I'd been in the market for a used car when a too good price on Craigslist caught my attention. I'd sold a street bike on Craigslist a few years ago and had a good experience so figured to go into this but with raised antennas.
An email later, the seller reveals a sob story about the car belonging to her dead husband and wanting to move on. The car's in a great shape with all paperwork in order. Sounds plausible, so can I see the car? Seller replies the car is in some eBay garage across the country in lot number so and so.
No worries, she just needs my info and eBay will contact me about payment. The money will remain with eBay until I receive the car and I have 10 days to inspect it. If any issues, I can return it at no cost to me.
So I ask for the eBay page where the car is listed. Seller says she took it down because of the fees. But really, eBay will make all arrangements.
Yeah, sure man. Of course at this point the full blown scam was obvious, but should have been obvious at Craigslist. A quick Google search revealed that this unholy Craigslist-eBay alliance bait and switch is in fact very popular and a few people have been victimized, buyers and sellers.
So why this post? Just adding one more page to Google's search results to raise the warning volume slightly more.
Read this and stay vigilant. There's plenty more info on this. Just Google it.
Give a few Sats