can you use a American express card or e bay card to purchase a car at eBay motors

[wo959322]

can anyone help me on this I am first time doing this

[bonjourami · Accepted solution]

Did you see the listing on Ebay or another site? If it was on another site, its a scam, Ebay has nothing to do with listings on other sites. And you will be sent a fake Ebay invoice.

[mudshark61369]

@wo959322,

The listing probably found on Craigs, Let Go, Market Place, is for a car that is being sold for a low price because (Enter sob story here) it is currently at an ebay facility, will shipped to you for free, and you will have 5 days to inspect it.  You are covered by ebay protection. When contacted the "seller" will ask for ebay gift cards as payment because of ebay protections.

All of the above indicate a rather common SCAM

[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.

[wo959322]

Thank you all I knew it was to good to be true

[donsdetour]

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@wo959322 wrote:

Thank you all I knew it was to good to be true

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Well the first sign is that they list on one site and tell you to pay at a different one; Like going to you local restaurant and then going to some other place to purchase... Yes its to good to be true

That steal of a deal is to steal from you, and any other mark they can get to respond.

Good scam as a lot fall for it: or it would not still be going on.

[soh.maryl]

Congratulations on being cautious and inquiring about this first.

You have no idea (nor do we) how many times people come here and ask AFTER falling for this scam.

Just keep in mind that there is absolutely NO situation where you can buy anything on a different site, not eBay, pay with eBay gift cards and expect the transaction to be handled on eBay"for your protection". 

[wo959322]

no money lost thank you

[wo959322]

thank you no money was lost

[wo959322]

 thank you  yes