Buying and selling a car safely

Before you buy

• Do a licence plate check: do the make, model and year match the ad? When does the APK (MOT) expire? What is the odometer judgement?
• View the car in daylight, take a test drive and ask for the service book and invoices.
• If in doubt, have an independent garage inspect the car.
• Check that the VIN on the car matches the registration document.

Paying and transferring ownership

• Never pay in advance for a car you have not seen.
• Transfer the car together, for example at an RDW-approved counter or post office, and pay at that moment.
• Arrange insurance on the day the car is registered in your name.

As a seller

• Do not let strangers take a test drive alone and keep the keys with you.
• Only hand over the car once the money is really in your account.
• Never click payment links or “verification links” from unknown buyers.

Seen something suspicious?

Report the ad with the Report this ad button. Have you been scammed? Report it to the police and to the Fraudehelpdesk.