The most common red flags

• A price far below the market. A good car at half what everyone else asks does not exist. A price that is too good is the bait that works best.
• Pressure to pay a deposit today because "someone else has reserved it." Rushing is a tool, because people in a hurry do not have time to check.
• Refusing to let you see the actual car, claiming it is in another province or with a shipping company.
• Photos that look too perfect, like ads. Try a reverse image search on Google. If the same photo shows up in another listing, it was stolen.
• The name in the registration book does not match the seller, and there is no power of attorney.

What to check before you decide

• Always see the actual car first, in a public place, in daylight, and bring someone with you if you can.
• Ask to see the original registration book (lem tabien). Compare the name with the seller's ID card, and check whether a finance company is named in the book.
• Compare the chassis number in the book with the car itself. Every character must match.
• If you are unsure about the condition, pay for an inspection at an independent garage. An inspection costs a few thousand baht, many times cheaper than buying a car with problems.

Money: three iron rules

• Do not transfer money before you have seen the real car and the real book, whatever reason they give.
• Do not transfer to an account whose name does not match the seller. If they tell you to pay into someone else's account, stop immediately.
• Pay the final amount on transfer day, at the Department of Land Transport (DLT) office, not before.

This website does not receive money on anyone's behalf, does not hold deposits, and has no website bank account to transfer to. The system does not allow bank account numbers in listings in the first place, and it compares photos and license plates against other listings across the whole site to catch stolen photos and duplicate listings. But no system can protect you 100 percent. Whatever happens, do not transfer money before you see the car. Read all the listing rules (in Thai)