8 September 2008, 6:17 am
There is a scam involving Craigslist and the sale of cars. The car will be listed for about half of the Kelly Blue Book value. When you email to enquire about the vehicle the reply is something like this, The 2005 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SE (or more recently it has been a 2002 Toyota Echo) is located in Valley Cottage NY, and it is in perfect condition, with no need for additional repairs, no scratches, dings, special marks whatsoever. It has 33K miles and the VIN is: (then he lists a valid VIN # ). It has a clear title ready to be signed and notarized on your name. I have the pictures hosted on the net and you can see them at: http://s....... The price is $2,998 including shipping costs anywhere in the continental US. There are no other costs regarding this transaction. The transaction will be closed only through a 3rd party and this way we will both be protected. My time is limited due to my job in the army so I decided to use a service from Pivotal Payments. To begin the transaction I'll need your full name and shipping address. I will forward the details of our transaction to Pivotal Payments(or ProPay) and then you will receive an invoice from them. The car will be shipped insured to your location with DAS and you will have 5 days for inspection. Thank you, I fell for one of these scams recently (I know, I know, how could I possibly be so stupid, but we all have our faults.) I am working with my local police department to try to find this person or persons. My question is Who else has actually also fell for this scam? What is the email address that you were corresponding with? Where did you send the money? (I sent my Moneygram to NY) Would you be willing to email me and if needed give more details. If we can find the commonalities between these transactions, and the more information we have the better chance we have of actually catching these guys. It does frustrate me when others say, "You'll never get your money back. You'll never catch them." These criminals are hoping that their victims will give up and think that it's just too hard to track them down, but the more people who have been scammed this way, and there are quite a few unfortuanetly, the more information we can gather from each individual, then there is a chance that these criminals can be tracked down. I mean, the FBI is working on this, so they will eventually be caught. If you want to email me privately you can click on my picture and it will take you to my profile and you can email me through Yahoo Answers, so both of our identities will still be protected. Thanks for your help. Names that have been used are: Nancy Barth David Brogen Grace Foster Paul Cooper... read more
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