Fraud Vehicles for Sale:
I want to warn people on here that there is a scam artist on the loose trying to sell Porsches that have been previously sold a while ago. Yes we have all seen this in the past but there is a guy currently operating scams with much more elaborate falsified information. I have seen a few scams from what I believe is the same person, all these false vehicles have the same details:
- Pictures of the car from previous cars sold - HERE IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE - he is changing the last digit of the VIN through photoshopping the COA, you therefore can not look up the previous ad and see that is is a scam, there is no Googling the car as it wont show up.
He claims to own a dealership - they are always based in Florida, he will show you a website but it will be a bogus site. Please note that one of these scams there actually was a dealership located at the address furnished but this actual dealer had no affiliation with the fraud.
He has false business licenses, dealer licenses, he will make any document you would like to see. Aparently in Florida you can get these licenses legally and never be in the state. The Florida Police will not help you, the Florida Attorney General will not help and they do not seem to care about this matter at all because they say there is no one nearby to arrest.
HE IS USING A USA BANK ACCOUNT - this is what gets me, due to the Patriot act a holder of a bank account must prove who they are, the banks have allowed this guy to open up multiple bank accounts at multiple banks without proving who he really is. The banks should be at fault for allowing this to happen and should be held responsible.
You can actually call this guy and speak with him, most scams prey on your emotion and greed so you never actually talk with a real person, this guy will talk with you and then yell at you when you do not send the money, he even threatened to sue one of my clients who did not send money when agreed.
He is posing as a dealer that took the car in on trade and he plays dumb on the detail but will forward over most of the info you ask for. Try this, if it is a dealership then chances are someone has a iPhone, you can facetime and get a real time view of the person and the car - if it is a scam then they can not show you the car on live video
A friend of mine "bought" a 68 912 softwindow from this guy, sent him $29,000 and then got home to find someone else raving about being ripped off on the same car. My friend caused a big stink with all banks involved and the police (who were of no help here in California or Florida). The receiving bank was Wells Fargo in Florida (not Western Union or out of country account). The money is now locked up in a Escrow account and my friend is supposed to get it back - luckiest scam victim around.
Today I get this from a client who wants to buy a 67 911S that I already knew about. First picture below is of the actual VIN when I looked at the car a year and a half ago, second picture is of the COA that the scam artist made. Should anyone search VIN# 305688 or 305688S then please know that if it is a red 67S sunroof originally Aga Blue then the car advertised is a scam - the last know ad was on Craigslist in Maine. You can see from the images below that the COA has been modified.
Please be careful, my friend who sent the money for the targa is an astute buyer that has bought hundreds of cars, the scams are getting more elaborate.
Another scam is when they hack into your server, find recent invoices or bills of sale and then they contact your customer from your email account and ask them to change where you send payment. If it sounds fishy then investigate. If it is too good to be true then it is.
Here is this current scam artists website, although it could change to a multitude of various names:
http://www.steelwheelautosale.com/
Here is the payment infor he just sent over, now all of this will change from scam to scam, if you google the address there is a street view of a dealer with the same name, Check further than just a quick look:
Hello again,
As per our conversation here is the payment info :
Bank : US Bank
Account # 1993-7506-5513
Routing # 091000022
Account name AUTOS CONNECTION GROUP INC
We can get as low as a 5% refundable downpayment.
Fax # for payment receipt : 888-462-9913
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Robert Lewinsky
Sales Manager - Steel Wheels Auto Sales
www.steelwheelautosale.com
sales@steelwheelautosale.com
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Originally Posted by 91133
