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Is Vinenterprise a Scam? Vehicle History Website

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Is Vinenterprise a Scam? Vehicle History Website

I received a text from (385)444-4582 with a link to Vin Enterprise located at vinenterprise.com. The website, vinenterprise.com, is new and was registered 45 days ago. It seems a suspected scammer texted my number that was pulled from my Craigslist ad for a vehicle I am selling. He set up an appointment and asked me for a "registry report" (not a common term used in Canada). He forwarded me to vinenterprise.com. I did some research and suspected it was not legitimate.

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I assumed the best of the suspected scammer and got a much more trusted Carfax report instead. Suspected scammer did not accept this and asked me to use vinenterprise.com instead.

Vehicle sale location is in Vancouver BC and he used a (559) phone number ending in 2710.

Also suspiciously, when trying to confirm the meeting time to view the vehicle, he randomly responded that he is from California and did not have time to change his number (I never asked why his number is 559). I never suspected this to be a scam until he said this.

He is likely doing this to many auto sales that have phone numbers open and accidentally responded to the wrong text.

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Sep 5, 2021 at 2:52 PM by an anonymous user from: Metro Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

vinenterprise.com has been changed to vinsuperinfo.com. Same scam.

Jun 10, 2021 at 8:21 PM by an anonymous user from: Pocatello, Idaho, United States

We are selling our motorcycle and got the same type of text from a 913 area code in the Kansas City area. We live in southeastern Idaho and we had the same type of conversation with a Tyler. He was very aggressive with his texting and demanding we send a VE report. We had no idea what a VE report was and asked for him to explain. He said we could obtain it from www.vin-enterprises.com. And then he sent a bit.ly link to the report, which, of course, we did not touch. He stated he wanted an appointment for tomorrow and he was just 24 mintues away from us. We asked what city he lived in and he said Eagle. The only Eagle is over 200 miles away on the western side of the state a suburb of Boise. We told him to call us to discuss and he stated he was an EMT and worked 24 hour shifts and couldn't call and meanwhile please send the report!!! Thank goodness for my husbands intuition and the feeling of another scammer! Hope this helps.

Jun 13, 2021 at 3:56 PM by an anonymous user from: Madison, Wisconsin, United States

We just had the exact same thing happen today! Same story, same number, different name. I only wish we had researched and followed our intuition. P****d beyond belief!

Jun 10, 2021 at 5:28 PM by an anonymous user from: Metro Vancouver, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Just got a similar text from a Kansas City Area Code. I'm in Vancouver. Her name was 'Ashley'. 'She' asked what mechanical work had been done on the car. 'She' asked for a Vin-enterprises report. I looked it up, and sure enough, came across this site. I asked 'Ashley' where 'she' was texting from. 'She' said Vancouver. When I asked what neighbourhood, 'she' said Knight. There is a Knight street, but it is hardly a neighbourhood. When I called 'Ashley' out, she stopped texting.

Jun 9, 2021 at 8:24 PM by an anonymous user from: North End, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

lol, exact same thing here. Name was Bailey, wanted me to use the same website. First thing I noticed was "For complains email:complains-" I think they mean complaints. I to did a search for vin-enterprises scam and seen all this. Told him to basically get bent.
He called it a "VS" report and I stumbled across VS Enterprises based in New Delhi. The phone number used was 313-329-0848 which is registered in Southfield Michigan, and in our conversation he tells me he is from London Ont. Regardless I am on the easy coast of Canada.

Jun 8, 2021 at 1:35 PM by an anonymous user from: Downtown, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

June 8th, 2021 - I had similar in Calgary AB, text from 313-241-5781 (Chicago) asking for vin-enterprises.com report. I sent CarFax but insisted on vin- ... and that he was ready to come down with "cashiers check" an American terminology. Asked if he was local and replied he was from Bassano AB. 100% scammer.

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