I was looking in the used ads. This one is scam - they gave me the "Western Union" response :


http://used-cars.autos.yahoo.com/use...1rPU1pbmkmbW89

Watch out, guys & gals !

 

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What is a "Western Union" response, pray tell?

 

Yes! For the uninitiated, what does the Western Union response signify? I'm guessing that they are demanding that you wire money before you've even had a chance to discuss a thing with them??


Clover

 

This person is an jerk If he/she had put $19,500.00 which is a good deal and a more realistic price someone might have fallen for it.

There should be some way to track who put this up and make them sell it for that

Earl

 

There should be that could be done with the vin#
Oh yeah this probably isn't even this persons car Well hopefully karma will smack them around a bit

 

After you indicate interest in whatever the scam-artist is selling, they e-mail you, asking you to send money via Western Union. They then promise to deliver the goods to you via DHL or other carrier. Of course, the DHL connection is completely bogus - they are counting on you wiring them the money via Western Union. After that has occurred, they're outta there with your cash.

They do a similar scam, indicating that they want to buy something that you have up for sale. In this case, they will tell you that they "have a check from my company" which is above the amount that you are asking. All you have to do is - you guessed it - send them the overage via Western Union. They will also tell you that you can ship them the goods later, via DHL or other carrier. But here again, they have that Western Union money, so the rest of the "deal" never transpires.

So I say again - watch out for these low-lifes!!!

 

Wow.....I would have never thought there where folks out there who would wire money for a used car without ever seeing it in person.

 

The scarier one is the fake cashier's check one! Where there is a fake certified us bank check that is sent to you by someone who is "buying" your car. If you are selling the car for say $20,000 they send you the check for $30,000. Then, they tell you they made a mistake and to wire the balance back after the funds are made available within 72 hours of your deposit and they (or an associate) will pick up the car later. The banks are required to make the funds available BEFORE the checks usually clear. People end up sending the funds, and get FBI agents and the bank on them for trying to pass a fraudulent check. Sometimes, the car is even picked up making the losing party come out even worse.

Let's not forget the 1 zillion fake escrow places out there :-(

 

They don't always say it's a mistake. They say it's for the expense, etc. for buying the car for someone else...ie he/she is an agent for someone else and they will send you more and that you send them back the difference for expenses, shipping, customs, etc.

Some guys showed up to look at a corolla we were selling and they offered to buy it without even driving it. I bet they were going to hand us a phony cashiers check. I forgot what I said but the whole thing sounded suspious and I turned them down.