Found a car on craigslist but going to deal with by eBay does this sound like a scam?

[Kittysue]

SCAM
Here is Craiglist's warning about this exact scam http://houston.craigslist.org/i/autos?&category=cta/
Here is Ebay's warning http://pages.motors.ebay.com/buy/security/index.html

Craigslist is ONLY for face to face CASH transactions or you are always being scammed. And NEVER buy a car unless you meet the seller and check that the name on his license matches the name on the title -- Craigslist is loved by thieves who steal a car, quickly list it for sale at a cheap price, then sell you the stolen vehicle

Ebay protection ONLY applies to cars that are listed for auction ON EBAY, you bid ON EBAY, you win the auction ON EBAY and you pay ON EBAY with your linked Paypal account. It does not deal with Craigslist or any other site

In Maine you cannot buy a car unless you and the seller meet in person as you are both required to sign a Bill of Sale at the same time for the ownership to be transferred to you. The car cannot leave the state until you both have met and signed the bill of sale so he cannot ship the car to you and no shipping company would ship the car without a copy of the Bill of Sale. Otherwise that car does not belong to you - you are sending money but the car still belongs to the seller and he doesn't have to give it to you as there is no signed Bill of Sale

If the car were in Maine it would be listed on Craigslist in Maine, not your city. You are not allowed to list anything on Craiglist unless the item is physically in that location. So it's against Craigslist's rules for him to list a car in your city if the car isn't physically in your city

Report this ASAP to Craigslist and never buy any car until you have seen it AND verified in person that the seller's ID is the same name as on the title