ZR1 Detectives

[Russ Sobczak]

Carguru ad says 11 miles from my house in Tallahassee, dealer is in Ft Lauderdale so very confusing. Suggest you call dealer

[arf3rn]

I know right - crazy - I am 99% sure this thing is in Massachusetts. Thats what exotic car sales told me when we discussed transport.

[mlipmd]

Multiple listings, multiple sites = SCAM.

[Russ Sobczak]

SCAM is probably correct, time to move on

[arf3rn]

Ok. Fair enough- thanks for the tip.

BTW - how does the scam work?

[hotroddaddyo]

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[Russ Sobczak]

Classic Auto Mall in Morgantown Pa. has a white 1992 for sale

[DMZR-1]

Originally Posted by arf3rn

Ok. Fair enough- thanks for the tip.

BTW - how does the scam work?

A common thing is to connect you to an auto transport company that would supposedly hold your funds in escrow until the car is delivered to you. Of course, you don't get the car and the money disappears.

I was offered a "deal" like that before I bought my current ZR-1 and with a little digging it was easy to see it was a scam. The websites involved were very well done and looked convincing.

[arf3rn]

Thanks for the info - I am going this weekend and look close to home.

[mlipmd]

If you still have the copies of those ads or a record of the sites that listed that car, I would report it to the internet fraud division of the FBI and they will track that down real quick. I ran into a situation like that years ago with multiple ads for the same LT4, was contacted by a real FBI agent, and they went after the scammers behind those ads as well as the sites that posted them.