she’d put a deposit on.
However, within minutes of paying, the seller disappeared from Facebook Marketplace leaving her without a caravan and minus $600.
Jones says she feels stupid now for trusting the seller, but has since found many victims of the scam who paid much more than what she did.
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A 4 Berth Lunar caravan for $4600 was making rounds on Facebook Marketplace between December 22 and 23 – however it turned to be a scam.
Jones was one of the people who put a deposit on the scam and said the seller was “incredibly communicative and responsive”.
“We decided to message the seller to see if it was available. He got back straight away and said it’s available and viewing’s tomorrow at 11am.
“He was incredibly communicative and send me about 15 photos of this caravan, which I checked up on CARJAM.
The registration and warrant matched a real caravan, but Jones had no way of knowing it wasn’t the sellers.
“We did this even though the price was cheap, we validated as much as we could.
“We asked him whether we could view it and he replied saying it’s sold and the pickup’s pending. I thought that was quick and asked him to let me know if that…
