MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - A car buyer from California lost $63,000 dollars by doing business with a fake dealership on the Internet – a dealer which claimed to have a showroom in Madison. The 31-year-old man was planning to buy a Range Rover from a place called Solan Motors. Police said the Web site looked legitimate enough, but the dealer was never at the address it listed – 350 Atlas Avenue. Police spokesman Joel DeSpain said people who live in Madison never heard of Solan Motors – and the California man was let in on that fact when he went to Madison Police after trying to pick up the vehicle. He was buying the Rover for his brother in Cambodia. The victim said he ever negotiated with a salesman who sounded totally legitimate on the phone. The buyer was going to drive the vehicle back to California, then ship it overseas. His brother wired $63,000 to a bank account – and the scammers already withdrew it by the time the buyer came to get his purported vehicle. Police tracked the scammer to Kiev in the Ukraine.
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Stupid and blood money?
There are many foolish people on this planet, but this man is one of the most foolish of all. How dumb could you be, buying a car over the phone or the Internet. The sad thing is that the buyer wired the money to the crook before seeing the car physically. I could understand if this is a transaction for an iPhone or a laptop computer, but a range rover? Hmmmmm
This dummy Cambodian man might just immigrate to the US. He doesn't know and feel the taste of the scammers in the USA yet. There're a lot of bad people out there waiting for your money. His brother must be a corrupted man in Cambodia to have so much money to buy a new car. Rich Cambodian men in Cambodia can get a car from the USA in less than a week to ship to their house.
What is the matter with his guy who tries to buy a big item like car and never test drive? Are you stupid or moreon? Even the small car dealer I won't stop by to look. Even Car Max I won't buy from them because I'm not sure their cars are new or used. I rather go to other car dealers like Toyota, Lexus, Honda, etc...
Good luck Brother.
lesson to be learned! don't do large transaction on the internet. it's better to walk in person into a car dealer or a bank to do large sum transaction, you know!
there's a lot of scammers out there nowadays, so do not do any large sum of money without proper notary, etc! learn from banks, they always do the right way at the bank, you know!
Wonder why khmer people are belittle by others because of ignorance.
scam like this could happen to anyone, so, don't be biased against only khmer people, ok!
This guy is beyond stupidity. Nevertheless, I love to see his bank account.
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