VIN Check
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tcrowelljr
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its probably a scam
SKOGDOG
One of the old ones.
Maybe it’s a scam if they want you to go to a website to do it (wanting a fee or personal info), but anyone can use a vin for car fax, etc. Dunno why it would be a risk to give a vin# to a prospective buyer. Anyone could come and look at the bike and get it.
From Snopes:
Here's how the scam works. Pretend that you're selling your car online, whether on eBay, Facebook Marketplace, AutoTrader, AutoNation, or any other well-known website. After your listing goes live, you receive a message from someone who sounds like an interested buyer. They tell you that they want to be sure they aren't getting ripped off and request that you provide them with a vehicle history report. However, they will only accept the report from a specific website that you've never heard of. Even stranger, that website that they tell you to visit says it's going to cost somewhere around $25 to obtain the report.
This is the vehicle history report scam. The potential buyer, who really is just scammer that has no interest in your vehicle, owns the website that they directed you to. Once you submit the $25 or other similar dollar amount through the website to purchase a report, whether through Paypal or other means, you'll likely never hear from the scammer again.
Or they might download malware on your computer.
From Snopes:
Here's how the scam works. Pretend that you're selling your car online, whether on eBay, Facebook Marketplace, AutoTrader, AutoNation, or any other well-known website. After your listing goes live, you receive a message from someone who sounds like an interested buyer. They tell you that they want to be sure they aren't getting ripped off and request that you provide them with a vehicle history report. However, they will only accept the report from a specific website that you've never heard of. Even stranger, that website that they tell you to visit says it's going to cost somewhere around $25 to obtain the report.
This is the vehicle history report scam. The potential buyer, who really is just scammer that has no interest in your vehicle, owns the website that they directed you to. Once you submit the $25 or other similar dollar amount through the website to purchase a report, whether through Paypal or other means, you'll likely never hear from the scammer again.
Or they might download malware on your computer.
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HMAN
I just like my Freedom
You can run your vin here and then screenshot the page. Edit out the actual vin or random parts of it and send them a copy of the screenshot.
tcrowelljr
Member
There are scam websites were you have to pay for a VIN Check. Give him the VIN and let them do whatever checking they want, but don't pay for a VIN check as a seller.
