The most common craigslist car scam is where you get a buyer at full asking price, they send you a check for that amount plus $900 or so shipping fee and you disburse to the shipper who never shows up and the check you got bounces.
Thanks for the heads up!
I can see a potential buyer asking if you have a CARFAX report, a more or less standard commercial product. Sending emails hoping drive sales of what are probably just altered copies of another car’s CARFAX report is obviously a scam.
If you have 15, say, potential buyers, it does not make sense for all of them to invest in a CARFAX report the seller could have obtained, but I would be wary of someone asking for any other specific product.
Thank you for sharing your experience—you educated a lot of people with it.
Sucker. Report cost is on the buyer, not the seller.
Get a carfax report and keep it. If someone wants it send it.