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Received invoice to pay for a car that a person placed on the facebook market and said that is using ebay motors to finalize payment. Invoice N731068282859.. could you verify if this is valid. I was given only 24 hrs to pay invoice. Thanks

plata4ever-2008

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Posted 2 years ago·Last reply 2 years ago

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x75

·2 years ago

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thanks for trying to help the blind widowed veteran get rid of her dead husband's vehicle for 10% OF ITS RETAIL VALUE

soh.maryl

·2 years ago

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If you will read back here just a few pages, you will find posts similar to yours. Some of those are from people who bought the gift cards, sent the numbers and began sweeping out the garage in anticipation.

Congratulations for being wise enough to ask about this first.

You don't shop at WalMart for things you plan to buy at Target, do you?

eBay has nothing to do with items listed on other sites. Why would they?

plata4ever-2008

OP2 years ago

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Thank you everyone for your replies. I will not do anything stupid now that I know thanks to your advices.

albertabrightalberta

·2 years ago

SIGNATURE! NOT DIRECTED TO YOU: I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.104 View listings

@plata4ever-2008 wrote:
Received invoice to pay for a car that a person placed on the facebook market and said that is using ebay motors to finalize payment. Invoice N731068282859.. could you verify if this is valid. I was given only 24 hrs to pay invoice. Thanks

It's a scam. Do NOT send any money or gift cards. Ebay doesn't "finalize payment" on items that are listed on other non-ebay sites EVER.

eburtonlab

·2 years ago

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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.