They have a fake web page set up that looks like an eBay page and you wire
the money there, or they have you send a certified check.
You get plenty off assurances that the car is on the way, until the funds
are out of your account then you never hear from them again, and needless to
say the car never shows up.
Ways to tell if it is a scam
1. Car is pristine and selling below market value by a large amount.
2. Contact information is given in ad, and you are instructed to contact
direct not through ebay. Often they will photoshop an email addy right onto
the pictures in the add.
3. free delivery is offered anywhere in the US
4. Buyer is unavailable (Military, expate etc)
5. You are told that they will use an "eBay escrow service" and the car will
be shipped to you.
6. Very poor English, often gets worse with every contact
Cavet emptor
Rick
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 1:00 PM, <Warthodson@aol.com> wrote:
> Remind me again, how does the scam work? Is the transaction actually
> going thru ebay as stated & if it is how does he get the money before the
> car is actually delivered & approved?
> Gary Hodson
>
> In a message dated 8/27/2008 2:12:01 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> richard.ewald@gmail.com writes:
>
> His e mails included a lot about security and how I could be sure it was OK
> since we were "dealing through" eBay.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> It's only a deal if it's where *you* want to go. Find your travel deal *
> here* <http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047>.
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