scam ads

[blars]

Some of the ads being reposted in the classified section are scams -- please be careful people and if it's too good to be true it might not be true.<br><br>I've had a scammer using pictures of my RV from my blog on a 'free ad' site that apeared to be a scam itself.<br><br><br>

 

[cyndi]

Cross posting, so the info is more easily found.&nbsp;<BR><BR><SPAN id=post_message_1268860476><FONT size=3>It's never a bad idea to google phone numbers and identifying phrases (separately) and I also google for pictures, using the identifying phrases.&nbsp; I've run across more than one scam doing that.</FONT><BR><FONT size=3></FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR><FONT size=3>Another thing that I do, to weed out the scammers, is ask for the VIN to&nbsp;run a car fax.&nbsp; Scammers won't have that.&nbsp; There's a good chance you won't hear from them again, if you ask for the VIN</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><A href="http://www.rvchecks.com/" target=_blank target=_blank target=_blank><B><FONT color=#3b5998 size=3>RVCheck</FONT></B></A>, <b>similar to carfax,&nbsp;isn't free, but they deal specifically with RVs&nbsp;<BR></b>