Complaint Review: EBAY MOTORS

the address where i was suppose to send the money was the same address but different person... i really hope whoever is doing this gets caugt..

Anthony J Griffin

1904 Post Oak Boulevard 4609,
Houston, TX,
77056, United States.

woooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!! same thing happened to me! i found a listing in the north jersey section of craigslist for a 2000 toyota celica gt for sale for $2400 amazing deal couldnt pass it up. i emailed her at gloriapeters1211@googlemail.com and got a very very very similiar email to others that have fell for this scam

Hi there, thanks for e-mailing us. First of all we would like to inform you
about our location, Columbus Ohio. The car is still available and its in
excellent shape inside-out, always garage kept, never smoked in. The car has
85.000 miles, no mechanical problems, zero dings, dents or scratches, no liens
or loans on the car and it has a clean title. We are selling it below the market
price because its the only asset we have that can be turned fast into cash to
pay off the mortgage as soon as possible. My husband is a DAS Shipping Company
employee and he can deliver the car at no cost everywhere in the US.

The transaction will be managed by eBay, so everything will go smooth. You will
receive the car for inspection before you make any payment to me. Very simple
and safe we can complete this deal in no time. If you are interested in
completing this deal with us, just give me a reply as soon as possible. I will
reserve the car for you and also give you more details about the car and how to
complete this transaction. Final price $2,400.00 (shipping included).

All the best to you and your family,
Gloria & Albert

More photos here:
http://s840.photobucket.com/albums/zz330/gloria33ss/CelicaGT/

we then emailed back and forth a few times. i was very close to sending money until i realized i would to send cash through moneygram fishy huh? thank god i didnt do it!!!!! i figured her out before getting screwed

Great post. Perhaps I can just add to this that the best way to guard against being ripped off by online sales or auctions of any kind, Craigslist and eBay includedand whether seller or buyeris to use a *bona fide* online escrow company. Especially for pricier items like antiques, jewelry and autos. Although it does add some cost, it takes the uncertainty out of the transaction, and thats a small price to pay for peace of mind. For my money, the best bona fide online escrow (and there seems to be ten fraudulent escrow sites for every bona fide one) is probably Escrow.com (http://escrow.com). In fact, its the only one that eBay recommends, and is the only online escrow company that is licensed to provide escrow services all across the United States. Take care, Ulf Wolf

Yeah they got you and it's to bad.

I live in the Houston area and that appears to be a office building however (409) is not a Houston area code. That is in the Beaumont, Tx area which is east of Houston.

If the scammer is slick enough to get you to wire over $2000.00 for a car you have never seen, test driven or inspected..one would think he was slick enough to give a fake name, address and fax number.

Sometimes they will have an actual phone, but all they need to do is buy a 10 dollar pay as you go cell phone,, and it is untraceable to whomever bought it since no personal information is required to activate it. They toss it away when the scam is completed.

Email accounts as well..free and require no verification to open one.


We all hope the best for you, and that at maybe some others can avoid this by exposing it here and anywhere else possible.

In fact, eBay Motors does not and has never had a program to cover purchases made through Craigslist. Unfortunately, you fell for a variation of the 419 scam.  The best thing you can do now is to contact the financial crimes unit of the Secret Service though you are not likely to recover the money.

Common scam. You and ebay motors were both defrauded.

What you were emailed is a phony notice/invoice where the scammer simply copy and paste an ebay motors logo in the email..and link it to a counterfeit ebay motors looking site in which you are instructed to wire money.

Since ebay and ebay motors to not approve of wiring money, it was impossible that they instructed you to do so. The scammer simply used ebay motors logo to give it a sense of legitimacy, and fool you.

If you wired money, unfortunately it is untraceable, non refundable, and you have no recourse with ebay motors (since they were not involved) or western union.

You can call the police and FBI to report the fraud but most likely the scammer is long gone with your money.

Unfortunately these scammers also give craigslist a bad name as well..even though when you go on craigslist under cars/trucks..it say right on top in huge writing that ALL requests to wire money are 100% FRAUDULENT. I don't know how anyone misses this, but we read about this all the time here. There was never any honda prelude for sale..and if there was and it was a great price, why wouldn't they be able to find someone local to pick it up..why would they need to deliver it..you know how much gas costs?? Craigslist is best for local buying only since  they offer no real protection from scams.

Main lesson, never wire money unless you know who it is going to personally.

the man  whom was to receive the money on this was a DAN GRIFFIN

1904 POST OAK BLVD 4609

HOUSTON, TX  77056 FAX NUMBER 408-689-1033

Sorry about your money and your job-but you were scammed. They sent you to a fake Ebay Motors website. If you google "craigslist ebay motors scam", you will see this is a scam. Ebay has NOTHING to do with Craigslist. If a seller says they do, run!

$2,340 for a 1997 Honda? The scammers usually scam with a Honda Accord or other car for an UNBELIEVABLE price!

Also, NEVER send money via Western Union and buy a car locally.

Hi, first I want to say I feel for you, and you will never see your money.

Craigs list has nothing to do with Ebay motors.  Ebay Motors does not have a warehouse.  Craigs list and ebay are competitors and unless one buys the other, there is not a link between companies.

Do you know how many people almost got caught up in this scam?  Lots of people in your position go on ebay and ask users about this scam. 

If google "Craigs list Ebay motors scam" you will see how common this scam is.

You live and learn.