[devane617]

A guy from Waco, 100 miles south of Dallas, made a deal to be a car via the internet. He and his girlfriend drives to Dallas towing a trailer to haul the car back to Waco. He was ambushed, and killed for the money. This is a situation that happens daily, and all should use caution when making these transactions.

[mmyers]

Craigslist is the #1 site for fraud and theft.

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[NonValueAdded]

Sounds like the makings of a plot for Criminal Minds. Beware if the seller insists on cash.

[skinkinthegrass]

...sound advice.
only make the deal @ the Courthouse/Police Station Parking lot....or no $$$$$ @ the initial meeting.

....talk about a real set-up. :/

[fieldmarshaldj]

Prayers for the man and his family. May he rest in peace. And sadly, caveat emptor.

[PGalt]

Condolences to Christian Marton’s family and friends.

[Disambiguator]

I was trying to sell a car a couple years ago, and some guy called and wanted me to drive the car 35 miles one way to where he was (in a bad part of ABQ) so he could check the car out, because he “didn’t have transportation”. I basically laughed him off and hung up the phone.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

bookmark

[CCCnative]

Years ago my x-wife was selling a Porsche 912. A perspective buyer took it out for a test drive - for 5 hours across the state. The car wasn’t technically stolen ‘cause the driver was given the keys. He was finally stopped and found with a loaded pistol under the seat... Nice car though.

[windcliff]

ping

[Liz]

Online activity can be tracked very, very easily.

Just as an example-—an infamous serial murderer was nabbed b/c the stupid killer downloaded a map from the internet which the ignoramus sent to the police to taunt them.

The creep attempted to cover his tracks.....he had no idea how easily online activity can be traced.

[seacapn]

I recall reading recently that the murder rate is going up in Texas over recent years. I never thought I’d call the state “soft on crime,” but clearly the measures being taken now to fight violent crime aren’t working. Rick Perry better brew something up, quick.

[GovernmentShrinker]

It doesn’t happen to people use some common sense when shopping on the Internet. Who buys a car from some random person they met on the Internet? Ever hear of cars.com? You can find any car you want from a legitimate dealer, and purchase it at that dealer’s location. Totally apart from the extreme outcome of this case, the likelihood of ending up with a stolen car is huge in a scenario like this.

[PAR35]

Occasional murders in that area, but not a particularly bad part of town.

[Sherman Logan]

What exactly is the difference between this scenario and buying a car from a private individual through an ad in the classifieds or one of those little car shopper mags?

Which millions of people do every year.

[TxCopper]

Holy S. I didn’t hear about that. And that location is 1 mile from my home.

[Alouette]

I purchased a vehicle from autotrader.com but that was from a dealership.

[HiTech RedNeck]

To be a car?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Was this a rough area of the town? I am unfamiliar with the Dallas area.

[Ciexyz]

Oh, my.