Almost cost me $2000, which was sort of the first clue (selling a vehicle that should be worth around $8000 for $2000). Fortunately I'm skeptical/cynical by nature and started asking questions like, "What's the VIN?" Phone number is listed on Craigslist all over the country as 3236O946O5 (O's instead of zeros). Google that and you'll see the current ads. Email is mdeborah213@gmail.com and appears as "MORE, DEBORAH MSgt USAF ACC Det 1 563 OSS/CSS". "She" claimed to have been stationed in Nevada but is now in Hawaii and "needs to sell right away." If you call the number it goes to a generic voicemail greeting. Spidey-Sense really started tingling when the dirtbag stated the purchase would be completed through eBay, but no such vehicle was listed on eBay. I managed to find a Craigslist ad for the truck and sent "her" the link. Before I fully caught on, I "agreed" to purchase, and got a hopelessly fake email invoice from "support@ebaybp.com" (ebaybp.com is not a valid domain name). Called the phone number listed in the email and it too was hopeless - computer-generated voice and all. Would love to find this guy and have him hauled off to federal pound-me-in-the-@ss prison for interstate fraud.
Almost cost me $2000, which was sort of the first clue (selling a vehicle that should be worth around $8000 for $2000). Fortunately I'm skeptical/cynical by nature and started asking questions like, "What's the VIN?" Phone number is listed on Craigslist all over the country as 3236O946O5 (O's instead of zeros). Google that and you'll see the current ads. Email is mdeborah213@gmail.com and appears as "MORE, DEBORAH MSgt USAF ACC Det 1 563 OSS/CSS". "She" claimed to have been stationed in Nevada but is now in Hawaii and "needs to sell right away." If you call the number it goes to a generic voicemail greeting. Spidey-Sense really started tingling when the dirtbag stated the purchase would be completed through eBay, but no such vehicle was listed on eBay. I managed to find a Craigslist ad for the truck and sent "her" the link. Before I fully caught on, I "agreed" to purchase, and got a hopelessly fake email invoice from "support@ebaybp.com" (ebaybp.com is not a valid domain name). Called the phone number listed in the email and it too was hopeless - computer-generated voice and all. Would love to find this guy and have him hauled off to federal pound-me-in-the-@ss prison for interstate fraud.
Caller type: Scammer
Number: 323-609-4605