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I have an ad an auto trader and they asked me to email them privately at this flavoursjh452@ gmail.com. Because I scanned it and found this commentary I didn’t!

Wanted to buy my vehicle off auto trader and same as above. Wanted my email and to communicate off autotrader. flavoursjh452@ gmail.com

Same story - contacted me on autotrader, wanted to buy directly sight unseen, full price with an extra 200$. But too busy to test drive or even pick the car up, wanted to send a moving service to come get it. This got me suspicious and then I found this page. So glad!

Wanted to buy car sight unseen. Wanted my personal info for the cashier's check. Likely an identity theft scam. Same exact scenario as everyone else.

11/14/23 Same story as everyone here, same wordage and emails. I am grateful you all posted these and I had the presence of mind to search his emails. Thank you all.

Messaged me interested in my vehicle on Autotrader. Tried to get me to email him off Autotrader.com at [email protected] Same story as everyone else here. Definite Scammer and a lazy one at that. Blocked them.

This response to my Autotrader ad looked fishy, so I Googled his email address and it brought me to this page. His message was, "Does it have any accident before? ,? please do reply to me via, malenatmwatyus@ outlook.com . I don't check the autotrader relay mails."

Responded from an auto trader add. Same tactic as everyone else, using [email protected] as his email and also used [email protected]. Wanted to mail certified check outside of Autotrader.

Same as everyone else, except I searched the email address before responding, which I won’t do. Message was he doesn’t check Autotrader response and to reply to personal email. Glad I searched.

The same as above and same MO. Offered $200 to hold the car and sent a check for more than asking for covering the transportation fees. I'm not sure how this benefits this person at all.

I got the same message using [email protected] responding to an ad I posted on Autotrader. Also offered my $200 to hold it for him and delete the listing.

email from [email protected] and [email protected]. Same as everyone else on here, he said no time and wanted to mail check and have me remove listing. Also wanted personal information. I'll just be ignoring them.

Wanted to buy my car sight unseen. Used email address [email protected]. Willing to send bank certified check and $200 more to take down listing.

Good ol' Mike is at it again. Using email address [email protected]. Same old song. Too busy, send check, $200 extra to pull the ad from Autotrader.

Autotrader scammer sending fake cashier's checks using the email [email protected]

Email from [email protected] and [email protected] Responding to a listing on auto trader. Wanted to buy my vehicle, asked me to remove listing and would pay an additional $200 to do so. Tried to convince me that he would overnight a certified check and would have the vehicle picked up because he was too busy to come I. Person to test drive and pay for it.

Contacted me about buying my car listed on Autotrader.com, also offered a certified overnight check with $200 extra to remove my car listing immediately. The offer looked suspicious, so searched up the number and arrived here. Feels like a scam. email-1: [email protected] email-2: [email protected]

Asking for communication outside of Autotrader similar to what others have said. wisdomizedy655@ gmail.com was the email given and it immediately set off red flags for me.

Tried buying a vehicle I had posted on autotrader.com. Asked for me to contact him using email address [email protected]. Gave me his address as 908 Braden Cv. Jacksonville, AR. The check was from Farmers and Merchants Bank of Long Beach, it was a business check that was also a “Certified Check”, and that’s what gave the immediate impression that this was definitely a scam.

Happened to me too. I insisted he send me a copy of his driver's license. Was from Arkansas. Seemed suspicious from day one - and it was through an AutoTrader ad. Email was [email protected].

Contacted me about buying my car listed on Autotrader.com, also offered a certified overnight check with $200 extra to remove my car listing immediately but needed my contact details (address, phone number, etc.) Told him I wouldn't share because I suspected it was a scam. From this email address: [email protected].

He wants to buy my car but can't come see it. Offered to overnight a certified check for the car. I shouldn't have given him my personal info. What do I do to fix it? Just throw away anything he mails to me and not give him the title etc?

Same person contacted me using this email [email protected]

This dude tried this with me. Thankfully I didn’t email him any info. He’s been pretty busy by the looks of it.

Mike Arnold offered to buy my car and then sent a fake check as payment. The check was greater than the amount the car was for sale at, In visitng the bank they confirmed it was a fake.

Mike Arnold tried to play the same game with me. I gave him my number, but no other info. I told him if he wanted to by the car It would have to go through Autotrader. IF he had to send me a check I would cash the check 1st before I sent him the title. I did not see this post before I emailed him. I did not give him any info at all. Looks like I need to block him

This jerk just tried the same thing with me. What is his end goal here? I sent my address but I don't see what he can really do with that...

He just tried the same thing with me. Glad this page was here. Thanks to all that posted about this P.O.S!!

Exactly as reported in the comments above. Thank you all for posting. I have blocked and reported the email. I'm not sure what else to do given I did give him personal info (phone number and address) not to mention wasted a huge amount of time and stress

Auto Trader scammer wanting my personal information. I don’t know how to report this s***bag to AT, but I’m going to do my best.

Auto Trader scammer. Beware

Mike Arnold offered us a certified check ASAP for my car on Auto Trader. He is too busy to come see the car. He didn't even ask questions, just wants to buy. He asked for personal information and requested to take my car of Auto Trader page.

Auto Trader scammer claiming using this phone number and email address: [email protected] that is claiming to be very busy wishing to purchase a vehicle sight unseen with a certified check wishing to pay well over market value.

Mike Arnold at [email protected]. Same identical scam using Auto Trader as reported by others.

Same mode of operation with a "private email away from AutoTrader" as the rest have noted. A copy paste of the same scam.

Autotrader contact, wants to send certified check.

Same MO as described above. Contacted me about buying my car listed on Autotrader.com. Offered a certified overnight check with $200 extra to remove my car ad. Email looked suspicious [email protected].

I got an email asking to remove my ad from auto trader. From this email address [email protected]

Contacted me about buying my car listed on Autotrader.com. Offered a certified overnight check with $200 extra to remove my car ad. The offer looked suspicious, so searched up the number and arrived here. Email he used [email protected].

Contacted me about buying my car listed on Autotrader.com. Offered a certified overnight check with $200 extra to remove my car ad. The offer looked suspicious, so searched up the number and arrived here.

Mike Arnold. [email protected] Hi, I appreciate yo ur response and hope we will have a successful transaction. I'm interested, and I want to buy it. But my situation now is that I have a busy and tight work schedule, which makes it practically impossible for me at the moment to come for an inspection. However, I have decided to buy it based on the details and features stated online.

Responded to an ad on Autotrader. Offered to send an overnight check and arrange vehicle pick up, just needed my personal information. E-mailed from [email protected]

Responded to an ad on Autotrader. Offered to send an overnight check, just needed my personal information

Wanted to buy car on Autotrader with cert check

email from [email protected] about ad on AutoTrader: The payment will be mailed overnight to you as soon as I get the requested info. Lastly, I urge you to delete the ad and consider it sold to me, and I'm willing to pay an extra $200 for holding it for me. Thanks,

Contacted me about buying my car listed on Autotrader.com, also offered a certified overnight check with $200 extra to remove my car listing immediately. The offer looked suspicious, so searched up the number and arrived here. Feels like a scam.

Contact me through autotrader.com. Try to convince me to sell him my car and he paid with overnight certified check. It’s a fraud.

This is a check fraud number. Email ***ociated is [email protected]