I find this ad selling a 1998 rav4 with only 73,000 miles for only $2,300. She says she's in the army and is being deployed to iraq and needs to sell within two days and thats why the price is so low. I email her telling her I'm very interested and she emails me back telling me she just sold it and that there is this great website I should check out to find good deals on cars. She even gives me a username and password.... which doesn't work. The site is supposedly done by a us army vet. who wants to help people out by sharing some links he's found useful. There were 3 links...one for car auctions, second for a site that pays for online surveys, the 3rd was how to make money driving around. These were supposedly all seperate sites. Each site required you to pay a member fee but what caught my attention was all the payment forms were exactly the same for each site.
Does this sound familiar to anyone else out there? Do you think its a scam?
2007-11-06 11:30:48 · 6 answers · asked by mare55 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It has scam written all over it. If you want to buy a car go to a dealer or deal with someone in person. If she gave you a bogus user name and password that is another clue that is as fake as a $3 dollar bill.
2007-11-06 11:37:37 · answer #1 · answered by Brnskngyurl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The person probably has a billion calls now.
Craigs list is fine to buy and sell, but it is pretty much buyer beware.
I used CL to sell all my stuff prior to moving here. Got a whole garage of crap sold off in less then a month. Beats the hell out of garage sales where one gets low balled. Takes more work, but the money is one hell of a lot better.
CL is one of the reasons newspapers are doing so terrible now. Who in the hell would pay $25 to sell a car, as opposed for free on the net?
Peace
Jim (living in China)
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2007-11-06 19:46:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It probably isn't a 'scam' but I bet you will not make much money off the website. Usually 'money-making websites' work of the principle of making a lot of money for the first few customers and then when too many people join their program they can't support them and no one makes money. This isn't always ture but it is generally the case. As for the survey website you described those are generally the worst for making money. I went through almost 50 of them before finding an 'ok' one. One thing to look for before signing up or buying their program: their return policy. If they have a return policy and it looks legit, I would try it, the only thing it could waste is your time.
2007-11-06 19:54:04 · answer #3 · answered by link2swim06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of my friends inquired about a car on craigslist once. He got an email back from a woman saying her husband got shipped overseas to Europe, and she and the car went with him, but they'd pay to ship the car back to the US. It was a fairly new Jetta, and the exterior and interior looked in mint condition, yet it was only like $2900. My friend decided it seemed a little far fetched. Your situation sounds similar.
2007-11-06 19:43:06 · answer #4 · answered by gemini8200 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am starting to not trust anyone on eBay or craigslist.
I listed some furniture to sell on craigslist and all the replies I got were scams. Like, can you advance me the cost to ship it to Africa and I'll reimburse you with my payment? Yeah, right.
2007-11-06 19:47:20 · answer #5 · answered by Flatpaw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well of course it is. i hope you reported it.
2007-11-06 19:37:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