I am in the process of selling my Toyota Rav 4 and put on Craig's List. I got a text from someone that seemed interested in the car. Then he wanted a report from autovinfacts. He won't come look at it until I get the report. I did a check and the site is a fake to get your credit card info and the buyer is a shill. I didn't get taken but want to make sure nobody else does.

 

Fake the report and have the police meet him when he is there.

 

I checked his phone number afterwards and it is in Chicago and I am in Maryland. So I doubt he would show.

 

Who's still using craigslist? It is almost completely dead around here, at least in terms of getting anyone "real" to respond to ur ad.

 

True. Email him Billy Connoly's lecture of the phrase "F78k off".

 

File a report with the FBI to let them know about this scam. Don’t let those scammers get away with this stuff!
https://www.ic3.gov

 

Offer him a Carfax and see what he says.

 

I recently sold a car on CL. Got a good price, cash money, no scam. However, before CL yielded a legit buyer, I got all sorts of fictitious people who weren't willing to look at the car unless I could supply them with an "XYZ Report". It was so obviously a scam, it was actually funny, but I never figured out the angle. I näively offered to send the first few a CarFax to no avail, so a credit card phishing expedition as described in OP is as plausible as anything, I guess.

 

Thanks for the heads up. I'm glad you weren't scammed.

 

I've sold tons of equipment, vehicles, apparel, etc. via CL over the past 20 years. I recently sold ~$900 worth of Indian motorcycle apparel. Depending on what you're selling, yeah you'll see the annoying pathetic scammers on occasion - they're easy to spot. CL is fine & dong well.
What would make this thread more meaningful is a full disclosure of the persons name, e-mail address, etc. - anything you can provide other than "someone".

 

No point, Norm. They use fake names and spoofed numbers or masked E-mail addresses.

 

Agree. Valid Point. But they have to use "some" name or spoofed number or e-mail. Duly noted.

 

Scammers everywhere.. it’s sad, many people get caught up in the nonsense. A good old fashioned blanket party with rubber mallets is what they deserve

 

I'll say it again, file a report with the FBI. The more the feds know about the scams, the more they can do to locate the perpetrators. It's easy to do online at the link above. I recently filed a report over a crypto currency e-mail scam for really no reason other than the scammers pissed me off and I didn't want them getting away with that kind of stuff. If you don't do anything, then the scammers win as they are able to keep trying on other people.

 

Done

 

I've filed a couple reports w/ the FBI. Asshats filing claims against my Medicare insurance & getting paid by Medicare.

 

I ran into a similar (assumed) scam just today selling my Yamaha R1 on FBMP. Guy offers full price, no haggling, and wants to come look at it, - NOW - from "far away." Wants to know if I want cash or cashiers check for FULL AMOUNT, and likewise won't talk until I send him a "CVI Report." CVI = CarVinInspect.com. Web site wants to know EVERYTHING about me including a credit card. It felt really sketch, so I googled and bing'ed around and found not one positive thing about it. All the scam-watcher websites said to basically "stay away." The domain was just registered this past July. I closed the chat with the guy and blocked him.

 

Did he say his name is David? contact from +1 202 850 9403 ?

The guy is relentless, after I said that I paid autovinfacts twice and got nothing from there, he gives me another site carscheckup.com, I offered to give carfax report, he says he gets more info from autovinfacts. Nice scam.

 

I submitted a report.

 

Good. You should probably keep a real close eye on your credit card and bank statements too.

 

Good move. Alerting the authorities about these scammers gives them information to hopefully stop them from scamming more people.

 

The site says to

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   Contact your local authorities and file a report.
   
   Please tell them you filed a report with the IC3.

I have been in touch with FDLE for some other reasons, I will drop a note to the special agent as well.