Cars

[lauhip_27]

I am wondering how to tell if a car is truly through eBay Motors. I am speaking with a lady about a car. I have never things through eBay before i am looking for more information on how this all works

[kensgiftshop]

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@lauhip_27 

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Unless the vehicle is listed on Ebay, it's a scam.

Ebay has nothing to do with vehicles listed on FB, CL or any other site.

[eburtonlab]

@lauhip_27 

eBay does not rely on users finding ads on Facebook 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:

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.com, find the vehicle on eBay and complete the checkout process on eBay. You may have to pay a deposit. Then you typically meet the seller to inspect the vehicle and pay the seller.

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.

[lauhip_27]

The woman selling the car said her brother posted it on Facebook. 

[mtgraves7984]

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@lauhip_27 wrote:

The woman selling the car said her brother posted it on Facebook. 

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The woman is scamming you if she tells you a car advertised on Facebook sells through eBay. Stop talking to her.

[eburtonlab]

@lauhip_27 

Scammers are good at telling you what you want to hear, and can easily convince many folks that they are dealing with eBay when they are not. Never rely on information that someone sends you in the mail.

If the vehicle is listed on eBay, you should be able to find it on eBay. Have you found it yet?

[nkmipgolf]

This scammer is not even in the USA. They give an lame excuse of why they cannot meet. Always ask for gift cards given to a fake eBay webpage.  And has been going on for over 3 years!  Red flags but the price sucks people in.

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

[lauhip_27]

No I havent but I don't know where the car is actually located. 

[eburtonlab]

@lauhip_27 

I don't know where the car is actually located.

... or if it even exists.

Literally everything you know about the seller and the vehicle has been told to you by one person. You should consider the possibility that this person is lying to you.

[lauhip_27]

I am considering it. It has crossed my mind more than once since no one would tell me where the car is located. 

[eburtonlab]

@lauhip_27 

If you press the scammer they will likely respond that the vehicle is in container ready to be shipped with all the paperwork from eBay's warehouse in [pick a random central state]. The same scams have been going on for years. Here is one thread from 2015:

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-Motors/CAR-SCAM/td-p/24113946

You originally asked how to tell if a vehicle was being sold on eBay. The way to tell is to go to ebay.com and find the vehicle there.

[bonjourami]

oh and the car shipping will be free too..thats one of the hooks these scammers use..so ridiculous, its hard to believe people still fall for it.