The state attorney general
artists are setting up bogus web sites advertising cars for sale. Many of the deals seem too good to be true. Buyers make the purchase, but end up without the car, and without their cash.People in the market for a used car are finding themselves taken for a ride by scam artists in the elaborate scheme.
Hackers use popular internet sites like eBay and Craigslist to sell a car, but in reality, the car doesn't exist.
"They're scam artists and they take the cash and nobody ever gets a car,
General Tom Horse.
The criminals lure in potential buyers with low prices, often with a sob story, and then ask for money to be wired to complete the purchase.
"People offer them a great deal but they will tell them the reason they are giving them such a great deal is that they need cash right away and get them to wire cash."
Both eBay and Craigslist have added a warning to alert buyers about the scam, but Horne says catching the crooks is hard to do since they know how to use the internet as a shield.
"They'll shut down
a few minutes later they'll open up a totally new website. The only way to really get to it would be to find the individuals, and that's very difficultThis scam is ripping off so many peoplean alert to warn people what to look for when buying a car .
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