I got the same message except it referenced Freddy instead of Jeff. Either way, it didn't seem legit and this forum confirms my suspicions. The number that contacted me was 314-888-5618.
Same thing here! The name used was "freddie" (which is werid, because that's my dad's name) anyway- thanks to this forum I was able to go with my gut instinct that this was a scam.
Several other places report the same scam. You get a text saying "Freddy (or another name) said you were trying to sell your car too. Make sure u put it on classifiedride.com I sold mine on there last week and it was freee".
Problem in my case is I was trying to sell a car on Craigslist (where I believe someone acting on behalf of classifiedride.com found my telephone #) and I know a guy named Freddy who buys and sells cars from auctions for a living and I assumed the message referred to him. It didn't. The number it came from was bogus.
As soon as I listed my car on classifiedride.com (for the $30 upgrade fees), I received within an hour four of the typical scam emails (at 0100!) asking for Paypal account info so they could send me the money.
The company number (800) 355-8312 gets you an automated recording in an endless loop saying "You have reached (inaudible) advisor hotline after business hours. Please leave your name, number and a brief message and we will respond to you on the next business day" without giving a chance to leave a message. But apparently if you hit ext 10 (which I got from googling the company and coming across a WSJ article) you get Troy to answer. Troy is I'm guessing Troy Martoccia with SMA Alliance who bought/spun off classifiedride.com as referred to in a prior Ripoff Report posting. When I asked him about the scam text, he admitted it cam at their direction and that it was a fundamental part of their marketing program. Wow.