Scam?

[iseijininc7]

I pretty sure this one is a scam thought I'd post it on here for people to see. The ad was from Facebook market place and emailed the seller.

Email response from sell was:

"Hello,I have received your email regarding the 2009 Honda ACCORD EX-L with only 115000 miles. The car is in perfect condition with clear title and carfax, no accidents, no liens or loans and it has just been completely serviced. Never had or need any paint/body work done, garaged keep always, without any mechanical problems, tires and wheels are in great shape as well, electric is working perfectly. The engine runs very good and the automatic transmission shifts perfectly. The price for the car is $1000(including delivery and handling to your address). I'm selling this car because my child of only 26 years died 5 months ago in a bike accident, the car belonged to my son and it brings me bad memories and that's the reason I want to sell it. Me and my husband travel a lot with our business and we want to make this deal through eBay, so if you're interested in purchasing the car just reply me your(full name, full address and phone number)to open a case with eBay. They will contact you to explain the entire procedure.God bless you"

Hopefully this is useful to who ever has came across a listing like this

[eburtonlab]

Beware scammers who advertise on other sites and tell you that the transaction will be handled through eBay.

That is not how eBay works. eBay does not rely on users finding ads on Facebook or other sites and sending contact information to a seller. Likely the seller will send a phony "invoice" that appears to be from eBay but is not, asking you to pay with gift cards to have the vehicle shipped to you for a free evaluation period.

eBay has no warehouse and does not ship vehicles. eBay does not handle such transactions or provide "vehicle protection orders". Scammers often promise those things, though. Any phone number you may receive on such an "invoice" does not connect to eBay, but to the scammer.

Anyone that asks you to purchase gift cards or to send card codes to them to complete a transaction is trying to take advantage of you. Anyone asking for a gift card is looking for a gift at your expense. Once anyone else knows the code, your money will be gone and you will have no recourse.

See here for some info about avoiding such scams (US links):

https://pages.motors.ebay.com/buy/security/index.html

https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-fraud-schemes/online-vehicle-sale-fraud

The only way to purchase a vehicle on eBay is to sign in to eBay, find the vehicle on eBay and complete the checkout process on eBay, so that the item appears in your Purchase History. Then you typically meet the seller to inspect the vehicle, pay the seller, and collect the keys, title and vehicle.

If you encountered an ad on another site, contact that site to have the ad removed. eBay is not involved with any ads listed on sites other than eBay itself.

[sara-wilso]

I was just vehicle shopping for my daughter on Facebook Marketplace a few days ago and ran into a 2010 Honda Accord for sale. Then a little later, I ran into the 2nd ad for this same vehicle, same pictures an name, different town. I had emailed them already, but knew it had to be a scam at this point. Today they sent me a message in response. Which sounds just like the ones I read here. I reported them both. Here was my response from them.

Hi! We have a low price on our 2010 Honda Accord because we want to sell the car asap. The price is $1,000 including delivery to your home address. The car is in perfect condition, no electric problems, no accidents/liens/loans. The odometer shows 95,200 miles. Never been repainted. We have all the car manuals, title, documents and bill of sale. We're selling the car because our son died 4 months ago in a car accident. A drunk driver hit him. He was with his fiance's car coming home. The car belonged to our son and it brings us bad memories and that's the reason we want to sell it. The last price is $1,000. Me and my husband travel a lot with our business and we want to make this deal through eBay's Buyer Protection Program. This runs and drives great and it has V6 3.5L Engine , Automatic Transmission, Power Steering and Power Brakes.

If you're interested in purchasing this car just email me with your full  name, address including the zip code and phone number, so I can notify eBay that you are selected as my possible buyer and they will contact you to explain the entire procedure.
If you need more details feel free to ask.

God Bless you and your family!
Here are some pictures of 2010 Honda Accord EX-L  :

They were going by Amber Collins, I'm sure that is not their real name, and using amber007kjcollins@gmail.com email address.

[robedel43]

I believe it is a scam almost word for word except for mine was a 94 class c motorhome other than that the descriptions almost identical and it wasn't the Sun that died it was the husband other than that identical story now I do believe it's a scam then they tell you to give up your name phone number and address and then they are going to deliver the vehicle or to your address and you have to test drive it for 5 days and then then eBay will hand over the money to the seller and I really haven't got my instructions yet as the buyer to know how the scam works out but it's pretty easy to tell what they're going to be asking for so it's a scam thanks for whoever wrote this article I appreciate it