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Craigslist-eBay Scam
That is definitely a scam. The scammer uses Craigslist, but wants payment through eBay. Then he sends fake emails from eBay for payment. This con-man is active today--but now instead of Croatia he's supposedly in Scotland with the US military, working US/UK relations. Right.
The price for selling his car is so low I thought it was a typo. He provides a real VIN from Carfax. But it certainly isn't his car. He claims that he has to sell his US spec car and ship it back to the US by Military Air Cargo, taking 3-4 days. Just remember that shipping service-member vehicles takes up to 60 days, via ship--never air, and only to limited ports. He said eBay would hold the funds until I received the car. EBay does not contact people for direct payment; they do not hold funds. For payment, they recommend escrow.com, who does not ever contact you. Advice if using escrow.com, or any other secure site: type the address in manually, then recheck the address. The address should start https:// the s means the site is secure.; if there is no s, it is a fake site, not escrow.com. There is now software that can be sent to your computer that redirects secure sites to unsecure. I want to get the word out.
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