I EXPOSED THE WORLDS BIGGEST SUPERCAR SCAMMER
In todays video I expose the biggest supercar scammer in the world, sadly because I fell victim to it.
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Ive been reporting and reporting these such apps for months after seeing them, the listings jumped out at me as being odd. I even showed interest a few times to work out the scam and i contacted the genuine sellers when i found the real listing usually on auto trader. I would love to know if me reporting all those ads is having any effect.
I have just bought a car without seeing it in person it was done through finance and its down in England after watching this video It has put the fear in me what if this has happened too me
Can I get a heart for your oldest subscriber 😅
Hi Mark, excise my writing have desxiser but i want two reach out about the supply issues car manface say they have as this a anther bit of the industry two exposes them the manerfacter make the issue two drive up the price i pueched a new car just under 2 years ago well played the oder 1 year befor was told there was no cars and shorts but i had a frend who worrk in the manfacer head offcer cut a lot stoey short he tock me down to the port to find there there was over 10k of cars setting but not be ship two dears so they could drive the prices up
Mark, you have such a following all over and you could always reach out for one of us to take a short drive and physically see the vehicles in question. I know it sounds implausible but yours e a lot of support.
Mat Armstrong- professional car crasher 😂😂😂😂😂
😂 😂 😂
@@user-kl9qq5mo4n clearly you cant see the joke on it
@@user-kl9qq5mo4n someone that knows how to drive doesn't use excuses to crash them.
@@user-kl9qq5mo4nwho do you blame? The care didn't force him to drive in the rain. Its all on him. Glad the bellend didn't kill anyone with his recklessness
Don't say that and it's not funny
You put the Fiat up for a ridiculous low price and the first potential buyer still said ‘what’s the lowest you’ll take’. Classic Facebook from both sides lol
😂 we all love a barter
Great work and fascinating content !
who buys a car from fb anyway? geesus.. u might find it there but u dont pay for shit until you have the title and the keys.. what the op accomplished here is to state he is a moron and that he willingly wastes money and this makes him a larger target than he was. id keep my mouth shut and be ashamed.
@reyalPRON I bought my 2007 hr 350z off of FB. Of course I drove to see the car, was able to drive it, waited a couple of days going back and forth on bargaining, and ended up buying the car.
"For lowballers, £500 on top of the asking price."
So you sold your “dream car” that you’ve just bought because it was dropping in value? Wow what a car enthusiast you are
We knew it would happen. When he did that series, he did all the "wrongs" he claimed others did. He used the system, he strong armed his dealer, and used his media presence to bulldoze his way ahead of the line. He's slime making a living out of other peoples misery.
If you panicked and try to sell your car just because the market tells you your cars value decreases, you’re not a car lover or a car enthusiast , you’re just an investor using cars as investment.
all while it is still worth more than retail, truly deserves to be scammed
Agreed. I can't stand the ones who buy these cars purely as an investment for resale. That's why a lot of manufacturers have implemented rules and regulations to buyers that say they can't buy these specialty cars strictly for resale. Porsche is very strict about it.
For real. How inauthentic can you be? "It's my dream car!" Gross.
Lol yea I was gunna say this guy knows nothing about cars, just has money to toss around like 95% of the owners of these cars. Us real car enthusiasts will never step foot near cars like this in our lifetimes because we aren't scumbags lol
everyone on this comment thread is a broke moron who drives an sold subari wrx lol
There is no way I would be handing over money to someone I have never met to buy a car or anything thing online. If I can’t see the car you don’t get my money. Its that simple
Exactly!!!!!! Well said Kyle
Some stupid people around.
Me too but that one guy actually went there, got the car and still had been scammed. Crazy.
Here Here common sense
*Ed bolian enters chat*
Can't believe people send huge deposits without physically being there with the car and also to a different country! Just goes to show when you want something that bad your heart can rule your head.
Litterally I dont even feel bad for them because of it.
