Britain's unluckiest car buyer spends nearly £20k on dodgy Facebook motors

2024-09-02 9,133

Britain's unluckiest car buyer has issued a warning about using Facebook Marketplace after spending almost £20,000 on seven motors in nine months.

Osman Malik, 45, has been forced to buy a new car nearly every month this year after being scammed twice and ending up with a string of dodgy vehicles.

The pharmacist says he inadvertedly bought a Mini with its plates cloned, while one Honda broke down on the motorway within hours and another only lasted a week.

He has so far forked out £16,750 in just nine months following a run of bad luck which resulted in him purchasing a string of shoddy motors with various faults.

The dad-of-two is now urging second hand car buyers to avoid Facebook Marketplace which he describes as being "like the Wild West".