Thanks everyone for the supportive comments. I see more and more scams now on FB and it's not just cars. People will DM you about something they want to buy from you and ask you to confirm via a txt to your mobile so watch out for those too.

They need to put a stop to this crap with jail time and a fine.

It’s 100% Facebooks fault for letting this go on on their site and refusing to do anything about it.

It’s sad how scammers prey on innocent people especially ones that are down on there luck looking for a good deal and don’t realize it’s a scam. Thanks for showing this video a lot of great info here.

Just for kicks, I once played along with the scammer. Allegedly, the vehicle was already wrapped up for shipping and the seller was on a base in So. Cal. When the scammer said the name of the base, I said, “Perfect! My brother is there too so he can go see vehicle and deliver money in person.” Credit cleats after that.

I do blame Facebook they need to be spending more time catching the scammers, then worrying about someone using supposed hate speech lol

Always remember this simple advise: If an ads looks too good to be true, it's because it is (not true). The more annoying part is that Facebook never enforce anything on Marketplace. Each time I tried to report those scammers ads, nothing is done and their listing never gets pulled down.

I caught an eBay car scammer today. Same kind of backstory. once I recognized it as a scam I'm in the process of wasting as much of their time as I can stand.

I am on FB Marketplace all the time and I see these things routinely. One red flag I always notice is that they say “no liens or encumbrances” somewhere in the description. I played the game with one once and it was very similar to this one. Military leave, death in the family, didn’t want to put the vehicle in storage. Thanks for the video!

Gotta love the "V-4" power of the camry 10:04 😆

I almost fell for it a year and a half ago, and they used the same playbook for my case: fake ebay motors, gift cards, and senders addressed supposedly in Fort Belvoir Virginia, and military widow. Fortunately I did not incur any economic losses.

I almost felt for a 2004 Tacoma for $1200, It was gonna be my first car, I stopped trusting on the scammer when they told me in which way I need to process to pay the truck via eBay gift cards, what I did is I wasted their whole time like ~2 days until I told them I'm not longer interested on it, and they responded "Oh my God, really????? thanks for waisting my timeeee!!!!". and I lol'd and I just learned that I need to be cautious when It comes to buy a car online.

I have seen on Marketplace the same verbage, "always kept in garage" and the vehicle is a 32 foot motorhome....LOL!

Great video! It's sad to see people actually fall for these scams. A good rule of thumb is if a vehicle is significantly less than the market value for the region, it is either because it is damaged goods such as a recinstructed title, etc., or it's a blatant scam. If I can't test drive it on the highway, it's a no-go for me. It's also wise to bring along a creeper and flashlight, if they don't let you roll under the car, they're probably hiding some sort of defect.

Yup basically the exact same thing I went through looking through marketplace. There’s so many scams that I just started reporting all of them. Not sure what FB does about it, but there’s more scams then actual cars right now

Thanks for explaining how these scams work, I've seen several Tacomas over the years for unbelievably low prices and figured that the old adage "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't" applies and have never bothered following up, other than to send a snide message asking how many stupid people have fallen for their scam. Now I know how they works.

I do blame facebook as well. When you report these Ads or fake accounts I rarely see them taken down / it says it doesn't violate anything

Calling *Assistvictims* a scammer is like a shoplifter calling the security guard a thief. Projection is confusing & infuriating. I hate hearing how aggressive & abusive some of those parasites are to our seniors. This guy is using his skìlls to bring down scammers are doïng fantastïc work! Thank you

Thanks so much. I came across this today. I had the hubby died in a motorcycle accident 2 months ago and almost believed her

Great video. Good idea not to share the personal stuff of the people who's accounts got hacked, but you can often see that these accounts have a lot of BS posts. Some offer BS sweepstakes and other things like that. They are frequently selling the same vehicle all over the country. I'm pretty fed up with marketplace for vehicles. Too many scammers. I sold a Kia a couple years ago and just dealing with the low-ball offers was a pain in the butt.

Great video! Glad I noticed something was up before I actually emailed any of these people .

Great video video only in this day I had seen a few scams,I'm looking for a first vehicle but all this scammers just make it harder..This guy's operate the same way but there's also other types of Facebook marketplace scams that people should know to avoid them specially people who doesn't have too many knowledge of digital scams

One year later it still is good info. Oddly I have been looking for a ****** and I'm keeping this in mind. Thanks, good job!

I appreciate you exposing this. I knew about these. They do these scams in offer up and other sales apps too.

