On Yahoo! Autos, I found one car that I really like.. I even talked to one lady (the seller).. she wanted me to pay money to yahoo! autos finance dept through western union.. once the money is in yahoo autos, the lady will ship the car.. and let me test drive it for 7 days.. if i like it, i can tell yahoo! autos to process and pay her my money. i even can reject the car and get my money back.
do you think it's a scam? and is yahoo! auto finance department real???
i dont want to lose my money to a fraud!! pls help me
2006-08-15 08:14:54 · 2 answers · asked by kexie 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
This is a total SCAM!
Yahoo Finance does NOT offer an escrow service! There is no such thing as Yahoo Autos Finance Department!!! It does NOT exist, except in the scammer's e-mails!!
Any payment to an individual who you do not know should be assumed to be a SCAM artist if sent via Western Union. Anyone with a fake ID anywhere in the world can claim funds sent through Western Union. The address of the recipient is meaningless! It might say California, but someone in Uganda can pick up the money.
Let me guess. It's overseas and it's a really great price, right? And she's going to ship it to you and it's going to arrive in 8 days or so, right? That's B/S! Ocean freight takes 4 - 8 weeks, and air freight for a car would be over $30,000.00.
Don't send a DIME to this scammer or have any further contact with them!!! If you do, you WILL lose all your money. It CANNOT be recovered!
2006-08-15 08:30:22 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about Yahoo auto finance department, but I'd be very skeptical!!!
2006-08-15 15:19:08 · answer #2 · answered by Elle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