The PERFECT eBay car scam!

Ryan Friedman from @RyanFriedmanMotorCars shares the story of an elaborate scam that got the best of him.


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[robroten]

Reverse image search the pictures in the ad. You'll be surprised how quickly this can pop a scam.

[russelljacob]

Remember Ed's words. Never let one party have all three of the purchase. Cash, Car, Title.

[northernsurferboy]

I worked at eBay for 4 years and believe me they don't play games with scammers, the fraud team works with all levels of law enforcement local and international until the issue is resolved, it is important to read the eBay protection and have all communication go through their email

[spoolyboi]

Sending a stranger that kind of money without seeing a car is wild to me

[zdude]

My thought is that it’s in eBays best interest to offer the vehicle purchase protection. If eBay becomes known as a “Scammers Paradise” potential buyers will look elsewhere.

[Matp]

There's a special place in hell for people like that

[iambiggus]

If I was making a sight-unseen purchase of a car I'd ask to Facetime with them; show me the car and the documentation in real time, please and thank you. It won't stop every scam, but it would've stopped this one.

[sgttombailes]

Watch Out for scammers pretending to be in the Military and having to deploy soon. BUST THEM !! I've busted several..

[RyanBellMusic]

Why can they not just see who owns the account where the money was wired? If it's on-shore, I don't understand how it's not traceable directly to the account owner.

[shoobidyboop]

Ask if they have a problem using an escrow service. Some legit sellers don't like it. All scammers will refuse it.

[criordan]

Wish i was a young kid getting a $41k porsche for his first car. 😂

[jordanciaramitaro]

The best eBay scam is the purchase protection. If you sell a legit working item, the purchaser just has to file a claim saying it doesn’t work as expected or it’s damaged in any way and eBay will take the money back from you and refund the purchaser and they keep your item no questions asked. It’s happened the last 3 times I have sold something.

So I quit selling on eBay, there is no seller protection unfortunately. Technically if your a dishonest person you can buy as much as you want on eBay and never have to pay for any of it.

[captainevenslower]

To the police saying they "have better things to do" This is plain and simple theft. So this should be right up the polices ballpark. I appreciate them dealing with important things, but this is important. It happening online doesn't make it less of a crime. Too bad the internet is still treated as an afterthought by too many regulating bodys.

[shawnsee]

I got scammed on ebay back in like 02. Bought a lamborghini door kit for a dodge stealth. Got a bunch of galvanized hinges and sheet metal screws and 2 gas struts. Then the entire north east had a blackout, and by time i got the package it was too late to file fraud claims. Cost me 1500 bucks when i was only like 17. Still pissed about that

[zaremol]

$40K is leg breaking money, I honestly can't believe that out of the other 6 people, none of them thought to actually take "action" against the scammer, that's got to be some luck on the scammer's part to not run into someone crazy enough.

[AiOinc]

if these people put half as much work into something reasonable as they do into scamming they might make something out of themselves

[jwarchild]

I've bought cars in other states and came very close to being scammed. One quick way that may help the buyer is to tell the seller you'd like to arrange a time to go see the vehicle to do an inspection (whether you're bluffing or not). I've found this to be a quick way to weed out some, but not all, scams.

[slvrslvr]

If the deal goes through eBay, scam or not, eBay is still getting their $ cut.

[FVPS]

eBay does the same thing with high end watches. It is authenticated by a third party before you ever get it in your hands.

[pauls]

I always assert I'll come down to witness loading up on my flatbed and pay when I see the car