Thank you for this video. Anyone who knows anything about cars/trucks, especially a Toyota Tacoma, knows these trucks are VERY valuable and will never be sold for around $1000 unless it is in very poor condition. The market understands the value of these trucks and a good condition one in the mid 2000s can still sell for over $10,000 if it has under 100k miles.

Wow, great video. I have run across some of those same vehicles, but never clicked on them to get more information. That was really interesting seeing what happened when you inquired about them. Thanks for the video.

This also happens with R.V.'s also. Just like with the cars, usually it's really nice and way under priced. I checked the link for sellers other listings, and seen how the same RV was listed over 20 or 30 times all across the country. Great video btw.

It is the same scrip over and over

the ones that are hilarious is when they post in your city, and it's palm trees and green grass when you literally live in a desert

If its too good to be true, its because it is! Here in Canada, I see alot of scammers selling classic cars like this. Only thing is, I found alot of the images on Google and on old auction pages. Vins dont match of course. Personally I wont deal with an account that is new but yes scammers definetly using other people's accounts to sell stuff. Marketplace is worse than Craigslist now. I used to trust Marketplace alot more because you can go through yhe seller's profile but as you pointed out, cant even do that now. I usually use Kijiji, Ive had alot less hassles on there. I tried selling a cabinet this month, 80% "Is this available" and 20% scammers...i decided to keep the cabinet.

In the area I live, they always advertise newer vehicles that is for about 1k. When you click on the ad, that 1k is a down-payment at a dealership.

Being retired I would spend the evening reporting these ads. They all would have the same basic description, just serviced 3 days ago, lol. I would go to the page which is basically a hacked FB page and there would be 100 of the same ad going to all parts of the US. I would usually report about 30 of each ad then give up. Then they started claiming that their messenger wouldn't work to contact the scammer by an email account. For whatever reason I haven't seen any of these scammers on market place in several weeks. But knowing now that facebook sent out a memo to their staff to allow these scam market ads to continue as long as Facebook was getting paid they are probably just shielding these scammers. There has to be insiders working in Facebook helping these people

LMAO scamming the scammer. I love that you took the time to dig into their fishy car sale post.

what’s so crazy is a year from now and they’re still using the same line i can literally show the message if it was possible

Good job man, 👏👍I just found a pickup in fb that was in (lincoln NE,) and the owner was in( Florida )

Thank you! I’m glad I came to see this. I’m deleting this guys reply now and blocking him. 👍🏾🤣

I would never consider one normally but I found a Nissan rouge, and older one for $2,400 which seemed reasonable to me but then I saw it was listed in every town of every state

I saw one listing when you were looking at those Tacomas that caught my eye that's a scam for a different reason. It was a Red 2007 Toyota Rav4 with 338k miles, and they wanted $2500 for it.

Ones I've seen recently have something weird in the title, like 2OO9 instead of 2009, or the title starts with URGENT SALE. I've also seen them where they're listed hundreds of times on one profile in various cities across the country, all with the same 2 or 3 photos attached. There also seems to be some fishy business, I keep seeing them in the driveway of the same suburban house.

The ad saying that seller is on vacation mode is an absolute scam.

I just started seeing these types of scams since I’m looking for Honda Accord coupes ranging 03-05 I keep seeing them going for 800 or 1000$ and it’s just weird and messed up considering the car market is horrible right now usually I just report every scam I see.

Another scam hitting sellers is when someone says they want to Zelle you payment for an item under $500. They send you a fake email link and ask you to click on it. It will pull up a spoof page that looks like Zelle. It will ask for your routing and account numbers. A few minutes after you send it, they empty your account and because it's Zelle, you can't reverse the payment.

Thank you for your scam video I just watched it and literally was just about to purchase a vehicle with exactly what you described and the eBay motors thank you you just saved me from getting scammed out of that money I was about to send in the morning I was really about to fall for it had no idea about the scamming stuff so thank you thank you again

Well, you did something with this video, it's gone. Probably moved to a new domain, but it is showing them that people are becoming more away. Keep up the good work :)

People like you are a God sent. Thank you

If that's the actual ad I can tell you without even watching that the odometer has been rolled back at least 100k

Thank you! I am dealing with the same situation. And when I seen your video it is exactly and I mean EXACTLY! What I am dealing with and before I went any further I thought I seemed fishy so I youtubed it and sure enough! Thanks

All of them says "clean title without any liens or encumbrances " i ve try to contac them once and they never get back to me

I have seen one saying the same thing couple years ago. Really sad they do this.

