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Boattrader.com Reports & Reviews (2)

• Sep 13, 2023

Scammer's email [email protected], [email protected]
Country United States
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Initial means of contact Email

Scammer for boat

I posted my boat online to sell and I got a lead from boat trader. The email set up through boat trader is [email protected]. Which I thought was weird. Then he emailed me as follows

Sun, Aug 27, 3:33 PM
to luckystarr481

I got your inquiry about the boat

Sun, Aug 27, 3:46 PM
to luckystarr481

The boat is in good condition. It does come with 4 life vests as well. When would you like to see it?

CHAD GRANT
Sun, Aug 27, 6:41 PM
to me

Great! please consider it sold i am willing to pay your asking price because i need to buy it for my Dad asap, i have read through the advert ! and i'm totally satisfied with it, I'm presently out of town but I will ask my secretary to mail out a certified bank check to you if that's okay and I will arrange for my mover to pick it up once the check clears in your bank account.

Full Name:
Address:(NO P.O BOX because fedex don't deliver to PO BOX)
City: State: Zip:
Your cell Phone Number:
Last Asking Price:
Boat name & model for Ref purpose

Thanks and I hope we handle this in good faith while waiting to hearing from you

Sun, Aug 27, 6:52 PM
to CHAD

Yes, that would be fine. However I have had about 19 scammers try to con me out of it with false information and fake cashierschecks. Can I please have your information so I can verify it? Once it is verified then I will tell anyone else it's sending sale.

He didn't respond until a couple of weeks afterward with another inquiry about the same thing. I guess he forgot that I wanted to verify him.

Mon, Sep 11, 8:24 PM (2 days ago)
to luckystarr481

I think you inquired about it before. It's in great shape. Would you like to come and look at it?

https://www.boattrader.com/boat/1983-sport-craft-222-8982420/

CHAD GRANT
Mon, Sep 11, 9:19 PM (2 days ago)
to me

Great! please consider it sold i am willing to pay your asking price because i need to buy it for my Dad asap, i have read through the advert ! and i'm totally satisfied with it, I'm presently out of town but I will ask my secretary to mail out a certified bank check to you if that's okay and I will arrange for my mover to pick it up once the check clears in your bank account.

Full Name:
Address:(NO P.O BOX because fedex don't deliver to PO BOX)
City: State: Zip:
Your cell Phone Number:
Last Asking Price:
Car name & model for Ref purpose

Thanks and I hope we handle this in good faith while waiting to hearing from you

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Scammer's website boattrader.com
Scammer's address 8041 Excalibur Ct, Orlando, FL 32822, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Victim Location FL 34145, USA
Total money lost $141,000
Type of a scam Online Purchase

Scammer 'advertised' a boat on Boattrader.com. We corresponded approx. 1 week via email, asked many questions about the boat, which he answered. Scammer did not give us his phone number. He said boat was to be purchased through 'Amazon Secure Payment', which we researched and felt was legitimate. He sent us a 'link' to sign in, along with information where the money was to be transferred to. The link had Amazon's logo and typical font. It appeared legitimate. We created our username (our email) and password, (which was a number generated by an 'invoice number'). Once we did this, his bank information was then accessible, which included the bank routing and account number, oddly with no reference to Amazon. (Having never done a purchase this size through Amazon, it didn't occur to me that the bank wasn't affiliated with Amazon). Once we transferred the funds, the receipt was uploaded to the 'link' he provided (which we thought was Amazon). We then told him the wire transfer was complete, and asked about delivery of the boat. He told us Amazon will generate a confirmation number and email it to us. That never happened. We contacted Amazon and were told they had no record of the sale. We also reached out to our bank to try to recover the funds. We emailed the 'seller' again to inquire about the confirmation as well as boat delivery, and his email bounced back. We've not heard back, our money is gone!

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