[speeder]

Never, ever let strangers from CL or anywhere else know where you live. Never. There is absolutely no upside to it and massive potential downside. CL provided you with an anonymous email address that hides your true one. Never give out your true email address, there is no legitimate reason to do this.

It’s a well setup site with fraud protections built in, unless you defeat them as you did. When I’m selling anything, I meet them down the street somewhere with room to park two vehicles next to each other. Anyone legit will appreciate your security measures because they would do the same thing. If they buck in any way, stop communication and block them. There is always another (legitimate) buyer.

Since I’m on a roll and others might read this in the future, when I sell a vehicle on CL, I do not list the VIN in the ad. I will provide it via text to anyone who asks. People asking for your VIN are looking to run a carfax or other VIN check. Anyone who asks you to click a link and run a check on it for them is a scammer, block them immediately. If someone asks for a photo of the title, they will get it with all personal info covered with a business card, (blank), not blurred out. Etc., etc… You need to use your gut as well but never get lazy with the protocols.