One seller tried to sell my car! He had the Hemming ad photos from when I bought the car. Let him know and nothing but, when do you want to see it? He sent back a photo of a car the same year and close to the color with the cover pulled back. Wow, they have nerve.

I was busting these scammers a decade ago. I'd get up 5am bored, so I'd go on Kijiji marketplace and see all these local vehicles, but would have pics of mountains, cactus, dunes and palm trees. The plates were always covered and the floor always had paper mats from being just detailed. I'd play their game that the car was in a locker, needed money to get it out, medical bills, but failed to realize that here in Canada its free health care. Then after playing a while I'd thank them for their IP and the next knock on the door would be the Sheriff as Canada and the US just passed a cooperation bill.

bad photos they all way's do that on face book market place wei jia great video well done keep up the good work man

My brother's '02 VZ Taco has over 350,000 miles on it. He has been approached by people to buy it from him. Someone offered him $10,000. If it's too good to be true, it is. I will never trust a listing for a large item like a car that only has one picture. It used to be pretty common practice on eBay 10 years ago to have a couple dozen pictures, at least.

I looked at a profile in a similar situation. The same vehicle is listed in 40 cities

Is that pickup still for sale? Seems like a pretty good deal.

I see a lot of stuff that is totally trashed, and then it says money owed. Some of them even wrecked and undrivable. So they want you to pay them for it, take it away, and then they report it stolen?

Spotting scams either on fb marketplace, Craigslist or any other online place is actually not that hard because the average scammer is actually quite stupid..

i looked on fb 1 time for a van but saw so many questionable ads including dealers showing a car with a low but not crazy low price but when pull up ad it was down payment and the car would not be worth buying with down payment just few hundred less that what should be retail craigslist has question owner sales and dealer or both but many dealers advertise as fsbo or they have rebuilt titles

Usually the scam ones I see, if you click on the seller profile, it will have the same car listed in like 50 cities.

Damn I really fell for the scam, I sent them my (Email, Phone Number, Address) but I didn’t purchase the eBay gift cards. Should I be worried or will I be fine?

Very interesting video, thanks for sharing

im actually looking to buy a second gen tacoma, and ive found that if i just limit the searches to $6k and like $14k, theres not many scam posts

I saw this the scammer had a bunch of scat packs and hellcats for around 9-19k

Great vid they're all over fb atm. People are daft if they think they're genuine prices. Its greed from innocent people that gets them to be scammed. People who get scammed shouldn't really be on the Internet as too crazy Strangely enough the prices are TOO low. If they raised them a bit then it might be more plausible

I have put some wheels for sale on market place and instantly I got a message from someone wanting to buy them for more than the asking price because he had a money order and if I could take it and give him a check or another MO for the difference.....

If you did give them ya info but didnt go any further what should i do, already blocked contact

Tbh i can't believe marketplace allows these pathetic scammers out of peoples hard earned money

I would really like a budget to track these people down and prosecute them - they rely on the lack of accountability of online platforms and the anonymous nature of setting up an online presence. The police are not interested, banks only marginally. The whole thing is frankly a cesspool of chancers operating wherever their activities have little or no consequences to them. Nothing will be done to fix this because there's no money in it and in fact others make money on gift certificate purchases, transaction fees etc

I have seen this before. Lots of scammers lately. I have learned that if it looks fishy, don't do it. I also report fishy posts. You can often tell if they are scammers.

now they use the group posting to hide the user same tactic but evolved. i tried blocking the group post and i could not so yeah...

FYI, Ive notified Face Book dozens of times regarding the scam ads. Face Book does absolutely nothing, the ads stay up.

Another popular one lately is listing a car for way under priced, when u say u will come right now with cash they say kther people are interested and u have to give a 500$ deposit so she csn hokd it til their set date

I ran across a scam where the widow was selling all of her husband’s items at a really reduced price. What’s up with that? I ran across a scam where the widow were selling all of her husband’s items at a really reduced price. What’s up with that? For example, four wheeler motorcycle, side-by-side toolbox, lawnmower, etc..

Scammers have gotten better at home they attract but they all fail in the same way. They miss important key details that prove they aren’t in the same country as you. In America you’ll never be asked by a real person to contact someone on WhatsApp, Skype, email, anything but a message to or a call is a scam

Thanks Man 👍 looking for tips I want to get a truck when I get back to Seattle

if you see an ad with the word 'Encumbrances' in the description, it's a scam.

Yeah the two gray Tacomas were also the same vehicle. Different pics, but you can see the same houses in the background.

