Craigslist Jennifer Miller & Chris Dauberman They had a car for sale, 2004 Nissan Sentra 1.8S, and wanted to sell. A car Ms. Miller won in a divorce settlement, be/c her ex-husband cheaked on her. Paments were made thru western union and had a Internet
I need to report a scam that took place on Aug. 27th, 2011, and I have lost my savings of $3,100. Please let me know if you can help me or who I can get with to pursue this issue if anything can be done.
I was purchachasing a car thru craigslist, and responded to the ad from a Jennifer Miller (gcore313@gmail.com) . Ms. Miller responded by stating that she won the car in a divorce settelment, it was her husband, and she wanted to sell the car, but could on do it thru paypal. I aksed her how she could sell a car in GA and she lives in OH, she stated that she had a previous buyer,
but the deal fell thru, and I would not have to pay any shipping as long as the deal took place in GA., I then send the information as she reuqested. Then received an email from a Chris Dauberman (vppcraigslistassistance@usa.com) stating that he was with ebay motors and that I
would need to send the payment to him thru Western Union, and that once I recived the vehicle that
I would have 3 days to inspect it, and to let them know know if I appproved, and then Ms.
Miller would get her money. I did as instructed, sent the money, informed both
parties when the money was sent, emailed, and fax the recipt to Mr. Dauberman. I then recieved an email form both parties that everything was good and that I would receve the car with in 3
days., but later that evening Mr. Dauberman stated that due to the value of the car was being sold less than value that they would need insurace just in case something happend to the car while it was in my possession.
To make a long story short, I have all email orrespondance, all recipets and original ad posted. Please let me know once again if there is something that I can do, or if I am just chasing my tail.
Inclusion, I have had a person email me, from California, that they saw my scam alert, and was almost another victim. I have his emails as well to back up this scam. These people need to be stopped.
Regards,
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Flynrider
Phoenix,Arizona,
USA
Chasing your tail.
#6Consumer Comment
Sun, October 16, 2011
"To make a long story short, I have all email orrespondance, all recipets and original ad posted. Please let me know once again if there is something that I can do, or if I am just chasing my tail. "
Sorry, but you're out of luck. By now you've probably read the scam warning that is at the top of every Craigslist post. You pretty much did everything that it says not to do.
The bottom line is that you sent untraceable cash to someone you don't know. Even if law enforcement was interested, they'd have nothing to go on. The names, numbers and emails were all faked and the scammers will pop up again in a week or two with different ones. It's pretty easy to do on the Internet.
Edgeman
Chico,California,
U.S.A.
419 scam...
#6General Comment
Sat, October 15, 2011
I am sorry to say that you are a victim of the 419 scam. At this point the best you can do is call the Secret Service and your local police but the money is long gone. When you send money via Western Union or Moneygram virtually anybody can pick it up and then disappear. The scammers can simply make up new names and email addresses every time they decide to scam somebody.
The red flags of this scam are usually an incredibly good price for the item, a seller in another state or country and payment through a service that enables the scammers to remain anonymous. Why would eBay Motors be involved in a car sale through Craigslist? Why would an eBay Motors employee write from an email address that says 'craigslist' and comes from 'usa.com'?
Lastly, here is the warning page from Craigslist itself:
http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams
Diogenes
Averill Park,New York,
USA
Scam
#6Consumer Comment
Sat, October 15, 2011
Wow ! It's hard to believe that there are still idiots who fail to read the WARNING about buying a car that is PLAINLY displayed on Craig'sList. PT Barnum was right - there IS one born every minute.
GlennB
Norman,Oklahoma,
United States of America
vppcraigslistassistance@usa.com got me too
#6General Comment
Sat, October 15, 2011
Polaris for $1,900 with a $5,500 blue book value. Jennifer was the seller and was getting her hubby back for cheating. someone else had paid for freight. the deal was to go through "e-bay motors". they needed me to send the money via "western union". they then needed another "$1,000 for insurance". All money was to be sent to England.
dum8d0g
USAYou were warned beforehand.
#6Consumer Comment
Thu, September 15, 2011
Wow. Just ... wow. How did you even get to see the car ads on craigslist without seeing the following warning they have posted on their website:
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How to recognize a vehicle scam attempt on CL:
Shipping a vehicle to you is suggested by seller eBay Motors or another intermediary is specified by seller. Payment by Western Union or a money wire is requested.
Price is unusually low (fraction of blue book value).
If you see these tell-tale signs, flag ad as "prohibited" and avoid Offers to ship a vehicle are virtually 100% fraudulent.
eBay has no involvment in craigslist for sale ads, and any eBay or similar emails or web pages you receive are fake
Never use Western Union or wire transfer to pay for goods - only a scammer will ask for this, and any funds sent will be lost
Do not buy vehicles sight-unseen, regardless of low price. The vehicle does not exist, and any money you send will be lost.
Stories about divorcees or departing servicemen needing to sell quickly at a low price are generally fraudulent
If a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is!
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I suggest contacting the police.