With its “how to buy” tips and description of known fraud schemes, Initiative Sicherer Autokauf offers information for safe online car shopping in Germany.

The tips below are concrete examples of how to react if you stumbled over a potential fraud. The measures cover the situations below:

1. You discover a suspicious ad
2. You are in contact with the seller
3. You are in contact with a buyer
4. You have made a (partial) payment