The scam begins with someone pretending to be interested in purchasing a vehicle and contacting a seller, normally through either Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said on social media.
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A scam that began in Southern California toward the end of 2023? Not hardly, this has been around for years and years now. I can remember my dad telling me when I was selling a truck to not let anybody fuck with anything under the hood unless I was watching them, and that was back in the '80s.