Love is blind 😢
honestly if you fall for this you will also wire your non existent grandkids your life savings over the phone
The greatest part of this video to me is how well Porsche club UK stepped up and worked out the scam on their own. The man in video is a credit to the culture of the club and his passion for the brand. Both Porsche UK and Porsche HQ in Germany own that man a beer . He stepped up to protect the brand and the client. Totally impressed . There are a lot of us who want a Porsche so bad we won’t see the scam in progress . He was just awesome and saved the day. Well done Porsche club UK . You are the star of this video . 👌
When I bought my 911 the Porsche people that helped me suss it all out were brilliant.
As a Romanian, the scammer really spoke English with an Romanian Accent tbh. Hopefully those Scammers will be arrested soon.
Who in their right mind sends a deposit to a random person on Facebook? You have got to be very thick to do this.
People like to blame anyone but themselves
Usually it'll be someone up in age that only really knows and uses Facebook. I think they're under the impression that everything on their has to be verified and only real, legitimate people can use the site.
I’m 29 very tech savvy been using the internet for 15 years. Was looking for a cheap work car, was getting desperate as I was using my girlfriends at the time. Found one on marketplace close by. Messaged the seller, said I would buy cash the same day. He said he wanted 200 deposit and lots of people wanted to buy it. He had no profile and I almost committed out of desperation. I didn’t and found a legit sale. If he’d of asked for 50 I would have probably done it. Does that 10 times a day 500 easy quid. I had a short argument calling him an obv scammer and he admitted it. Fair play to the fella i guess, lots of suckers out there
@@marcus7440 Yeah as a rule of thumb, when it comes to dealing with private sellers, I never send money over to anyone who hasn't been vouched for by someone I thoroughly know and trust or if I can't physically put my hands on you.
ive given and recieved deposits over facebook a few times, never in the thousands but sometimes if you want a car and trust the person you gotta do it. so many time wasters on facebook i dont hold cars for anyone unless they bring a deposit, first come first serve unless you can give me a reason to wait
The way he did matt with the "professional car crasher" 💀💀💀💀
Genius .. i really laughed 🛻
16:47 Ian is the real Hero of this story! We all need an Ian in our lives when we are blinded by excitement.
Ian is an absolute legend!!
I hope this reaches the masses. Has not been ur normal footage to get views, but is very helpful to many! Thank u sir for ur hard work.
7:04 Mat Armstrong's new profession 😂 had me creased
Too soon?
@@MarkMcCann64 It’s never too soon
Was funny 😂😂😂
lethal that one was
It's the oldest trick in the book. Scammers are taking advantage of people greed. And greed makes you blind. If you know the car X is worth 30k and you find an advert for 15k, you don't ask yourself what's the catch? No, because you think you're so smart and only YOU found that good deal, everyone else is a sucker. This is how scammers burn you. With greed and FOMO (fear of missing out)
But, you think omg this is a bargain, you want to believe, so sometimes you ignore the signs
I see it every day, I simply report them, if you go into 90% of them profiles they see they all have tons of nice cars for 40% of their real value, I simply report them, it's absolutely ridiculous people believe this nonsense, grown adults that simply can't do their own due diligence, absolutely ridiculous if it's too good to be true is because it is, how stupid people can be
Mark is almost like the automotive Jim Browning with these videos lately.
That’s not fair, it’s not about greed, it’a about saving money. There is a big difference between the two.
@@walnut5603it's kinda the same thing tho
Absolutely love your old style of video and really hope they come back soon. Having said that these videos are incredible and many more people need to see these as all these scams happen far to often and im glad someone is putting it out there. Your videos have gone to the next level! Plus your clips with senna are funny! Spat my tea out at the headache part. 😂
Your tea 😂😂😂😂 bloody brit
Your videos giving people reality checks are amazing and I think really helpful for the community. Keep going at it brother✊
Mark knows full well that a 997.2 GT3 RS 4.0 is nowhere near $240k… knowing that, he did dig deeper into the obvious scam. Great stuff
Indeed, but it was a good prop to get the message across as they are out there doing this day in day out
Exactly, the 997.2 are definitely the most expensive GT cars by far
He also says the 4,0 is cheaper in the US which isn’t true. Europe is actually cheaper. Not seen one in the US for under 500k for a long time.
Yeah he left out the 4.0 detail as the start for drama..
