Perodua warns of Ativa scams, reminds customers to only deal with authorised sales advisors, dealerships

Perodua warns of Ativa scams, reminds customers to only deal with authorised sales advisors, dealerships

There’s a scam for everything these days, and something new, with high public interest, would surely be a good hook. Perodua has discovered scammers using the new Ativa SUV as bait and has released an announcement urging customers to only deal with authorised sales advisors.

“We have discovered at least two fraudulent rebate offers online for the newly-launched Perodua Ativa, which is not our practice,” said Perodua president and CEO Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad said, adding that the promotions did not originate from Perodua or any of its outlets nationwide.

According to the P2 chief, some scammers have posed as Perodua sales advisors before and lured potential victims into placing their new car purchase deposits into personal bank accounts. Here are some don’ts when purchasing a new Perodua, or any car for that matter.

Don’t react immediately to offers, whether online or in print, without confirming details with Perodua’s authorised sales or service advisors, or its official online platforms. The latter includes official website www.perodua.com.my, and P2’s official Facebook and Instagram pages.

Most importantly, don’t give your personal details such as bank account numbers, home address and IC number without making sure that the person you are speaking to is an authorised Perodua sales personnel. Don’t make any payment (deposits, booking fees) into personal bank accounts. All payments must only be made to company accounts. Best to cross check the account name with the dealership’s name as well.

The Perodua Ativa was launched on March 3. See and read more about the new SUV in our launch report, first impressions drive report, spec-by-spec comparison and video/gallery comparo with the Myvi and Proton X50. Remember the Kembara? Here’s a side-by-side with the old timer.

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Danny Tan loves driving as much as he loves a certain herbal meat soup, and sweet engine music as much as drum beats. He has been in the auto industry since 2006, previously filling the pages of two motoring magazines before joining this website. Enjoys detailing the experience more than the technical details.

 

Comments

  • Penerima I-sinar on Mar 11, 2021 at 4:32 pm

    The success of brutal Ativa blockbuster launching.

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    • Roti john on Mar 11, 2021 at 5:31 pm

      Another Game-Changing proof that shows Malaysians are enthusiastic to buy the Perodua Ativa. They are so happy that some of them didn’t realize the transaction was a scam. Perodua Ativa trully a Game Changer that attracts many audience!

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  • rushing job on Mar 11, 2021 at 5:14 pm

    oldschooled incident on 2021?, victims banked-in into personall bank acc, not the dealer acc? What kind of client based for ativa? rushing, short thinking, easy to be manipulated. Lost the booking money just for an average looking compact suv. Conclusion is they trying very hard to emulate the success of x50 but the local engineers either blind or didnt participate at all to include rear aircond and tilt telescopic steering adjustment, jap daihatsu 1.0L 3cyclinder vibrration dampening techs still faraway from MPI version of x50. The panel gaps between fender tyre so on

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    • santau kacak on Mar 11, 2021 at 7:54 pm

      smart money will get x50, with no doubts. those bought ativa, will upgrade to x50 once realized their folly. So no problem

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    • george on Mar 11, 2021 at 8:40 pm

      Yes, Malaysian suited, adjusted they said but no teh tarik hook and anti snatch theft hook like Myvi. Why?

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      • Engineer on Mar 12, 2021 at 10:12 am

        Because technology and advancement never stops. Because designers should not live in the past but in the here and now for the future. Teh tarik hook? Anti snatch theft hook? How quaint and how old fashioned is this Myvi.

        I apologise if you’d just came out of hibernating in a cave but FYI the past couple of years we are transitioning to a more environmentally friendly living culture and that means reusable tumblers and containers to tapau our drinks. Those teh tarik plastic bags should be eliminated and having such hooks only serves to encourage prolonging environmental pollution.

        Ditto with anti snatch theft hooks, when was the last time we heard such crime. Those jokers on bikes would rather make more money (and halal at that) as GrabFood, FoodPanda, DahMakan, Lazada, Shopee, J&T, FoodFresh, etc delivery boys.

        If Perodua would like to stay in the past, can I ask them to include cig lighter and an ashtray box? Those also used to be in every Malaysian car.

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    • Avenger on Mar 12, 2021 at 12:48 am

      Rear AC is a real need here and its not something new either. If Proton guys can put in rear AC into X50, why did the Perodua guys not do the same for Ativa, are they lesser capabled than Proton guys. So I am guessing their engineers either didn’t get to have any input into Rocky/Raize/Ativa development or they were just there to makan angin and for Perodua to claim they have people there.

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  • Alive & kicking on Mar 11, 2021 at 8:09 pm

    What happened to just going to the car showroom to place an order in person face to face?

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    • Covid

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    • May face with fake SA, hahaha

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      • Section 415 on Mar 12, 2021 at 2:47 pm

        If the showroom has a fake SA, it must be a fake showroom but that would be too much work for a typical scammer to set up. After all, a scammer’s usual modus operandi is to communicate via phone or messaging and avoid meeting a potential victim in person.

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  • Izhar on Mar 11, 2021 at 8:44 pm

    So until today how many bookings minus those two fraudelents one?

    Like or Dislike: Thumb up 7 Thumb down 2
    • Perodua fanboy msia driver big talk 70k – 80k booking in 1st day launch but we already knew only 6k booking in 1st day launch. May wait he show up to calculate how many booking in this month.

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    • Izhar on Mar 13, 2021 at 5:52 pm

      Yesterday 8k already.

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  • Sam Loo (ori) on Mar 12, 2021 at 8:07 am

    The SUV in world right now.. Bravo Ativa!

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  • Norman samsusudin on Mar 12, 2021 at 9:54 am

    This is the proof of success of Ativa!

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    • Macau get rich quick is also a scam, does this proof it is successful?

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  • Buy thru Lazada la booking only RM1.

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  • The other way of telling we should get 70k bookings by now, but there are 60k booking being scammed. So officially 10k bookings.

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