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The latest scam I've experienced is when I last sold my car through craigslist recently. I would get voice calls, they person says hello, starts asking about m
by segmondy 8y ago
The latest scam I've experienced is when I last sold my car through craigslist recently. I would get voice calls, they person says hello, starts asking about my car and the call would cut off.
Then I would get a text saying, "sorry, bad signal or it's loud where they are" At that point, a chat bot takes over asking questions about the car and talking about how they really want to buy it but need to make sure that it has no accident and that I should get a car verification report and if it has a clean history they will buy it. A link is then sent to me via text.
What I haven't figured out is if they are going to steal the CC info if entered in the link or give me some bogus report that costs $5 to acquire and charge me $100 for it.
- dylz 8y agoIt's typically not CC theft, but CPA spam. CPA spam is incredibly common on craigslist. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_per_action https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_per_action
- fijix 8y agoUsually, the scammer is getting an affiliate commission whenever you complete the verification report. You see this a lot with job listings and rentals where the scammer will link to a background check as a condition of hiring/renting.
- murph-almighty 8y agoI've gotten that request via email before and nearly fell for it once. I also ended up buying a Carfax just in case people started referring me to other sites just to push them a bit ("I have a carfax, is that okay?").