Rachel305
so i was on craigslist today looking for a car that has a reasonable price cause im tight on money i just had a baby last month and im also not working now cause i have to take care of my son or noone else will... well the point is that i ran into this ad on craigslist it said that they had a 2005 acura tl for only $2799 so i emailed the person asking them a few questions about the car and this is the email i got back from them (well her, she claims to be a woman, and lives in atlanta georgia and shes selling the car supposively cause she divorced her husand and the car brings back too many memories) please tell me is this a scam?
please read the email:
Hello. I want to thank you for the interest you have shown in my car. I'll to start off by telling you that I'm from Atlanta, GA, I'm 33 yrs old, one child and was married for 6 years when my husband told me he wanted a divorce. I want to sell my car as soon as possible because it connects me to many memories of him. The final price for the car is $2,799, I'm pretty sure it is a reasonable price and i want to let you know that I didn't drive it much and when I did, i kept it clean and never had any accidents with it. The engine it is running in perfect condition, the exterior it has no scratches or any flaws of any kind.
Year: 2005 Mileage: 75,208 miles VIN: 19UUA662X5A031740 Exterior color: White Transmission: Automatic
MPG: Great gas mileage: Highway - 34 MPG, City - 28 MPG, Combined - 31 MPG (*Fuel economy.gov). Perfect for the city.
Oil was changed every 3,000k miles. Transmission was serviced aprox 2 oil changes ago and is in perfect condition. Tires were replaced about 8 months ago. Tires are only 10% used.
The price, $2,799, it is including title transfer. I have worked a lot with eBay so I'm going to sell my car through them. It's the only thing that i can put my trust into, 100%. Let me explain you how it works, if you are not popular with this process. First of all I will be needing the following details from you: your Full Name, your Address and your Phone Number. After I will receive the details from you, I will forward them to eBay. They will process your info and send both of us an invoice. The invoice will come to you with the details on how to make a refundable payment. As soon as you send the money and fax the payment information to eBay, i will receive an email with the payment confirmation in order to ship you the car. You will receive the car in 3-4 working days and you will have 5 days to test and verify it. As you can see, you will receive the car BEFORE any money is released to me. If, for some reason, you disagree with the car it will be shipped back to me on MY EXPENSE and eBay will send your money back. You will receive the title of the car with the car, with your name on it. I have a free Carfax if you want to take a look, copy of the original title of the car and eBay car inspection.
I hope things are clear for you of the process it is working and I'm waiting for your email.
Here are some pics of my car:
the pictures were never really there anyways i tried downloading them and when i did they never showed up.
thanks everyone! im def NOT buying this
Answer
100% scam.
There is no car.
There are stolen pictures of someone else's car.
There is only a scammer trying to steal your hard-earned money.
The next email will be from another of the scammer's fake names and free email addresses pretending to be the "eBay car shipping company/agent" and will demand you pay for "shipping costs", in cash, and only by Western Union or moneygram.
Western Union and moneygram do not verify anything on the form the sender fills out, not the name, not the street address, not the country, not even the gender of the receiver, it all means absolutely nothing. The clerk will not bother to check ID and will simply hand off your cash to whomever walks in the door with the MTCN# and question/answer. Neither company will tell the sender who picked up the cash, at what store location or even in what country your money walked out the door. Neither company has any kind of refund policy, money sent is money gone forever.
Now that you have responded to a scammer, you are on his 'potential sucker' list, he will try again to separate you from your cash. He will send you more emails from his other free email addresses using another of his fake names with all kinds of stories of great jobs, lottery winnings, millions in the bank and desperate, lonely, sexy singles. He will sell your email address to all his scamming buddies who will also send you dozens of fake emails all with the exact same goal, you sending them your cash via Western Union or moneygram.
You could post up the email address and the emails themselves that the scammer is using, it will help make your post more googlable for other suspicious potential victims to find when looking for information.
Do you know how to check the header of a received email? If not, you could google for information. Being able to read the header to determine the geographic location an email originated from will help you weed out the most obvious scams and scammers. Then delete and block that scammer. Don't bother to tell him that you know he is a scammer, it isn't worth your effort. He has one job in life, convincing victims to send him their hard-earned cash.
Whenever suspicious or just plain curious, google everything, website addresses, names used, companies mentioned, phone numbers given, all email addresses, even sentences from the emails as you might be unpleasantly surprised at what you find already posted online. You can also post/ask here and every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find before taking a chance and losing money to a scammer.
If you google "fake car shipping scam", "western union shipping fraud" or something similar you will find hundreds of posts of victims and near victims of this type of scam.
100% scam.
There is no car.
There are stolen pictures of someone else's car.
There is only a scammer trying to steal your hard-earned money.
The next email will be from another of the scammer's fake names and free email addresses pretending to be the "eBay car shipping company/agent" and will demand you pay for "shipping costs", in cash, and only by Western Union or moneygram.
Western Union and moneygram do not verify anything on the form the sender fills out, not the name, not the street address, not the country, not even the gender of the receiver, it all means absolutely nothing. The clerk will not bother to check ID and will simply hand off your cash to whomever walks in the door with the MTCN# and question/answer. Neither company will tell the sender who picked up the cash, at what store location or even in what country your money walked out the door. Neither company has any kind of refund policy, money sent is money gone forever.
Now that you have responded to a scammer, you are on his 'potential sucker' list, he will try again to separate you from your cash. He will send you more emails from his other free email addresses using another of his fake names with all kinds of stories of great jobs, lottery winnings, millions in the bank and desperate, lonely, sexy singles. He will sell your email address to all his scamming buddies who will also send you dozens of fake emails all with the exact same goal, you sending them your cash via Western Union or moneygram.
