[SteveR]

what some people are doing now is looking at auctions whether it be on ebay or whatever, writing the VIN# down and a description of the car, then making fake ads trying to sell that car only to keep the money and disappear. Its an escalation of the scams that people often pull on like ebay, Racing Junk, etc. where they sell things they dont actually own only to keep the money. Unfortunately, the cops and government dont really care about it and do nothing about it so if you are a victim, you're pretty much screwed. The only way I've heard of someone getting some sort of action taken is if they send the guy a money order. It being a federal form of payment, and sent through the mail, if they cash it without sending you what you thought you bought, the Post Office will get involved for theft and mail fraud. Sucks that nothing else can be done, as I've read countless posts on Racing Junk and other websites about people doing this.