IMO Looks like he didn’t actually buy the 992 GT3RS either as the car still shows NO previous owners with just one owner from new and the last issued V5 was dated September I’m starting to think NOTHING on this channel is as it seems !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i got a 30day ban on fb calling a scammer an 'ugly scammer'. 30 fucking days and he is still posting on fb even after i reported his profile as fake/scams
That is crazy!!!! Try and help and get banned ffs
If the scammer is paying for ads they won't ban him. Meta only care about one thing. Numbers
I have tried this too but FB are happy to just get the ad revenue. More scam cars then legit ads! It's shocking but if it's too good to be true it is!
@@jamesk1806 the scams in my area are on par with the current market. Maybe 100-200 cheaper than the rest
Facebook don’t care, I’ve reported dozens of scammers and half of the reports come back nothing wrong here. I got a comment I made deleted automatically and my account restricted for saying to a mate that almost got scammed for £1200 “I’m glad you didn’t get done, scammers should be ……. insert blank..
This video and the last few have been class! This kind of content is brilliant. Keep them coming!
The reality to this is that you are willing to pay for a car worth a quarter of a million pounds, but do not feel that a personal visit, costing you the price of a return ticket to the States🙄, would fully resolve the matter.
How could you ever think that guy in America was legit, casually selling chirons for 2mil, black badge rolls for 140 grand, Huracan STO for 300grand... It was a dead giveaway
There's no way he actually believed it, he just thought it'd make the video better.
@@MattDiffey Most likely xd
Exactly all the pictures are from random cars in different dealerships he really just lied for the video
With an eastern european/south american accent that's clearly been dubbed over.
You also can hear the Indian accent from the video , which is a red flag if you hear Indian accent online RUN it’s a scam always
if your paying deposits to random people on facebook thats on you in my opinion
If it seems too good to be true 🤷🏼♂️
Some people are naive,Mark nearly copped for it.
True, you got to be switched on.
@@minimeee04 I don't know about you but if it's a private sale. If I can't see and look at it I ain't paying for it.
Agreed, you can't just send hundred or thousands to someone you don't know. It's sad that people steal but it's everywhere
These videos are brilliant Mark! A real modern take on investigative journalism!
Brilliant work Mark and very informative, this is one of the best channels on KZhead. 👌
"It's ridiculously cheap compared to EVERY other car the same make/year/mileage" "Please send a deposit, lots of people want it" Yea, if you fall for this 'scam' you should have to surrender your licence AND your right to vote in elections for the sake of everyone else.
bruh no reason to shame ppl, sometimes ppl let their guard down and mess up, it happens. we shouldn't define ppl by their worst mistake. Try to approach life with more humility, you never know when life may humble you
yeah no reason to shame people at all. Mark nearly fell for it himself nor did he want to believe the clear evidence at first. People get excited when they see an opportunity to buy their dreamcar and the excitement gets the best of us. You should shame the people taking advantage of this by doing illegal activities such as these fake car scams, it makes sense that they look like real ads, because they are real car ads just stolen and slightly adapted
@@emmakeuken7436 Nah, it's greed.
@@777FreeYoungThug I dunno... Personally I feel that judging an axe murderer for their worst mistake, that being the murdering someone with an axe part, isn't such a bad idea... People who think they can wire a whole load of money who they don't know to get a car for 1/3 of market value are just dumb. Not calling them dumb doesn't make them any smarter.
@@fredrikcarlen3212 except he didn't call him dumb.... read what he said. Also in regards to your first point it's not a crime to get scammed but what you wrote is so if you're unable to tell the difference between those two types of "mistakes" I'm not sure it's worth engaging in a back and forth.
I've given up reporting the scam cars on Facebook as they just dont care,🎉 after reporting the same car in 5 different areas of the country they said they couldn't find an issue with the ads
They’re using AI bullshit. Same with eBay. Don’t use those platforms, they suck.
Loving the last few videos inc this... sooo well put together and informative.
Loving your investigative journalism Mark. Please keep it up!! 👍🏼👍🏼👌🏻👌🏻🙌🙌
My girlfriend fell for this same scam but with an apartment. They do the same thing; fake listing with real photos, low price and asking for a deposit
Thank you so much for signing my jacket at Petrolheadonism Underground!!
Pleasure, thanks for saying hello
@@MarkMcCann64 Did you also #CirleJerk him with him wearing nothing but his jacket lol.
