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  • Report:  #336300

Complaint Review: Neil Everett - Ebay - Anthony Downing - Paul Carghan - Vincent Reyes - San Jose California

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- powder springs, Georgia,
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Neil Everett - Ebay - Anthony Downing - Paul Carghan - Vincent Reyes
San Jose, 95113 California, U.S.A.
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I saw a car on Craigslist that I wanted to purchase so I contacted the seller and this is what he said:

Hello,

My name is Neil and I'm glad to see your interest in purchasing my car.

What can I tell you in a few words is that I am an individual seller, I am not a dealer and this is my first type of posting on Craigslist. The car that I have for selling is mine, it is personal property and I am going to sell it because I was promoted to my work and in the same time they gave me a new car for work and moving for my needs. In conclusion, I don;t need two good cars for the moment and I decided, after a discussion with my wife (sometimes is very difficult to be persuasive, you know what I mean) about selling my car, because it is senseless to keep the car only to occupy the garage.

In the above I told you I was promoted at work (extraordinary thing) but I had to move with my family in another location (we must do sacrifices all the time) and now I live in Edmonton Canada.

The car is in mint condition, never been down or abused and it has 47.600 miles on it . It hasn't been involved in any accident or anything of this type. My final price on it is US $5.400.

As I know that my current situation is pretty special I want the deal closed only through eBay's Buyer Protection Program in order for you to be 100% protected. You will make the payment to eBay and they will hold the money until you receive the

car. ONLY AFTER you receive the car and you inspect it(for 15 days) eBay will release the payment to me; in this way we are both protected.

I know you need a bill of sale and the original title and it will be no problem, once you receive the car, you will receive them as well so you can register the car on your name.

You will have along with the papers that you need for the registration a bill on your name with the price and short description to confirm that you have already bought the car.

Please get back to me asap if you decide to buy, and include in your e-mail your full name and address where you want it shipped so I can start the deal with eBay. You will receive all the transaction payment and shipping details from them.

Best Regards,

Neil Everett

I was then sent an invoice from what I thought was ebay with the instructions for me to wire money through money gram. With all the money transfers, I am out 8,240.00. I found out that this was a scam by reading a ripoff report from your site and there saw a report about the same guy whos scammed me . I decided to do that because Neil and 'Ebay' stopped communicating with me on 05/26/08

Krzysztof

powder springs, Georgia

U.S.A.



3 Updates & Rebuttals

Ittybitty

Greenville,
Alabama,
U.S.A.
Where is your common since?

#2Consumer Comment

Tue, June 10, 2008

Where in the U S you can purchase a 2004 TOYOTA SOLARA for $5400. Thats where you common since should have kicked in and I'm a female and know that you can't purchase that type car with that less mileage for that amount come on Dude. I don't care if it was over in canada those are high dollar cars. But I'm sorry you was a victim too these scammers who prey on hard working americans, but never do business out side the U S, I do alot shopping on ebay and I don't purchase anything for interrnational seller they are not to be trusted.


Debbie

Cincinnati,
Ohio,
U.S.A.
Sounded shady from the beginning....

#3Consumer Suggestion

Mon, June 02, 2008

I'm not trying to rub salt in a wound here, but straight away it sounded fishy -- when you said you saw the car on Craigslist, yet he wanted you to pay through the Ebay Buyer Protection Program? Craigslist has nothing to do with Ebay....and Ebay cannot guarantee a purchase made through another website. That right there should have set off alarm bells. Anyway, I'm sorry to hear you were scammed. Older but wiser, right?


Layla

Bethlehem,
Georgia,
U.S.A.
I was almost scammed in a similiar Case

#4Consumer Comment

Mon, June 02, 2008

First off, I am sorry you were a victim of these scumbags. But anytime you see the words "wire" or "Canada" or some other country outside of the US that is asking you to wire money, most likely it is a scam. I received an email from someone a year ago about my vehicle I was selling on cars.com. They offered to buy it for $4000 which was about $1600 more than my selling price, they then sent me two money orders for $2,000 a piece and wanted me to wire $2,400 to Canada. I told them, I would not wire a dime until the money orders cleared. good thing I did not, because it turned out they the money orders were already previously cashed and had been duplicated. In your case, it appears that these crooks are now working in reverse. I believe they are a bunch of Nigerians scamming Americans out of their money.

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