Royal St Christopher and Nevis Police Force is warning residents about online purchase scams after another individual fell victim to a fraudulent vehicle sale advertised on Facebook.
According to police, a black Honda CR-V was advertised for sale on June 1 by a Facebook user identifying himself as “Akeem Harris” for $17,000 Eastern Caribbean dollars. An interested buyer made a down payment of $4,000 ECD via mobile banking and was promised delivery of the vehicle that same day.
When the vehicle was not delivered as promised, the seller claimed he had missed the boat and subsequently requested an additional $6,000 ECD for ownership transfer fees.
After receiving a total of $10,000 ECD, the seller became unresponsive and later claimed to be off-island before ceasing all communication.