Caravan enthusiasts in North Otago are being warned to beware of cut price offers for top of the range caravans.
Community Constable Bruce Dow, of Oamaru, issued the warning after a Waikato couple lost $26,000 in a Jayco caravan scam recently.
The caravan was advertised for $16,900 as an urgent sale. It normally retails for around $45,000.
After being alerted by a friend, Snr Const Dow was involved in an investigation in 2013 into an advertisement offering a 2006 Jayco Sterling caravan for sale for $14,000. Snr Const Dow said if a deal seemed too good to be true, it was probably a scam.
''These are the things you need to ask to try and catch these people: current registration and expiry date, expiry date of the warrant, expiry date of the electric warrant,'' he said.
''And if you can't get to see it [the caravan], there's something wrong.''
He advised people not to transfer money for goods they had not seen.
