Payment Invoice for Transaction

We have reports of car buyers receiving a scam email with a subject line of "Payment Invoice for Transaction ID# XXXXXXXX."  If you receive an email with this or a similar subject, please refrain from further correspondence with the seller.  Never wire money to a buyer or seller regardless of any assurances they make.

Cars.com is ONLY a classified listing service and NEVER is involved in payment between the seller and buyer.  Despite contrary appearances, this email was not sent by Cars.com.

SAMPLE FRAUD TRANSACTION EMAIL (Click on Image to Enlarge)

Comments

[Tom]

I recently received an email like the one Cars.com uses as an example. Something I noticed on the one I received is they sender has very poor grammar. I have seen other examples of scam emails and often they have poor english. If the way its typed sounds choppy or sounds like poor grammar, chances are its a scam.