alt Hacker News> Thieves often post stolen vehicles for sale on platforms like Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist
That seems like a stretch. That wouldn't even make sense for them to do. Strange claim to make.
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burkaman • last Tuesday at 6:43 PM
It's very common with bikes, it wouldn't surprise me if they do it with cars too. I found my own stolen bike for sale on Facebook but still wasn't able to recover it. They just use a stolen or anonymized Facebook account so you can't easily figure out who is selling it.
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DANmode • last Tuesday at 7:01 PM
Strange to speak so definitively about a world you clearly aren’t familiar with.
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>The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is urging New York City residents to exercise caution when purchasing cars online, as they have recently identified a surge in the sale of stolen vehicles.
>As of Oct. 15 (2024), the DMV reports that it has recovered 228 stolen vehicles amounting to a value of $6.35 million. Of the 228 vehicles recovered this year, 149 were purchased by an unsuspecting victim after seeing a post on Facebook Marketplace or a similar site.
That is 65% of recovered stolen vehicles in New York was sold through online marked places.
https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2024/10/stolen-vehicles-...