CRAIGSLIST SCAM ALERT

"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin)
08/11/2017 at 14:46 • Filed to: None

This is a new one I hadn’t seen before. What appeared to be legitimate interest in the car/truck turns out to be a way to drive revenue to a supposed vehicle history report company.

My response was as follows:

Zero response. This is an extremely legitimate looking and sounding thread for a seller, and I anticipate A LOT of people falling for it.

DISCUSSION (8)

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > mkbruin, Atlas VP
08/11/2017 at 14:52

When I was trying to sell my Audi I probably got half a dozen or more emails almost exactly like that. People claiming that they wanted me to buy a history report, but they didn’t want me to use CARFAX and here was some random unheard-of site that I should buy on their behalf.

MonkeePuzzle > mkbruin, Atlas VP
08/11/2017 at 14:52

I’ve got this one pretty often.

the link was malware once, and jsut an attempt to steal CC and personal info all the other times.

Decay buys too many beaters > mkbruin, Atlas VP
08/11/2017 at 14:54

They’re getting smarter. I’ve been seeing scams getting better and better on the buyer side

Chariotoflove > mkbruin, Atlas VP
08/11/2017 at 14:58

Me: I’d love to help you out, Dude, but if you or anyone found out half the shit that’s happened to this car, I’d have no chance of selling it. Really, just to give me a chance of offloading it to some rube, I’ll have to take down that site. usavincheckup you say? Setting up a DNS attack on it right now. Thanks for the info!

19JRC99 > mkbruin, Atlas VP
08/11/2017 at 15:01

THIS IS THE SAME ONE WHO JOKED ABOUT STEALING IT

Future next gen S2000 owner > mkbruin, Atlas VP
08/11/2017 at 15:07

You should make one up and send it to them. Some ridiculous stuff like “Owner says it’s awesome and never been raced”. Photoshop is your friend.

awmaster10 > mkbruin, Atlas VP
08/11/2017 at 16:09

Now you know not to trust people named “Olive Jenkins”

pip bip - choose Corrour > mkbruin, Atlas VP
08/12/2017 at 08:56

interesting.