There are special risks to buy a car online. According to FBI data, between 2008 and 2010 at least $44 was lost millions online auto fraud, which include a fraudulent site or wrong cars for sale. ConsumerMan is staying up to date with the latest consumer news on Facebook
Now this cyber car crooks use the good name of Kelly Blue book, confirm the potential victims to believe they are legitimate. A fraud, the company has just a fraud alert on, which used a fake Kelly Blue Book Web site and provides a non-existent KBB guaranteed buyer protection program.
The scam the cars often starts with a wrong display on a legitimate site, sold. The offer price is usually below market value. Those who respond to the ad will receive an e-Mail that explain the low price. The seller will tell that they need to quickly a divorce or military deployment to liquidate the car. And for this reason, not the transaction in person can be done.
If you seem interested in trying the bad guys, move you you have created from this legitimate site for them.
"The fake website looks like KBB.com,", said Kelly Blue book Robyn Eagles. "they have a lot of our graphics, our logo and a variety of information directly from our Web site your fake website create stolen."
I saw a look alike sites this week. And I can tell you it looks completely legitimate. There are links from the bona-fide Web sites real KBB Web site and exact copies of map. I can see how people are fooled. The only red flag, I discovered the Australian URL. Kelly Blue book is based in the United States and its URL ends with "." "com."
The site offers, what sounds like a "No.-risk"-Möglichkeit, to buy a car over the Internet without ever seeing. You make a deposit by wire (preferred the way of payment imposter) and have sent the car to you. If you don't like it or don't want it, can buyer protection program, allegedly by KBB, supports it for free to return.
"We do not have this type of program offer," warned Eagles. "If you run across this type of site or this kind of offer, it's a scam."
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A recent FBI warning (a car online purchase?) Read this first) lists some of the warning signs for a online auto fraud:
Cars are prices too-good to-be it advertised.Seller would like to move transactions from the original site to another site. Sellers claim that a buyer protection program offered by a large Internet company includes an automatic transaction outside the company's site. Refuse seller personally or can the car ahead of time to check potential buyers. Seller who say they want to sell the car, because in the US military about provided, are moving, the car belonged to, who recently died, or similar. Seller, the means that Wired ahead of time are request.If you run across an offer like this, please report it the Internet Crime Complaint Center.
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