You could post up the email address and the emails themselves that the scammer is using, it will help make your post more googlable for other suspicious potential victims to find when looking for information.
Do you know how to check the header of a received email? If not, you could google for information. Being able to read the header to determine the geographic location an email originated from will help you weed out the most obvious scams and scammers. Then delete and block that scammer. Don't bother to tell him that you know he is a scammer, it isn't worth your effort. He has one job in life, convincing victims to send him their hard-earned cash.
Whenever suspicious or just plain curious, google everything, website addresses, names used, companies mentioned, phone numbers given, all email addresses, even sentences from the emails as you might be unpleasantly surprised at what you find already posted online. You can also post/ask here and every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find before taking a chance and losing money to a scammer.
If you google "fake car shipping scam", "western union shipping fraud" or something similar you will find hundreds of posts of victims and near victims of this type of scam.
Where can I find a good car in New Jersey?
nal2us2
I just had my car stolen and need to find a good car in New Jersey fast. The problem is I dont have the money to pay DEALER prices and I dont want to go on Craigslist buying someone elses problems. Does anyone have a good idea? I looked for a CarMax and the closest one is in Conneticut.
Answer
Cars are always problems...for the dealers, private sellers or buyers.
So look for good private deals anywhere, newspapers, Craig's...
You dint post how much you had to spend.
Ask sellers if the have the title at their location now, if not, that's a red flag.
Ask if they have complete service records.
Get the Vehicle ID Number of a car that you might want and research very well on the net w/ at least 2 services similar to Carfax which is ok for a 3rd or 4th opinion.
B4 buying, have a mechanic knowlegable in that make & model & yr, check it mechanically; You could use the brand name dealer, Ford car: Ford dealer.
Write a detailed Bill of Sale for the deal. Check online if NJ has a specific form, or at legal stationary stores; it would include promises and disclaimers by seller, like they Certify and Warranty it will pass inspection or buyer gets full refund of purchase price w/in _________ days.
ID the seller via current photo driver's license. Be sure the names and signatures on DL & title match, and the title isnt "branded," ie, Salvage/Rebuilt, Theft recovery, Lemon/Warranty return, etc.
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US Dept of Justice's MV Title Info System: http://www.vehiclehistory.gov/nmvtis_faq.html#history Title info & more, $2 to $7 from contractors associated w/ DoJ. Check for updates.
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http://www.autocheck.com/consumers/content/carfax-autocheck-compare.do Title check
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In 2007 CarFax settled a class action suit accusing it of misleading, incomplete reports. http://news.consumerreports.org/cars/2007/01/get-the-facts-o.html
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http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/heavily-criticized-carfax-settlement-ruling-is-overturned/ Appeals court overturned the 2007 settlement as unfair to consumers. CF was accused of concealing how little info it collects on crash damage.
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MV title laundering: âSubsequently, [vehicles declared lemons] were either retitled across state lines with apparently clean titles or were placed âin auction.â â http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/lemon/prelimrpt.htm#N_4_
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VIN cloning [Vehicle ID Number]. http://www.zimbio.com/Crime,+Background+Checks,+Foul-Play,+Fraud+And+Investigations/articles/5456143/VIN+CLONING+FBI+breaks+up+25+mill+car+cloning . Low-level perps busted, crooked used-car dealers walk.
Cars are always problems...for the dealers, private sellers or buyers.
So look for good private deals anywhere, newspapers, Craig's...
You dint post how much you had to spend.
Ask sellers if the have the title at their location now, if not, that's a red flag.
Ask if they have complete service records.
Get the Vehicle ID Number of a car that you might want and research very well on the net w/ at least 2 services similar to Carfax which is ok for a 3rd or 4th opinion.
B4 buying, have a mechanic knowlegable in that make & model & yr, check it mechanically; You could use the brand name dealer, Ford car: Ford dealer.
Write a detailed Bill of Sale for the deal. Check online if NJ has a specific form, or at legal stationary stores; it would include promises and disclaimers by seller, like they Certify and Warranty it will pass inspection or buyer gets full refund of purchase price w/in _________ days.
ID the seller via current photo driver's license. Be sure the names and signatures on DL & title match, and the title isnt "branded," ie, Salvage/Rebuilt, Theft recovery, Lemon/Warranty return, etc.
====================
US Dept of Justice's MV Title Info System: http://www.vehiclehistory.gov/nmvtis_faq.html#history Title info & more, $2 to $7 from contractors associated w/ DoJ. Check for updates.
-------------------------------
http://www.autocheck.com/consumers/content/carfax-autocheck-compare.do Title check
------------------------------
In 2007 CarFax settled a class action suit accusing it of misleading, incomplete reports. http://news.consumerreports.org/cars/2007/01/get-the-facts-o.html
------------------------------
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/heavily-criticized-carfax-settlement-ruling-is-overturned/ Appeals court overturned the 2007 settlement as unfair to consumers. CF was accused of concealing how little info it collects on crash damage.
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MV title laundering: âSubsequently, [vehicles declared lemons] were either retitled across state lines with apparently clean titles or were placed âin auction.â â http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/lemon/prelimrpt.htm#N_4_
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VIN cloning [Vehicle ID Number]. http://www.zimbio.com/Crime,+Background+Checks,+Foul-Play,+Fraud+And+Investigations/articles/5456143/VIN+CLONING+FBI+breaks+up+25+mill+car+cloning . Low-level perps busted, crooked used-car dealers walk.
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