AI Car Dealer Scams Are Infesting Facebook Marketplace—and They’re Working
Fraudulent car listings using AI have spread on Facebook Marketplace, featuring fake dealer licenses, window stickers, and bogus GPS trackers. Photographer Will Matthews lost $36,240 after paying for a nonexistent Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro via a Tier 1 bank loan.
- Scammers cloned real Texas dealership Route 519 Motor, dropping 'Company' from name
- Bank transferred $36,240 to an LLC formed months before the deal
- Fake GPS tracker showed nonexistent car moving from Texas to California
- Fake dealer account operated from Moldova, calls via VoIP with voice synthesis
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