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Scammer's website vanguardcars.net
Scammer's address 301 1/2 Center St S., Lake Benton, MN 56149, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location MI 48125, USA
Total money lost $20,000
Type of a scam Phishing
I went to the website which looked legitimate. The website had an SSL Certificate and it listed many cars for sale. The listing for this car in particular was for $22,800. I looked at other 1969 Chevelle's online just to get an idea of how much they should go for. Most were more that then $22,800, so it seemed like a good opportunity at the time. Tony told me that he would offer $20,000 and if they didn't take it, he would not make another offer. So when he called George this morning, he offered the $20,000 and George accepted the offer verbally.
I suggested my brother contact a local mechanic to go do an inspection of the car. He contacted ******* **** ****** shop in ***** ****** **, which was only about 1 hour away at ************. He called them this morning to see if they would go out there and do an inspection. They told him he would have to bring the car to them. So then he called me and said, I'm just going to buy it. I said o.k.
So I contacted the person that he had been talking to, George at 218.210.7652 and when I called him he asked me to send him a copy of Tony's drivers license and asked what address the car would be shipped to. So I text him a copy of his drivers license and told him the address on the license would be the delivery address. He also asked for my email address, which I provided to him via text. He then proceeded to tell me that someone from his office would be emailing me the bill of sale and PO. So I waited and shortly after the phone call I did receive the email (which I have sent to the bank).
So then I sent Tony the information of the wire instructions via text to his phone and told him he needed to go to the bank to have the money wired, as I was unable to do it online. So that is what he did. In the meantime, there was something in my gut that kept telling me something was wrong. The man (George) on the phone had an accent and the phone call almost seemed delayed as if it were from out of the country. So I asked George "where are you calling from" he said Minnesota, why? So I replied "because the phone call is delayed and it seems as if you are out of the country". He said no, I'm in Minnesota. In the meantime I was searching online for any reviews I could find on either Vanguardcars.net or Pot Martos, LLC as that is the company the money was sent to. When I asked him what Pot Martos, LLC was, he informed me it was a sister company for Vanguard Cars. This is all while Tony was at the bank in the process of sending the wire. So as he was doing that, I still kept searching tying to find out anything I could on either company.
I went to Facebook and looked Vanguard Cars up and they only have 24 likes and 25 followers. I also found out that Vanguard Cars Facebook page was only created on October 24, 2024. I also discovered that the listing the cars for sale on their website were all posted on November 8, 2024. This was found by clicking on "about" in Facebook on their page, then Page transparency, Ads from this page, go to library. At this point I panicked and had Tony go up to the bank to try and STOP the wire.
I then tried to call George back and he didn't answer. Then about 40 minutes passed by and he called me back and said he was at lunch. I asked him where were the pictures of the car on the truck as promised. He said he would send them to me as well as the drivers information that would be bringing the car to Tony. The driver's number was named Terri.
He then sent me a photo of the car on a truck and a copy of the title. I still don't have any driver information on the delivery.