Well done for the videos, keep raising awareness!!
This guy dropping banger videos, Really exposing the truth of Car Market.... Your doing a Huge favour for all of us Mark
Mark thanks for sharing this series of theft/scam sites. You are a wonderful educator.
Appreciate the watch and support
He’ll never actually look into it more since it was an Indian scammer and the British police are very concerned with Indian scammers being punished. They don’t want non-whites in prison.
please continue to make more videos in this series. They are a pleasure to watch!
Day by day your contest are comming to another level and it all about reality.❤
Well done Mark , very informative 👏
These exposing videos he’s been doing recently absolutky brilliant keep em coming !!!
FB marketplace is rife with scammers and has been for years. Really disappointing Meta do nothing about it. Great vid Mark.
I had no idea how bad and easy it is. I think answer is never send money without being stood next to what you are buying
@@MarkMcCann64 Even then. A different UK-based KZheadr I watched got scammed buying a VW off the side of a country road. Sure they sold him the car, but just hours after purchasing it, it went from having 0 fault codes to showing signs of needing some very costly repairs. And more and more cropped up. Never underestimate scammers. Even if you see the car in-person, you absolutely still can get scammed for the entire sum you paid for the car.
Meta don't care about scammers though, they only care if you say a naughty word. You' lose your account for that.
Great informative content Mark, keep it up...
Dammit, Mark, your content on these car issues has been soooo good! Thank you for doing all you do, it's much appreciated. Much love. ❤
Found a really great niche of car content in the last few videos and I’m really enjoying it. I use niche as a compliment - giving content that I haven’t seen before in the cluster fuck of content that is car focused KZhead Keep it up mate!
Really enjoying the direction you've gone in the last few videos, highly informative and very helpful to those that may fall for the scams, and to help us protect our assets! Ilook forward to many more like this! Thanks Mark
Actually really enjoying this type of content👍🏻
As my mum always used to tell me "if it sounds too good to be true, it is" Don't let your heart rule your head, take a moment, have a think, sleep on it.
This is why I buy cars from dealerships near where I live. It's hard to take my second most expensive purchase for it to be lost to fraudsters. You pay a little extra, but the safety net of even a stolen car, you get covered. Dealerships don't want a reputation selling stolen cars. Great idea at the end of a video call. A truthful person would have the call knowing it's a large purchase for the customer.
Honestly if you're buying a £300.000 investment, just fly over or fly someone else over to check it out in person. You don't skip on insurance if the money is important to you.
Absolutely the right thing to do. I’d rather miss out on 10 bargains and pay a bit more, than get stung for thousands of pounds by some scam artist. Unfortunately in today’s society people will risk everything to have the most flashy, expensive, sought after items in the hope of impressing others, most of who they don’t even know 🙄
I absolutely love this automotive investigative journalism style videos mark has been making recently. Nothing else like it on youtube. Keep up the great work Mark 👍
Well done for not falling for it, that was an extremly well setup scam.
Mat Armstrong: "professional car crasher" 😂😂😂
Too soon?
@@MarkMcCann64no😂 and I think you might have given him idea for a new slogan for his merch 😂
Great video Mark Im glad you are making people aware, these “scam” ads on facebook do effect resale value when genuine people are selling their used cars as some people compare pricing to what they see on marketplace thinking its the real deal. This needs to stop asap ! Would appreciate more videos this way 👍 you are doing a great job.
My dad always said “if it looks too good to be true, it usually is” . It may also explain why my parents got a divorce .
Brilliant video Mark. I have brought many cars blind over the Internet and luckily they all been genuine. This is a wake up call, social media platforms need to step up.. Well done Mark... Nigel, in Cornwall
Keep em coming Mr Mark ❤
I'm on market place everyday looking for cars. I ALWAYS report the scam ads, and Facebook ALWAYS says there is nothing wrong with the ads.
I was very much captivated by this whole video, well done. Hope you saved many people from being scammed.
Thank you for sharing the video and making people aware of the scammers. I have been a victim once for an iPad, which was also my 18th birthday gift from my dad but learnt the lesson!
Next time, possibly give the scammer's number to the authorities prior to calling them out over the phone?
