FRAUD....and it's a good one, Edmunds Car Payment

[JD3]

Long Version -
I found an IS350 on autotrader that looked too good to be true. Low miles, low price. It did have an ugly color combo, but for the price, I didn't care. I emailed about it and got an email back from a man a few days later who said he'd been in the hospital, but would be happy to sell the car but he had to use something called Edmunds Car Payment to deliver the car. Naturally, I thought this was a little fishy so I asked for additional info. A few days later I got another email stating that he was in the hospital in Phoenix with his sister and she's waiting on a transplant so he can't leave but he'd arrange the shipping through Edmunds Car Payment. He proceeded to tell me how it would work and it all made sense. He had stated before that he didn't want to deal with anyone who needed a loan on the car either, but it made a little more sense after the explanation. He basically didn't want to mess with shipping the car to if I couldn't get approved, so the money had to be put up front and it would be returned if the car wasn't to my liking. It started making sense to me, plus it was a low mileage gold on gold lexus, which screams old guy, and maybe the cost is cheap b/c he just wants rid of it. That's what I was thinking anyway. I pressed the issue on this Edmunds Car Payment and finally he sent me a weblink, www.edmundspayment.com, which explains everything just as he had explained it. If you look at the site, you can see how someone would be fooled into thinking it's real. But just before I decided I was going to move forward, I went to Edmunds.com to look for this service....needless to say, they don't offer it! It was a total scam. I emailed the guy back a weblink stating that it was a scam and haven't heard back since....big surprise. Anyway, almost a very expensive lesson, hope this saves someone else from losing their money to these buttplugs.
email name and address: James Taylor [email protected]

Short Version -
This ain't real www.edmundspayment.com.

[MOLDOVANOS]

HAHA created march 19 http://whois.domaintools.com/edmundspayment.com

[B-Time]

HAHA created march 19 http://whois.domaintools.com/edmundspayment.com

Small world! I used to handle leasing for the building where that domain is registered.

[Saracen]

Sounds like the eBay escrow scams.

[JD3]

I inquired about 2 more cars and they were both the same thing. One was MSN Auto and a Yahoo Auto, but basically the same ish. I guess when you see a Mercedes CLS55 AMG with 20K miles for $30000 you should know somethings up, huh, haha! That's their thing, an unusually low number of miles and a deal that seems too good to be true.

[CrtchRktRcr]

Next time they are in "phoenix" let me know. I will go look at the car for you noooo problem.

[Militant-Grunt]

Next time they are in "phoenix" let me know. I will go look at the car for you noooo problem.

Prolly not even in AZ.

[JD3]

I made that offer, the whole "I'll bring cash and fly tomorrow...." thing just to see what they say. The response is always a canned, "this is how Edmunds Car Payment works..." like they didn't even read the email, which they probably didn't.