Scammers using eBay motor

[1036mikei]

Has anybody recently received an email or tried to buy a car on Craigslist and then were referred to eBay motors and asked to use the Bitcoin machine to send money and then have their vehicle shipped to them for your charge this is a scam right

[r_lresale]

Yes...a BIG 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.

[ckimodog]

@1036mikei 

Oh yes...total scam. 

[1036mikei]

Thanks I thought so m************

[tony1963]

Report to the Attorney General in your state.

[x75]

Report to AG Merrit Garland and ask for Special Prosecutor John Durham to investigate. I guarantee a similar result to all previous eBay Motors scam complaints

[fab_finds4u]

Report it to CL so they can remove the ad. Reporting it anywhere else is useless.  In order for the crime to work it has to have a willing victim. Fortunately you didn't bite.

[soh.maryl]

This particular scam has been going on for about forever.  We've often seen messages like yours here.  You are to be congratulated for not falling for this.  Many of the others who've come here asking about it had already given the gift card numbers to the scammer.