Western Union should be your first Red Flag, the person lives overseas is the second red flag, the ebay warehouse should be the third Red Flag and the free delivery on a $1200 trailer is the utimate clue this is a scam.

If your gonna shop on ebay only shop Through ebay.

I contacted one guy who told me. he lived in England and inhertited the trailer from his Dad who lived in Ca. that had just passed away, He said he didn't own horses so didn't want to pay to have the trailer shipped to England. He said that the trailer was being stored in a warehouse (ebay) in California and if I sent him half of the money (WU) that he would have the trailer shipped to me in Florida at no extra cost, I could keep the the trailer for 30 days and if I decided I didn't like it he would send me my money back and have the trailer picked up at his expense.

I told him I have a Sister(not really) that lives in California and she wants to make arrangements to come and see the trailer at the warehouse. I never heard from him again. I told another guy that I was leaving right now to go and send him the money(not). Hey if they can waste our time at least we can have a little fun at their expense.

The fact is most of these guys do live overseas and out of reach of our Good ole' American Justice. They have nothing to lose by scamming us.

I am just glad they make these scam ads easy to spot by putting rediculiously low prices on top dollar trailers.

As for scams on horse trailer world, most of the ads are stolen from dealers who advertise on here, the scammer takes the ad and changes the price and contact info, so if you see a trailer you like and know that the price is unheard of, keep looking, your are likely to find the same trailer ad at the correct price.

There are good trailers out there at good prices, just be patient and shop through reputable people, and remember: You get what you pay for.

Listing #  87266

Just saw a bunch on eBay last night. I'd have posted a link, but eBay is fairly quick to pull most of those scam ads off their site. The biggest clue on those that it is a scam isn't just the price, it's the don't contact me through eBay, use this email because: I'm out of town; I don't check that email often because ...; I think you are really stupid.  OK, they don't really use the last one. They do this because they have usually stolen someone's eBay identity in order to list the item. If you email the actual owner of the identity the scams up. After all they are  I don't remember listing a horse trailer. I don't even have a horse, let alone a horse trailer.

They also claim they are selling it as: won't accept bids 'buy it now' only, for usually something around $3,000 for an $80,000+ trailer. Only it's not through eBay's buy it now, it's contact me at that email in the listing to 'buy it now'. Bet they want the money wire transfered too.

Oh, and as to how they steal the eBayer's identity, it's really simple. They phish for the info. You know those emails you get claiming to be from eBay saying your account will be suspended because: there is a problem with your billing that needs to be updated; there has been suspicious activity on your account; again we think you're stupid, so click on this link (which will take you to a site that looks just like eBay) where they will get you to give them your password, and quite possibly credit info and whatever else they ask for . I've never clicked on any of those links so I can only guess as to what info they will try to get from you. Their threat is if you don't click on their link your account will be suspended.

They not only do this for eBay scams, but indentity theft or just plain theft as well. Which is why you should only directly log in to those places (PayPal, any credit card company that you use) through their official websites and never through a link in an email.

Shop careful and there are real deals to be had.

Oh and yes I find weeding through the fraud stuff annoying too.

Listing #  87914   information lifted from Dixie Horse and Mule ad.  Hey, creep scammers, go somewhere else!                                                                  

donnat.

Please see the link that yvette has posted above. This is a scam!! DONOT except the money!!

Remember these scammers are thieves;  they want your money in exchange for their forged "cashiers check."  Years ago, it was money orders.  A friend of mine took a money order, gave the client change back, and then the money order turned out to be a forgery.  The key is if someone wants change back.

To all you creeps out there, STAY OFF THIS SITE!!!!!!!  We are watching for you and will bust you every time!

I just found that one way too hilarious!!!

Also, a scam that I have heard of more recently is the one where the con artist will have one of those services for the hearing impaired call the dealer. The actual thief is online typing, and the operator has no clue what is going on most of the time. They will use stolen credit cards to try to make large purchases undetected. Actually, a couple of friends of mine who are dealers had someone try this on them, but caught on. I am not sure all of the details of how it works, though. I was told that it is operated from somewhere overseas.

I think it is a very unfortunate and lowdown thing to do, taking advantage of a service that is provided to assist people.

Be careful, the scammer's are smart enough to change the phone number on the check to one of their's.  So, use directory service for the phone number.