Please! Need Help with a scam

This is weird, I have questions...

OP can pay for a truck in cash but cannot get a lawyer?

Wouldn’t the bank that holds the title have the scammers real name and address?

Has the OP ever posted any pictures of the truck, the fake title, or something that shows how he got scammed (communications with scammer)?

It’s Friday right?

 

Ohh...most definitely

 

I think maybe his end game is to get a few laughs out of a made up story.

 

lol.... yeah, I’m sure the scammer would be shaking in his boots when threatened with legal action

 

Likely already spent the money. If the OP has contacted the bank that hold's the title they're out looking for it. Repo man never sleeps

 

Sounds like you're in posession of a stolen vehicle. It wasn't his, and it wasn't his to sell... so technically you didn't buy it.

And your story sounds like bullshit--as in, you're a willing participant to this theft.

 

I didn't read the entire thing but if the authorities told you to go pound sand I would buy a salvage fucked up Tacoma (with title) and slap the license plate on that bad boy and call it a day

 

I'd be hunting the seller down.

 

Yeah because getting pulled over, insuring, smogging and all the happy horse-shit is worth the trouble. The OP is going to take his licks at some point and it could be a he said she said.

 

Send the bank a bill by certified mail for storage fees on the vehicle. The monthly rate should quite high, but not laughable. Assuming you're keeping it in a garage, I'd say a private climate controlled secure building is worth $1000-$2000/mo.

That might get them to talk to you.

But you may want to pray they don't answer or respond. Then when the total bill equals the value of the truck, sue them for the bill and propose settlement for clean title.

 

I don't think it's stolen. I don't think banks report vehicles as stolen because the payments are not coming in.

 

It's repo bait at this point.

 

If so, this makes for a wonderful Friday bit

 

All the more reason to proactively tell the bank of OP's claims of storage fees due.

The letter he sends them should inform them any unauthorized removal of the vehicle will be criminally prosecuted as theft, and taken as acknowledgement of storage fees due.

He should also stress to the bank that agreement they have with their customer (e.g. right of entering property to reposess) does not apply to him. He is not their customer and has not conceded any rights to them.

It sounds like the bank is as baffled by this as OP is. He needs to be making good use of their confusion. Businesses who are owed money bluff people all the time and make claims they can't back up. Its time for OP to get his poker face on and start telling that bank how this thing is going to get resolved.

It might not work, but as long as he doesn't threaten anything criminal, he may as well bluff.

 

Sounds like quite the scam. Have you contacted the local authorities where he resides? I know you mentioned DA and interstate so I assume you’ve only contacted your local authorities. Anyways, if you contact his local authorities, they can go forward with fraud charges and maybe you can be placed into the victim fund or gain restitution. I doubt you’ll get fully reimbursed but it is a legitimate path that doesn’t leave you open as being part of the scam.

 

Not bullshit at all... I wish it was!

 

Actually feel bad for you man. I really hope there’s a resolution to this.

 

F'ing scammers smh !

 

I don’t get it, since November of this thread it’s been highly suggested that op see a lawyer and I don’t recall that being mentioned in an action taken.

Lawyers are crooks, imo, so it may take multiple attempts to find a solid one but still no mention.

also like to point out no mention of actual price paid. Mentioned the fact it’s a 35k truck but highly doubtful that’s what op paid when that price will get you a new off the lot. So what was the price? how good of a deal makes the sketchy sell/sale tempting for the op to Pursue in the first place. As of now I can only assume it was well below market to make it appealing in the first place

 

Just from reading this headache both u and the bank own this vehicle. Did you get the title notarized?

Also charge bank $500 a day for storage fee. You will get your $ back and they will play ball. @ksJoe (just read ur post, u said it better)