Safety guide
Avoid fraud by reading our safety guide here.
Safe selling at Auto Orbis
As in all other sales, you run the risk of fraud when you are selling or buying cars. But once you have finished reading this guide, you are a lot closer to securing a safe trade. Want to dig deeper? Check out our sales guide and purchase guide here on the site.
Safe selling
When you advertise that your car is for sale, a typical attempt at fraud is that you receive an email or a text in English - often poor English - with a request about the availability of the car. In this instant, just do nothing. Common cars are not interesting to foreign purchasers.
If you are selling a classic car the game changes, and we recommend that you apply common sense when assessing whether the request is real. If money changes hands make sure you see them in your account before handing over the car - a receipt is not enough. If in doubt, always ask your bank.
Face-to-face fraud is rare but some sellers have been tricked out of their cars. One way to easily avoid such a situation is simply to go on the test run with the potential buyer. Should you be unfortunate enough to see your car set off into the sunset never to return, you can be pretty sure the car the ‘buyer’ showed up in is stolen, and the drivers license is fake.
In Denmark, when the sale has been completed and the money is in your account, the buyer has three weeks to re-register the car. Unfortunately, some sellers have experienced buyers who have conveniently ‘forgotten’ to re-register the car and have stolen fuel, which leaves the seller with a police report.
To avoid such a situation, we recommend that you re-register the car when you make the sale. In Denmark, the buyer simply logs on to skat.dk with his/her nem-ID and completes the registration form.
Seller’s 6 easy steps to safe selling
- Only reply to foreign requests if you are selling a classic or vintage car and be critical
- Never accept buyers who try to buy the car unseen
- Never trust a buyer’s money transfer receipt. Make sure the money is in your account
- Never accept cash
- Remember to photograph drivers license and medical insurance card before letting a potential buyer try out your car, and go on the test drive just to make sure
- Re-register the car as soon as you get the money. In Denmark, use skat.dk
Safe buying at Auto Orbis
If you find a car that is much cheaper than others of the same make and model; buyer beware. This is the most likely scenario in which come across fraud. The ‘seller’ will try to get you to make a money transfer abroad - never do that. As a rule, always meet the seller in person.
If you come across cars at auto-orbis.dk that may be fraud cars, please advise our customer service immediately. We will make sure to investigate the car and seller.
In theory, you could come across a seller attempting to sell a stolen car, although that happens very rarely. The easiest way to make sure you are not the victim of fraud is to check that the seller’s name is on the vehicle registration certificate.
Buyer’s 6 easy steps to safe buying
- Only transfer money when you are with the seller
- Never pay in cash
- Make sure the seller’s name is on the vehicle registration certificate
- Remember to fill out the sales agreement
- Never wire money abroad
- Make sure the vehicle identification number (VIN) matches the car and vehicle registration certificate
What you need to know about the car
Besides making sure that the car runs without significant mechanical problems, you should check a few other things before buying the car you are interested in. License plate check
Use the car’s MOT certificate to discover if the seller has tampered with the mileage recorder. And make sure to find out if there is any outstanding debt in the car. You will find both here:
If you discover outstanding debt, contact the creditor mentioned on the registration certificate and find out how big the debt is. If it is not paid in full before the sale, you have to make a deal with the creditor that he/she will get the part of the purchase sum equal to the debt.
Safe selling at Auto Orbis
As in all other sales, you run the risk of fraud when you are selling or buying cars. But once you have finished reading this guide, you are a lot closer to securing a safe trade. Want to dig deeper? Check out our sales guide and purchase guide here on the site.
Safe selling
When you advertise that your car is for sale, a typical attempt at fraud is that you receive an email or a text in English - often poor English - with a request about the availability of the car. In this instant, just do nothing. Common cars are not interesting to foreign purchasers.
If you are selling a classic car the game changes, and we recommend that you apply common sense when assessing whether the request is real. If money changes hands make sure you see them in your account before handing over the car - a receipt is not enough. If in doubt, always ask your bank.
Face-to-face fraud is rare but some sellers have been tricked out of their cars. One way to easily avoid such a situation is simply to go on the test run with the potential buyer. Should you be unfortunate enough to see your car set off into the sunset never to return, you can be pretty sure the car the ‘buyer’ showed up in is stolen, and the drivers license is fake.
In Denmark, when the sale has been completed and the money is in your account, the buyer has three weeks to re-register the car. Unfortunately, some sellers have experienced buyers who have conveniently ‘forgotten’ to re-register the car and have stolen fuel, which leaves the seller with a police report.
To avoid such a situation, we recommend that you re-register the car when you make the sale. In Denmark, the buyer simply logs on to skat.dk with his/her nem-ID and completes the registration form.
Seller’s 6 easy steps to safe selling
- Only reply to foreign requests if you are selling a classic or vintage car and be critical
- Never accept buyers who try to buy the car unseen
- Never trust a buyer’s money transfer receipt. Make sure the money is in your account
- Never accept cash
- Remember to photograph drivers license and medical insurance card before letting a potential buyer try out your car, and go on the test drive just to make sure
- Re-register the car as soon as you get the money. In Denmark, use skat.dk
Safe buying at Auto Orbis
If you find a car that is much cheaper than others of the same make and model; buyer beware. This is the most likely scenario in which come across fraud. The ‘seller’ will try to get you to make a money transfer abroad - never do that. As a rule, always meet the seller in person.
If you come across cars at auto-orbis.dk that may be fraud cars, please advise our customer service immediately. We will make sure to investigate the car and seller.
In theory, you could come across a seller attempting to sell a stolen car, although that happens very rarely. The easiest way to make sure you are not the victim of fraud is to check that the seller’s name is on the vehicle registration certificate.
Buyer’s 6 easy steps to safe buying
- Only transfer money when you are with the seller
- Never pay in cash
- Make sure the seller’s name is on the vehicle registration certificate
- Remember to fill out the sales agreement
- Never wire money abroad
- Make sure the vehicle identification number (VIN) matches the car and vehicle registration certificate
What you need to know about the car
Besides making sure that the car runs without significant mechanical problems, you should check a few other things before buying the car you are interested in. License plate check
Use the car’s MOT certificate to discover if the seller has tampered with the mileage recorder. And make sure to find out if there is any outstanding debt in the car. You will find both here:
If you discover outstanding debt, contact the creditor mentioned on the registration certificate and find out how big the debt is. If it is not paid in full before the sale, you have to make a deal with the creditor that he/she will get the part of the purchase sum equal to the debt.