Great video. I'm guessing these scams happen regularly because I follow these scam posters and notice after few weeks they delete their account. So perhaps it works. Should be a red flag when they ask to contact on a different platform besides Facebook. I know this might be a hated idea but Facebook should add some verification or method checking to these posts. Maybe some basic credentials someway verify sale. 🤷‍♂️

Thanks for going thru all of the emails and showing everyone. I always knew these scams were there, never bothered to follow up with them. So is there a policy or process for Facebook, ebay, or gmail that you can report these accounts, or no?

That exact same scam was what i went through when messaging about a truck smh

A 2008 Acura depending on the mileage is a 2500-3000 car with 100-150k miles with 200k miles ore more 1000-1500 depending on condition if all power options work rust frame rot in PA you will have frame rot tires int and these older Honda/Acura Automatics are kind of weak they do have transmission problems around 100k to 185k miles. I got my 2004 Buick Park Avenue Ultra off of Craigslist and off the original owner that listed of with a full description of the price of 3500.00 2 1/2 years ago. He even listed his name and telephone number and took 65 pics of the car. Its been very reliable and that Buick 3800 Series V-6 and every part is always available at the local parts store or used at a salvage yard. Some of these might have a branded title such as Mileage exceeds Mechanical Limits, Mileage exceeds Mechanical Limits Odometer Tampering box Mileage exceeds Mechanical Limits Odometer Rollback box , Rebuilt/Flood, Rebuilt/reconstructed means previous vehicle was totaled by insurance company totaled out vehicle repairs exceeded ACV(Actual cash Value) ,Mileage Exempt , Taxi/Police Use,Abandoned are a few.

There was a guy on the news the other day he responded to one of these ads,he showed up to meet the guy and got gun in the face and his new jeep stolen.

What bothers me the most is it's the most vulnerable, poorest ppl that take the risk. Ppl with money can afford not too.

3:22 I've seen that exact same description 100 times in the past week i hope no ones really falling for that shiat

It's good to see Jack Ryan is alive, kicking, and searching for too good to be true deals on Facebook. :-)

I almost fell for this, they have a way 🙈 first it was the good deal on FB. Then I messaged them. They said it was a listing for their neighbor and gave me their email. I believed it. So I emailed her and got the same exact email as the closing Toyota Camry email. It was also a Toyota Camry for $1500. I replied being supportive and saddened that their husband had passed. Then the next email they sent seemed like a different personality almost very dull. That’s when I found something off. It seemed robotic. I tried looking for the car on eBay but nothing. I came to KZfaq and found this video. Thank God 🙏🏻 now I know.

It's also so easy to spot the fakes often they post many many of the exact same post, it's so annoying to go through them. They also kinda make the REAL cars look less appealing. How has Facebook not done anything about this when they sensor so much content already???

Like especially the blue Tacoma, the photo was mad blurry and low resolution, crappy photos like that is a definite giveaway!

Right click on vehicle image, search image, you will see same listing in a dozen U.S. cities.

There are a lot if those scams here in AZ. You will find them in Offerup too.

Thank you for this video. I received an email for a car. I didn't respond back too it.. I was scammed before on a car..Thank you very much..

Yo I saw they same truck on my Facebook marketplace! I just like looking thru the cars and just keep seeing it.

It's not always this game with me in a 2005 with 71000 mi for 1500 if they lost the title that's what he used car dealership would buy it off of the owner with no title but other supporting documents. Because I a couple weeks ago decided to sell a 2014 Nissan Sentra 60k odo for 2000$and i wasn't worried about the offer price,inhave multiple vehicles. I just wanted it gone.not to say people dont scam,i just don't understand how anyone falls for it and doesn't ask for other supporting documents like insurance paperwork or something

This happened to me a few months ago with an Acura TL lmao. I didn’t send any my though

im pretty sure that grey one isnt even a prerunner. if it was it would say it on the tailgate

When i was 15 almost fell for a 1200 black 2004 tacoma double cab same exact scam 6 years ago but it was on Craigslist then

If you click on their profiles you'll often see the same car listed like 50 times in different states and cities that's a pretty big red flag

Thanks for the video. You just saved me from a big mistake!

I got that same exact story today, lol, word for word, just different car. After i seen 2 of em, my suspicion was confirmed, i just couldn't think of how they was doing it. I wouldn't think anyone would really send any money thou, but u never know.

My uncle ended up sending his phone number, email, and shipping address to those people... Same story, in short, I stopped him from buying it. But I am worried about his safety now that they have his address. Is that something to worry about?