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EAST HARLEM – A man looking to buy a car online was scammed out of $2,500, the NYPD said.
The 32-year-old resident was looking for a car on eBay on Jan. 17 when he found a deal from a seller on the site, police said.
The seller apparently told the victim to pay him using Green Dot prepaid cards and he would deliver the car, police said.
The victim loaded the money onto several cards and paid the scammer online, police said.
Then he never heard back from the seller, he told police.
Police said the victim called eBay, who informed him the listing was a scam.