Love the "Professional car crasher" under Mat Armstrong's name 🤣 Nice touch 🤣🤣
Loved the job description for Matt Armstrong!
This series of videos are absolutely brilliant. Have you handed all the information over to the authorities in America
Well done! The effort and passion are evident.
Thank you very much! We are all working hard on these and appreciate your support
@@MarkMcCann64 Mark have you not learnt your lesson from the video, replying to fake profiles 🤣
You’re gonna upset some people with these style videos! Keep up the great work!!! 🎉
Only the baddies
Theses videos are brilliant it just shows you how easy it can be to be scammed it’s scary people give a deposit to a car they’ve never seen before is just 🤯
Thank you for this video, I was about to follow the frothy deals on the internet before you snapped me to my senses
Ho in the right mind sends money somewhere to someone just like that. Trust me bro mentality.
Hopefully they had a towel a quick grabs away from getting exposed like that.
Lmfao 🤣
No it’s not a fight
So that just flew over your head, huh? I mean I guess I’m not too annoyed by simple minds anymore.
@@CrAzYfAcE69 I’m dead 😂😂
Great video thanks for putting the word out
Amazing video. Thanks for sharing this with us
Thank you so much for highlighting this business opportunity 🤑 Joking aside, it’s one the reasons why I don’t buy cars privately anymore.
Poor Mat Armstrong, professional car crasher
i mean he did crash his 1000hp lambo like 2 days ago......
What a great video mate 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Well done, Mark. Great advice
As a 18 year old kid who has entered the world and living alone in 12 th most corrupted country. it is scary really but learned something. thank you for spreading awareness. may Allah bless you with happiness. Appreciation from Bangladesh❤
This man needs a TV show ❤
why, we can watch him on here
Great content really been enjoying your videos recently.
Is it still available?
And ghosted
*Who likes to watch movies wrapped in a warm blanket in the evenings? 😏* 👇
Awesome bit of investigation, learnt a lot
Respect and love to ian . He literally saved you and didn’t need to do that he actually is someone we need around us all aha !!
He is a clever man
Hi mark well done for exposing theses scammers it is very bad that people fall for this I’d also say that if it’s to good to be true it is. But also puts doubt in people’s mind for all those genuine people and businesses I’d also would buy off a genuine dealer keep the good work up and love your videos thanks Tim
Thanks for the instructional guide.
Legendary content Mark!! 🎉❤
Good on you for revealing big scammers like this. Evidence like this needs to be shown to the authorities and hold them responsible. After all it is illegal.
Fantastic video Mark just shows how easy it is to get scammed
Best automotive channel on you tube, Imran what a guy.
Mark, You need to have your own TV show. Your videos are far better than anything on TV and people actually learn valuable things. Your editing is fabulous!
Loving these kind of videos
i am actually amazed how a crazy motor racer who jumped a Lambo has turned into one of the best car journalists on the internet, you are smashing it!!! fiar play keep up the amazing content!!!
Great video Mark....and well done for revealing this scammer 😠😠😠😠
Brilliant video. A real eye opener. Been buying cars a long time and was shocked about what I learned today about the con man in America and the poor guy that brought the c63. Guess the lesson is to buy safe and stick to dealerships.
Thanks a lot mark I’ve seen loads on Facebook and I’ve believed that they where real you have saved me thanks a lot
Ty for bringing awareness to the community
THANK YOU, for the support
Great video mark, keep on helping the public in this way; there are way too many scammers operating.
its just getting worse and worse
Thanks for teaching us how to scan 😂. I love the step by step instructions.
You Mark are a Legend for exposing this scam, I know how us "car guys" can get blindsided when we finally find that perfect car that ticks all the boxes. Lesson learned , never pay a deposit sight unseen
agreed john, you get hooked when you see the car of your dreams
Good job man❤
Great video Mark, these Facebook advert scams are out of control! It’s happening a lot with classic car adverts on marketplace too.
Thanks Simon, there are so many
@mark McCann legend love this work great content
Finally someone to address the facebook marketplace scams.. Almost fell for it myself a couple of times. But these guys are getting smarter everyday.
Great videos 🎉 lately mate. Smashig it
Thank you, appreciate you watching them