car buyer beware it's the scam that just won't go away new data shows more customers are losing thousands when trying to buy vehicles online here's on your side reporter Ashley Reynolds well hey Paul here's how the scam works it's pretty simple scammers POS as real businesses then create websites with bogus car listings then advertise on Facebook Marketplace customers wire the money then find out it was all a lie now when customers try to get their money back they up contacting the real owners w
ho had nothing to do with it so all these cars listed are not really for sale on your lot that is correct I'm furious because somebody stole something from me and that was the name of my business I'm experiencing somebody having my a business name and having a fake website for months business owners and customers say imposters are stealing thousands back in November Lebanon Police told us the department traced an IP address to an overseas SC am. fast forward to today the Better Business Bureau s
ays it has nearly 700 reports on fraudulent vehicle sales escrow scams and fake vehicle reports classic cars seem to be the Target and they're offering these vehicles at too good to be true prices offering these elaborate stories as to why it's a good deal and then trying to make the buyer feel safe by offering escro Services out ofate customers are losing thousands on your side recently talked to a person in Pennsylvania who says he lost $27,000 he was even sent this document and was told it wa
s the bill of sale thankfully right now the impostor website is down and the real business has a warning about this scam on its Facebook page business owners and customers I've talked with have filed complaints with the police attorney general FBI and the BBB sometimes by sharing that information others might come forward um might get more information to try to get a resolution so the more attention to an issue like this the better so red flags here extremely low prices and phone numbers that do
n't match view a vehicle in person if possible or send someone you trust op for vehicle pickup over delivery and most of these cases customers waited and waited for their car to be delivered and that's when they caught on this was a scam resist high pressure sales tactics and use only approved vehicle identification number or then look up websites all right Ashley thank
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