eBay Motors Scam

I’ve highlighted the “red flags” in red, below. Don’t fall for this stuff, folks. I’ve posted a more in-depth account at my personal blog at http://startleddisbelief.blogspot.com/.

From: “eBay VPP” <checkout@vpp-escrow-service.net>

Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:55:00 +0400

To: [REDACTED]

Subject: eBay Motors Request – 2003 TOYOTA CAMRY

eBay sent this message to ” [REDACTED]”

Your name is included to show this message originated from eBay.

Dear [REDACTED],

This message comes in return of your request regarding the 2003 TOYOTA CAMRY belonging to Mrs Carol Simmons.
Before the current vehicle is approved for selling using our services the seller needed to take it to a shipping company working in partnership with eBay Motors® and Carfax® in order for an engineer to verify the actual condition. Our department has received copies of the seller’s ID, copies of the vehicle documents because we needed to make sure the person selling this vehicle is it’s  legal owner, there are no outstanding debts against this vehicle. After the documents verification ended our department instructed a representative of the shipping company to personally inspect the vehicle in order for us to make sure that it’s condition matches the seller’s description.
Since the number of online transactions is growing each year we need to take more precautions in order to offer highest quality services to our customers because eBay VPP wishes to become the number one escrow/transaction mediation company therefore  we need to make sure that any transaction guaranteed by our department will be completed without any complications.
In order to become the registered buyer of this vehicle please provide our department with the following information:
- Full name
- Delivery address (required for vehicle shipping)
- Telephone number

Please confirm the receival of this e-mail and advise!

Thank you for using eBay!

Sincerely,
Customer Support (Trust and Safety Department).
2010 eBay Inc.

Scam reported at FightTheScams.com