For the past week I have been looking for a used truck on Auto Trader. I have exposed at least nine fradulent ads to Auto Trader and the OPP. I printed records of these ads. The sellers respondeded with a scheme to get money without delivering the goods. A complaint results in the ad being taken down within several hours only to reappear within a day sometimes with a small change in the ad sometimes the very same ad in another location in Canada. Sometimes the same ad appears unchanged in several places. I have 5 copies of one ad from five different places. The ad involves a Red 2005 Ford F150 with 75000 Km. For $8000. If you do a serch you will probably still find it. Auto Trader is obviously more concerned about Ad revenue than preventing fraud. Sellers should have to identify themselves before ads are posted.
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