A grandmother was hospitalized after being scammed in a sale on a Facebook marketplace in which her foot was crushed.
Rebekah Streader, a Coles worker from Shepparton in Victoria, put her prized Holden ClubSport up for sale as she desperately needed money to keep a roof over her family’s heads.
The single mother said 9 news After posting his vehicle on the site, he quickly received messages from an interested man.
After arranging a test drive, the man arrived at her home, which was picked up by Mrs Streader’s doorbell.
The retail worker handed the keys to the potential buyer when he asked to drive the car, but before she could get into the passenger seat, he locked the car doors.
Grandma Rebekah Streader posted her Holden ClubSport on Facebook Marketplace but was hit by a man posing as a buyer and drove away with her car.
The man quickly responded to the Coles worker’s advert and requested a test drive (pictured) with the interaction captured by his doorbell CCTV.
Even though the grandmother pleaded with him to stop, the man ran over her foot before speeding away.
The injury was not captured by Ms Streader’s doorbell, but was witnessed by her 15-year-old son.
“I was banging on the window asking him to stop because this car is something I had bought years ago and I thought, ‘I can’t lose it.’ I can’t afford to lose it,” Ms Streader said.
The grandmother has had two surgeries after the incident which left her with a shattered foot.
Ms Streader has also been told she will not be able to walk for months.
Grandma didn’t want to sell her car, but she felt she had no choice because she needed the money to put a roof over her family’s head.
The Shepperton woman is now pleading with Facebook to increase her security.
‘Facebook needs a big change. It is very easy for people to be scammed or scammed,” he stated.
The grandmother believes that the man was using a fake Facebook profile, as she could not find any trace of him.
Streader said the man was about 170cm tall, of medium build and had a goatee.
Police are investigating the incident.
Some friends have started a GoFundMe to help the grandmother financially.
