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Why I had to be a victim of fraud?

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Why I had to be a victim of fraud?

No, you won't be getting your money back. Ebay does not ship vehicles. The listing looks very convincing to say the least. There is no truck. I'm sorry, you've been scammed big time.

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Why I had to be a victim of fraud?

Why you had to be a victim of fraud? Because you were a  gullible fool who fell for the most common car scam on the planet.

 

Did you really think a truck like that can be purchased for 1400 bucks??????

 

And with the usual gmail address and Ground Zero for non-existent scam cars; Omaha......

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Why I had to be a victim of fraud?

 

Colored blinded by the red flags flopping in the wind--"Just way to good of a deal to pass up" with that poor ladys situation wording-- free shipping to boot-- A real dream deal you thought---really sorry to say-but your money is long gone and only real dream deal was awarded to a Scammer.

 

Best of luck in the future--again sorry this happened to you

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Why I had to be a victim of fraud?


@ripsmcwrote:

........Ground Zero for non-existent scam cars; Omaha......


Omaha is the new Nigeria 🙂

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Why I had to be a victim of fraud?

Scammers tend not to give you your money back.

 

Now think:

If you had that truck, would you:

Sell it for a fraction of it's value?

Have to advertise it 1000 or more miles away from where you are located, to sell the mint truck at a give-away price?

Pay $1000 out of your pocket to ship it to the buyer- so essentially you'd be getting $500 (the value of the wheels and tires) for a mint vehicle?

Let some stranger drive it for a week, and then pay to ship it back if they didn't want it?

Require payment via gift cards instead of a legit money transfer service?

 

If you would not do those things, why would anyone else?

 

A better question might be: How could anyone in their right mind fall for such an obvious scam?

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Here we go again. Can anyone read anymore?

I personally know a dealer that would pay more than that. so he could retail it for three times as much.

 

19 years old and still a $5000 truck, all day long, plus shipping, plus handling, plus, nevermind.

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Why I had to be a victim of fraud?

http://pages.motors.ebay.com/buy/security/index.html


This is a user to user board not eBay employees.
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Why I had to be a victim of fraud?

Be nice now. The poor guy lost his money.  Sorry that happened to you.

 

I hate that this scam is so successful in ripping people off.

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@candd205wrote:

Be nice now. The poor guy lost his money.  Sorry that happened to you.

 

I hate that this scam is so successful in ripping people off.


In the case of Craigslist, at least, they've actively been warning people about vehicle trading scams for a while now. The problem is that people just brush past their warnings.

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@candd205wrote:

Be nice now. The poor guy lost his money.  Sorry that happened to you.

 

I hate that this scam is so successful in ripping people off.


1400 dollars with free shipping and someone doesn't spend one second thinking "What's wrong with this picture?'. I stand by my comments....and there's way more than a few out there.


Sad? Sure it is. It's also wildly sucessful because the sucker pool is deep and apparently getting deeper all the time.

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Why I had to be a victim of fraud?

They breed and re-stock.
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Why I had to be a victim of fraud?

I'll take a red one please, and could you also ship a red one to Mr.E.

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Why I had to be a victim of fraud?

Attaboy!
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Why I had to be a victim of fraud?


@mr.elmwoodwrote:
They breed and re-stock.

Much like a Tilapia farm huh,......... 🙂

 

I've mentioned it before, but my sister in TX works in CVS administration. They actually started warning people who are buying a fair amount in CVS gift cards if the cards are going to be used for a car purchase.

Usually, the card purchaser says yes.

The CVS clerk warns them that it's a scam and most of the card buyers don't want to hear it. They have this "Oh, you're just jealous of the deal I'm getting" and "what do you known..." attitude.

 

And of course a certain number of them return to CVS later after being scammed and demanding that CVS give them their money back.

 

Look at the cheesey fake eBay ad on this auction. It's identical to the one last week for the 800 dollar Honda...

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