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Re buying a car is this a scam?
She says she is leaving eBay in charge of selling and shipping her vehicle for her as she has. Ives due to her husbands passing?Thanks so much for getting back to me. After my husband passed, I had to move to my hometown, Lawrence, KS for a new start. Before leaving I had pre-arranged the deal with eBay so my presence isn't necessary. The car is at a shipping company chosen by eBay, sealed with all the papers. The deal includes free delivery and it will arrive at your address within 3 days with all the documents, manuals and keys. In addition, you will get a 5 days inspection period before making any purchase, and if you find something wrong with the car, you can just return it on my expense. If you are interested in knowing more info about how it works, please reply with your full name, full shipping address and phone #, so I can notify eBay that you are selected as my possible buyer, and they will contact you to explain the entire procedure.
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eburtonlab
Mentor3 years agoBeware 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.