Ongoing CRAIGSLIST SCAM!!! Funny and sad, beware!

[dghii]

I posted a couple of cars for sale on local CL last fall...real cars, real prices. I was amazed at the replies...willing to buy my car sight unseen, just need to ship it!

Also love the reply "What's the lowest you will take for your car" to which I reply "$1"...and I don't even get another reply!

[husker boxster]

Ask him for an addr in OMA and I'll take a look at it for you.

Haven't heard of the ebay angle. They always used to want you to send $$$ via Western Union.

Gotta love the fake ads. Palm trees and rock lawns in OMA? Right. The radio stn is in PHX, which fits the terrain in the pics. Wonder whose ad they ripped off?

I had someone once offer to fly a car from overseas to me. I asked about the title, he said he'd put it in the car. All this before I had to pay for it. Sure....

[tlc356sc]

It must be a really fast car since its getting around so much.

[husker boxster]

https://desmoines.craigslist.org/cto/5534843844.html

[nowacuein]

Originally Posted by tlc356sc

It must be a really fast car since its getting around so much.

Well, it's a Boxster))

[Chuck W.]

Originally Posted by husker boxster

Haven't heard of the ebay angle. .

I "played" with a scammer awhile back that had the same eBay scam going. The eBay link they send you looks very very good. You would think you are putting your funds into an eBay escrow account. For fun I sent the link to eBay (spoof@ebay.com). They acknowledged that it was a fake. I have a real problem with thieves.

[pony13ca]

When I was looking for my Boxster I ran into this kind of Scam several times. 1 of the scams had pics of a car that was being sold by a member from this site. They stole the pics right off of his CL add. I used to love to mess with them, but they are pretty quick to realize when you have figured them out!!