Potential Golf cart purchase

da325822
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So there is someone trying
To sell a golf cart out of Kansas.
It was originally posted on Facebook as a nephew posting for his aunt.
So was directed to send an email.

Email states that in order to proceed the seller needs my information to open a case with eBay, where then they will get in contact with me so I can send the funds, where they will be held

The seller is in the Midwest amd I am
In Canada.

One would assume that there would be Transportaion costs as well as tax and duty.

Seems to me that this is either something not right or it is a convoluted process.

Please advise

Thanks
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Potential Golf cart purchase

It’s definitely a scam. If there actually is a golf cart, you won’t ever receive it as eBay doesn’t provide a service for items sold on other platforms. It’s a common scam that has been around for a while.

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SCAM!

 

There is no golf cart

There is no aunt

He's not in Kansas

EBay does not have a financing division

EBay does not handle transactions for other companies.

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Potential Golf cart purchase

 

If you found an ad on another site, and sent your contact information to a seller there, who responded that eBay would "handle the deal" -- then I am afraid you are dealing with a scammer.

 

That is not how eBay works. eBay does not rely on users finding ads on Facebook or other sites and sending contact information to a seller. Likely the seller will send a phony "invoice" that appears to be from eBay but is not, asking you to pay with gift cards to have the vehicle shipped to you for a free evaluation period.

 

eBay has no warehouse and does not ship vehicles. eBay does not handle such transactions or provide "vehicle protection orders". Scammers often promise those things, though. Any phone number you may receive on such an "invoice" does not connect to eBay, but to the scammer.

 

Anyone that asks you to purchase gift cards or to send card codes to them to complete a transaction is trying to take advantage of you. Anyone asking for a gift card is looking for a gift at your expense. Once anyone else knows the code, your money will be gone and you will have no recourse.

 

See these US links for some info about avoiding such scams:

 

https://pages.motors.ebay.com/buy/security/index.html

 

https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-fraud-schemes/online-vehicle-sale-fraud

 

The only way to purchase a vehicle on eBay is to sign in to eBay.ca, find the vehicle on eBay and complete the checkout process on eBay. You may have to pay a deposit. Then you typically meet the seller to inspect the vehicle and pay the seller.

 

If you encountered an ad on another site, contact that site to have the ad removed. eBay is not involved with any ads listed on sites other than eBay itself.

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