Scam? I need help is this legit?

[kikinbecca8]

 

[glorybells]

No, it’s a scam.

[casuallyattractive]

I can barely see it.

I did notice it is on messenger.

There are TONS of scams on messenger and facebook.

I would say it is 100% a scam

[albertabrightalberta]

I'm so glad you came to ask before buying! 

[casuallyattractive]

also it says to use gift cards for payment.

RED LIGHT

eBay uses debit or credit or PP not taking pictures and sending the numbers.

[titipeo]

You saw this on FBmarcetplace, or Sheryl'slist, and tells you that eBay will send the invoice, right? Sort of like going to Walmart, paying in Kohls, and picking up Target. Think about it for a moment and you will have your answer. Hopefully you did not send them those gift cards codes they asked, otherwise you can say goodbye to the $$$$$$$$$

[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.

[mtgraves7984]

Of course it's a scam. Report the bogus ad on the site where you found it, please.

[bonjourami]

The scammers are on a roll lately..spring fever?

[nkmipgolf]

Let me guess. My son died and it brings back sad memories. I'm getting eBay to ship it to you free even though they don't do that, oops and you can ride it for 5 days on my gas, insurance. Oh boo hoo, I'm going to sell it cheap.  Just give me free untraceable gift cards and you will never hear from me again. God bless, sucker, oops again.