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#79 of 85 Autotrader Moneybookers escrow, Bad or good? by afranco Jan 31, 2008 (5:40 am)
I was wondering if any of you have had a similar experience buying a car using Autotrader. The seller is in England and the car is suppose to be in NY in a warehouse, the seller is using Moneybookers.com escrow services (UK based company, works like paypal), they require a deposit of 35% of the transaction to deliver the car for 10 days for inspection. I did my research and got the car fax on the vehicle, it shows the last owner to be a auto auction. The seller require the deposit to be paid to him as a money order before they can deliver the car for inspection.   The car is been sold for a lot less than the market value. It looks like a scam but I wanted to see if anybody else had a similar experience. Replies to this message: mikefm58 (Jan 31, 2008 7:02 am) qbrozen (Jan 31, 2008 8:25 am) frankiboi (Feb 09, 2008 8:39 am) joel0622 (Feb 09, 2008 9:39 am) bolivar (Jan 31, 2008 4:51 pm)
#80 of 85 Re: Autotrader Moneybookers escrow, Bad or good? [afranco] by mikefm58 Jan 31, 2008 (7:02 am)
Replying to: afranco (Jan 31, 2008 5:40 am) Definitely a scam, RUN RUN RUN away.
#81 of 85 Re: Autotrader Moneybookers escrow, Bad or good? [afranco] by qbrozen Jan 31, 2008 (8:25 am)
Replying to: afranco (Jan 31, 2008 5:40 am) yup. Escrow service and warehouse are 2 key elements in most of these car scams. Replies to this message: frankiboi (Feb 09, 2008 8:39 am) joel0622 (Feb 09, 2008 9:39 am)
#82 of 85 Re: Autotrader Moneybookers escrow, Bad or good? [afranco] by bolivar Jan 31, 2008 (4:51 pm)
Replying to: afranco (Jan 31, 2008 5:40 am) Run away, run away!   If you do this, you WILL lose the 35% of the purchase price!
#83 of 85 Good for research... by oldfarmer50 Feb 03, 2008 (4:42 pm)
The last used car I bought I located on Autotrader. I then went to the dealers website where I found it listed for $1000 less.   I would recommend Autotrader to locate a vehicle but I would then search the dealer's site or call the dealer to confirm price.
#84 of 85 Re: Autotrader Moneybookers escrow, Bad or good? [qbrozen] by frankiboi Feb 09, 2008 (8:39 am)
Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 31, 2008 8:25 am) Hi is there anyone else that knows or have been victim of this scam Replies to this message: joel0622 (Feb 09, 2008 9:39 am)
#85 of 85 Re: Autotrader Moneybookers escrow, Bad or good? [frankiboi] by joel0622 Feb 09, 2008 (9:39 am)
Replying to: frankiboi (Feb 09, 2008 8:39 am) Google "Auto Escrow Scams" and you will find a bunch   I had a guy in England try to run a similar scam on me here one time but we caught on quick.   When I contacted the bank he was writing the stolen check on they said I was welcome to forward the info but it is so rampant they probably would not pursue it.

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