Auto Trader scam
Here’s another scam!Was looking for a vehicle on autotrader came across a 2005 yukon denali with only 48K miles for $6240.00(first red flag)another to good to be true, tried to call the phone number which was disconnected (second red flag) emailed the seller about test driving the vehicle and the seller used a lot of the same wording in many of the scams and would only complete the transaction through ebay vehicle protection program and wanted my full name and shipping address, (checked ebay vehicle not listed on there, more red flags). I replied back that I wanted to see the vehicle and test drive before I would make a purchase of that size, we’ll see what kind of a response I get from Julia. I did forward the email to the auto trader fraud dept. as well as call them, they have had other calls on that add and have removed it from their site, the rep I spoke to confirmed that is a fraud. These people make me sick that they have to rip other people off of their hard earned money just to make a fast buck, this is why people don’t want to trust one another anymore
Scam reported at FightTheScams.com
ulfwolf says:
Great post.
Perhaps I can just add to this that the best way to guard against being ripped off by online sales or auctions of any kind, eBay inlcuded, is to use a bona fide online escrow company. Although it does add some cost, that will take uncertainty out of the transaction.
For my money, the best bona fide online escrow (and there seems to be ten fraudulent escrow sites for every bona fide one) is probably Escrow.com (http://escrow.com). In fact, it’s the only one that eBay recommends.
Take care,
Ulf Wolf
March 23rd, 2010 at 7:03 pm