A woman has shared what she calls the \u201ccraziest thing\u201d that had ever happened to her and her husband\u2014and it all started with trying to sell a car on Facebook Marketplace.<\/p>\n
Kassi (@kassis.classy) explains in a pair of TikToks that the ordeal happened about a year and a half ago when her husband was trying to sell his 2011 Toyota Tundra. Despite some quirks, including a broken air conditioner, she says the truck was \u201creliable\u201d and \u201cnever left him on the side of the road stranded.\u201d<\/p>\n
It took two months before a potential buyer reached out. The man said he lived three hours away and asked to see the truck in person, which seemed like a good sign. But when he showed up, Kassi says, things immediately felt off.<\/p>\n
The story only got stranger from there.<\/p>\n
As of this writing, one of her videos walking through what happened next had racked up more than 80,000 views.<\/p>\n
What Happened?\u00a0<\/p>\n
When the buyer arrived, Kassi says she was surprised to see not one but two men get out of the car. She adds that it was clear from their accents and appearance that they weren\u2019t from the United States and suggests the man they had been messaging with had been catfishing them.<\/p>\n
That morning, Kassi and her husband had taken the truck for an hour-long drive and said it ran \u201cperfectly\u201d with \u201cno problems whatsoever.\u201d They\u2019d even cleaned it up so it was ready for the sale. But once the men started looking under the hood, Kassi says she got suspicious.<\/p>\n
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One of the men, who claimed to be a mechanic, kept the hood open while the other distracted her husband at the back of the truck. After they took the Tundra on a test drive, they returned claiming it was \u201cacting funny\u201d\u2014a problem Kassi says was \u201cuncharacteristic\u201d of the vehicle. She believes they tampered with the truck to make it seem like something was wrong with it.<\/p>\n
When the men offered to buy the truck for a quarter of the asking price, Kassi and her husband refused. After the men left, they discovered parts of the Tundra had been tampered with and called the police. Her husband then phoned the buyers back, pretending to accept their lowball offer, and when they returned, police were waiting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe men ended up getting arrested, and they were here illegally,\u201d Kassi says, adding that their trial wrapped up just weeks ago. \u201cI don\u2019t know what happened to the men, but I hope they never do it again to anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n
Identifying Scammers On Facebook Marketplace<\/p>\n
Spotting scammers on Facebook Marketplace can save you from a costly mistake. When selling a car, it\u2019s smart to watch for anything that feels off. In Kassi\u2019s case, the men she and her husband dealt with were playing a different game entirely.<\/p>\n
Most scammers<\/a> try to move<\/a> the conversation off Messenger, refuse to see the car in person, or pressure you into odd payment methods<\/a>. Some may push you to buy a vehicle report from a shady website designed to steal your credit card information. These are common red flags for anyone using Marketplace to buy or sell a car.<\/p>\n