20th May 2025
20th May 2025
Warning on advertising of containers for sale
The police in the capital area warn against a sales advertisement for a container that is on a number of sales pages on Facebook.
Including within the groups:
Furniture for sale – Furniture for sale
Sunsets with sale or gift
Car Re-sale Cheap Cars for sale 0 to 500 thousand
The tire market
Lottan Akureyri – Products for sale
Service to residents of the South
The container is described as being 20ft and isolated, the sale price is ISK 300,000 m/vsk and delivery.
The seller sends the buyer an account from an unrelated company and puts the banking information of the individual receiving the funds into the sales account. The container is then subsequently not delivered to the buyer.
Police have already received 5 cases in the last week where the buyer’s funds have been lost.