Another scammer posting fake RV/camper ads on craigslist.
These vehicle scammers will usually claim that a "shipper" or "mover" will drive the RV/camper to you, if you send payment first - and they will only accept payment through Amazon Pay, ApplePay/iTunes cards, wire transfer (Western Union, Moneygram) reloadable card or gift card (Vanilla, Green Dot/Moneypak) - untraceable payment methods which are like sending cash and cannot be reversed.
Or they will send a fake email supposedly from PayPal, or eBay (phony "buyer protection plan").
They only want to be contacted by email or text. Usually they will claim to be overseas in the military, or on an oil rig (coming up with any excuse to avoid meeting you - they are likely to be in another country), or will tell you a sob story about the RV's owner having just died. The price they quote is far lower than its book value ($2000-4000 for an RV that usually sells at over $20,000+).
The scam craigslist ad will probably have one or more of the following features, to bypass spam filters as the scammers post in several cities' craigslists at once:
A lot of white space below the text;
Superfluous text at the bottom having nothing to do with the ad (probably copy/pasted from a random Wikipedia article); random words/letters/characters added to the subject line;
An email address (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook or other free email) or phone number (not a number of an established dealer) on the photo of the RV/camper.
The photo of the RV/camper is stretched, squeezed or skewed at an angle.
Never send money for any vehicle (RV, car, truck, motorcycle, boat) without inspecting it in person! If the seller cannot meet you in person, he may well be a scammer.
Another scammer posting fake RV/camper ads on craigslist.
These vehicle scammers will usually claim that a "shipper" or "mover" will drive the RV/camper to you, if you send payment first - and they will only accept payment through Amazon Pay, ApplePay/iTunes cards, wire transfer (Western Union, Moneygram) reloadable card or gift card (Vanilla, Green Dot/Moneypak) - untraceable payment methods which are like sending cash and cannot be reversed.
Or they will send a fake email supposedly from PayPal, or eBay (phony "buyer protection plan").
They only want to be contacted by email or text. Usually they will claim to be overseas in the military, or on an oil rig (coming up with any excuse to avoid meeting you - they are likely to be in another country), or will tell you a sob story about the RV's owner having just died. The price they quote is far lower than its book value ($2000-4000 for an RV that usually sells at over $20,000+).
The scam craigslist ad will probably have one or more of the following features, to bypass spam filters as the scammers post in several cities' craigslists at once:
A lot of white space below the text;
Superfluous text at the bottom having nothing to do with the ad (probably copy/pasted from a random Wikipedia article); random words/letters/characters added to the subject line;
An email address (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook or other free email) or phone number (not a number of an established dealer) on the photo of the RV/camper.
The photo of the RV/camper is stretched, squeezed or skewed at an angle.
Never send money for any vehicle (RV, car, truck, motorcycle, boat) without inspecting it in person! If the seller cannot meet you in person, he may well be a scammer.
Ad send they had a bike to sell. Would not meet me. Said would send bike after I sent payment through Amazon pay and could return if not happy. The idiot said he was out of town and in Akron and could not meet. I told him I lived near AKRON them his story changed. Scammer