Dear Craigslist scammers: If you are going to put up an scam ad in Spokane Washington for a car you don’t own, it would be smarter not to use a picture of a car that has palm trees in the back ground. That is all.
The scammers don’t want the person who would notice a detail like that to respond.
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Well, people do grow palm trees in the Spokane area.
My mom was contacted by an idiot who tried to scam her over some $50 carpeting! It was the old “My assistant sent you a check for too much, so just cash it and send me the difference.” Yeah, that worked… :rolleyes:
Craigslist, home of the lowest common denominator. Fortunately, you don’t have to be *too *savvy to avoid those boneheads.
It just so happens that I took the car to SoCal for the picture shoot. The lighting is better there.
Perhaps, but I’ve lived here for 25 years and have never seen one. They must be as rare as hens teeth.
When I sold my Lincoln Continental in Michigan (before moving to China), I included some recent pictures that I took of it on a beach in Mexico. Yes, with palm trees behind it.
I also listed it on Craigslist at kbb/private/average value, which was significantly lower than all of the other same-year Continentals (because of course, everyone thinks their car is immaculate and uses a too-high kbb price).
One of the calls that I got was from someone who was obviously very cynical. When he asked why I was selling it and I told him I was moving to China, it was apparent that he thought I was a scammer.
I guess I did everything wrong, but still managed to sell it for the asking price, and fairly quickly at that. 
How does this scam (selling cars that you don’t own) work? Are people paying for cars without showing up and seeing the car?
[My daughter just bought a car from a guy listing on Craigslist - worked out quite well and exactly like any other car sale.]
Thankfully, I do not visit Craigslist, so have not seen such scammers - however, it’s more than likely… I’ve heard of scamming on other sites (that I shall not name)…