The RV Daily Report included an article in the Thousand Oaks Acorn about a man arrested for scamming people in Texas and Oklahoma out of $72,800. The RV, plus a BMW, was supposedly in Florida. The scammer lived in Thousand Oaks, CA and had no RV or BMW. He wouldn't agree to meet the buyers to show them the vehicles, which were priced well below market value. Instead, he convinced them to wire money to an escrow account.
When the scammer went into the bank to close the account, bank personnel were suspicious and contacted the authorities. He was arrested on charges of felony burglary and fraud.
Savy scammers can make a URL or Website in an email look like an official site yet actually it goes elsewhere- to the scammer's pocket. Some escrow sites are legitimate, but you can test it by typing the URL in yourself rather than using the link provided. Best? Insist on an in-person meeting and inspect the RV first. Then go to the bank to complete the transaction.
This story has a good ending but Internet scam artists have bilked thousands out of naive and unsuspecting buyers. Be cautious. Remember the old saying, "If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is." Jaimie Hall Bruzenak
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