Vengeful Scam On Legit Repo Man or Crooked Repo Man Selling Stolen Car? You Decide!

by Murilee Martin

April 11th, 2013 1:00 PM

vengeful scam on legit repo man or crooked repo man selling stolen car you decide

The world of towed-away cars can be a harsh one, as our very own Steven Lang often points out. Today I heard the latest in a long series of tales from the often-penumbral world of towing and repossessions, a Craigslist ad that purports to be selling a mistakenly-repoed Crown Vic. A phony ad meant to drag a clean business and its owner into a world of pain— an all-too-common occurrence in the maddening world of Craigslist cars-for-sale listings— or something that will soon have the constabulary asking a lot of pointed questions in a certain Maryland tow yard’s office?

24 Hours of LeMons Legend Speedycop, who happens to have a day job as a Washington DC police officer (and never looks for potential race cars while he’s on duty), found a too-good-to-be-true ad for a 1998 Ford Crown Victoria with free bonus ’99 Crown Victoria as part of the deal.

Hmmm… something about this doesn’t smell quite right. Let’s read the text of the ad (redacted in case this is a burn job by a vengeful ex-girlfriend and/or business rival):

“1 1998 crown Vic with title n runs great and. 1999 crown Vic with no title. The second was repossessed my my company ■■■■■, but was the wrong repoed and we never took back. Car runs great n in mint condition. Can get up a title by swapping vins easily. 100.00 for both. I own ■■■■■ REPOSSESSION COMPANY. IF WANT TO BUY ASAP CALL 410 ■■ ■■■■, my name is ■■■■■. Best time to reach me is at night or here’s my address to stop by n look at em. ■■■■■ ■■■■■ rd. fallston md. Both must go ASAP. Feel free to stop by anytime at my residence. TY. Ill be home all night at furnace rd or my business at ■■■■■ ■■■■■ rd. Nottingham md. Please rush”

So, Speedycop has informed his law-enforcement colleagues in the Baltimore area about this ad, and let’s just say that they’re verrrrrry interested. Mistakenly-repoed car being offered with the suggestion of a VIN swap, or reprehensible burning-bag-o-dog-poop-on-the-porch prank? The “I’ll be home all night” and ridiculously low selling price suggests the latter, but who can say? We’ll let you know what happened, once the dust settles.

#Craigslist #Crime&Punishment #FordCrownVictoria #FoundOnCraigslist #Panther #PantherLove #TowTruck #Towing

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Redav on Apr 12, 2013

On a totally unrelated note, the concept of buy one, get one free raises an interesting question about LeMons. A few years ago, Hyundai had a buy a car, get an Accent for $1. Could someone enter that brand new Accent in LeMons because it very officially cost (and thus is worth?) less than $500?

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- Chuckrs on May 01, 2013
  
  Even if you got it by the judges, you'd still lose to the pop-up camper.
  
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Littlecarrot on Apr 12, 2013

Thanks for the info. Makes sense now. I'm tired of seeing these ads on Craigslist. i'm also tired of dealers not listing their price or mileage.

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