low priced excursion scams
I'm at a loss....why would someone from eBay Motors be placing fake ads on Craigslist? What kind of business do they intend on completing with a pissed off customer?
I just spoke with someone from Louisiana who is selling his Ex for $4,500. I spoke to him by phone. He didn't say he was with eBay Motors. I'm going to go see the truck next week.
As a side note....I replied to a cheap Ex ad last month and went and bought a sweet Ex for $5,000 with a clear, clean title and no mechanical issues (V10, 4x4, 160k miles)
Dunno............?
I'm at a loss....why would someone from eBay Motors be placing fake ads on Craigslist? What kind of business do they intend on completing with a pissed off customer?
I just spoke with someone from Louisiana who is selling his Ex for $4,500. I spoke to him by phone. He didn't say he was with eBay Motors. I'm going to go see the truck next week.
As a side note....I replied to a cheap Ex ad last month and went and bought a sweet Ex for $5,000 with a clear, clean title and no mechanical issues (V10, 4x4, 160k miles)
Dunno............?
wow post a pic of the actually 5000$ ex
I'm at a loss....why would someone from eBay Motors be placing fake ads on Craigslist? What kind of business do they intend on completing with a pissed off customer?
I just spoke with someone from Louisiana who is selling his Ex for $4,500. I spoke to him by phone. He didn't say he was with eBay Motors. I'm going to go see the truck next week.
As a side note....I replied to a cheap Ex ad last month and went and bought a sweet Ex for $5,000 with a clear, clean title and no mechanical issues (V10, 4x4, 160k miles)
Dunno............?
1 You respond to the add
2 you get an email from a soldier over seas or a divorced woman over seas who got the truck in a divorce & she wants to unload it. They then tell you that they are going to use Ebay as a intermediary and that the truck will be shipped to you,
3 You get a (real looking) face invoice from Ebay Motors, the invoice asks you to "MoneyGram" the money to the Ebay Motors employee, Keep in mind that this person does not exist or I should say exist anymore. The con's mostly use dead peoples names and an address of a vacant house. You MoneyGram your money & its gone forever.
I did some research into this & acted like I was sending the money, I completely wasted this guys time. Towards the end when the money never showed up I got a call from Jack Morgan from Ebay motors but the caller was from Pakistan or Afghanistan so I laughed when he said he was Jack. It turns out that there really is an employee in Ebay Motors named Jack Morgan and he is fully aware of this scam.
The problem is they use vehicles that typically "Blue Collar" people would buy IE lifted trucks, SUV's, Jeeps, Classic American Muscle cars and they gear the add to appeal to blue collar workers.
Saying that they are in the army gives them automatic creditability & unsuspecting people fall for it. Here is an example of what I am talking about, this is email communication that I had with one of these slugs.
<hr id="stopSpelling"> From: *******
To: mydaan81@msn.com
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:43:12 -0500
Subject: RE: 2005 Ford Excursion 4X4 Non Smoker - $4900 (new york)
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Do you have a phone number where I can contact you?
From: David Tanner [mailto:mydaan81@msn.com]
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 4:41 PM
To: ********
Subject: RE: 2005 Ford Excursion 4X4 Non Smoker - $4900 (new york)
Hi,
I am selling this Excursion because my platoon has been sent back to Afganistan and don't want it get old in my backyard. The price is low because I need to sell it before Feb.19. It has no damage, no scratches or dents, no hidden defects. It is in immaculate condition, meticulously maintained and hasn't been involved in any accident..I do have the title , clear, under my name.Vin #1FMSU43P85ED02820.The Suv has 59,100 original miles.
It is still available for sale if interested, price as stated in the ad $4,900 . The suv is in Billings , MT , in case it gets sold I will take care of shipping. Let me know if you are interested, email back.
Regards!!!
Now here is the problem, there is no police for the internet! No one can and are willing to do anything, its buyer beware and NEVER send any money to anyone for a vehicle without seeing it. We live in a technical society and it is normal to log on to Ebay find an Excursion across the country, bid on it, but it and pay for it all before ever seeing the truck. These people are exploiting this flaw in technology. They know that there is an amount of money that you can steal without involving the federal government. They keep the amounts under $5000.00 so that these cases do not come on the radar of the FBI & other large organizations.
Be safe and educate yourself.
BTW this is the punks phone number: 415.670.9519 if you want to ask him how all this works give him a call, he was happy to educate me and actually asked me to work for him scamming people in the US.
Imagine that?
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Retired law Enforcement here dont let em git ya. I have seen this for years.
SOUND TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS NOT.
i jerk these guys around for weeks and weeks emails back and forth. makes for fun.
Once told the guy to come outside and talk to me that i was parked down the road in a white landrover and from INTERPOL. he was in Nigeria
Retired law Enforcement here dont let em git ya. I have seen this for years.
SOUND TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS NOT.





