A reader who shall remain anonymous shared the story of how pictures of his jeep mysteriously appeared on Craigslist without his knowledge. It turned out someone had taken the pics off a different craigslist ad and was using them to trick buyers into sending the thief money for a vehicle he didn’t own.
Our faithful reader only discovered the issue thanks to eWillys. He was quite surprised to see an ad for his vehicle! So, he contacted the police, which led to the takedown of twenty people working together to “fake sell” vehicles across the US. He’ll be testifying in court later this year.
Here are a couple links discussing Craigslist scams:
- https://jalopnik.com/how-a-craigslist-scammer-tried-to-steal-my-moms-car-1789696074
- https://www.csoonline.com/article/2875832/security/how-to-stick-it-to-craigslist-scammers.html
- https://www.tred.com/test-drive-blog/how-to-spot-a-craigslist-car-scam-and-what-happens-when-you-dont/
- https://www.komando.com/tips/349850/craigslist-shopping-and-selling-scams/all
So be careful out there!
