I just want to make the community aware that if doing open ended web searches via any search engine for 1993 Cobras that are for sale, be VERY AWARE of who the Seller is and the selling platform! RESEARCH thoroughly before putting any deposit down or paying for a vehicle that can't be seen in person. Get the most info available about the Seller and/or Business!
During my searches of 1993 Cobras for Sale via Google, I came across this link to an online Seller website called "Ninja-Cars" that is set up like a Carvana type of "sell & deliver" platform. The ad listing had no VIN and only (12) photos of the vehicle.
https://ninja-cars.com/listing/1993-for ... svt-cobra/
I've never heard of "Ninja-Cars", but the name alone was a little weird to me. Of course anyone can have off the wall business names, but again to me, it was a flag because I've never heard of the platform, there's no VIN listed and their site seems to be "linked" to many vehicles. Being even more curious, I reached out via their online form the 3rd week of January 2022. I received an email (attached) back from a "Leonard Mendez" ([email protected]) on 01/24/2022 saying that the car was still available for $29,000 with "nationwide shipping is provided free of charge". He stated and provided that additional photos were accessible via his supplied Google photos link:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipM ... FSV1h4bjVn
Now having access to the VIN (1FACP42D4PF142008) from the provided photo album, I plugged it into Google. The returned result showed this Cobra was recently sold via BAT on August 18, 2021 for $32k:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1993- ... -cobra-34/
Every single picture found in the "Ninja-Cars" (Leonard's) Google photo album appears to be stolen from BAT. Even the description provided in the Ninja-Cars ad listing is nearly identical to the BAT listing.
Upon further research, I hit on this website called Scam-Detector where a user can input a website name to determine its legitimacy. Scam-Detector is confirming that the Ninja-Cars website may be a sham operation. Based on what I am finding online, Ninja-Cars is trying to lure and scam people into paying for vehicles that DO NOT EXIST on their platform, nor do they have a legit connection to the vehicle listed because they are images taken from other sites about the web:
https://www.scam-detector.com/validator ... om-review/
When searching for reviews about this business, someone has even been clever enough to set up all positive reviews on Trust Pilot to make it look like they are a legitimate operation:
NinjaCars is rated "Excellent" with 4.4 / 5 on Trustpilot
Please be VERY CAREFUL out there when seeking a 1993 Cobra (or other Mustang) to purchase, or any other vehicle for that matter...
During my searches of 1993 Cobras for Sale via Google, I came across this link to an online Seller website called "Ninja-Cars" that is set up like a Carvana type of "sell & deliver" platform. The ad listing had no VIN and only (12) photos of the vehicle.
https://ninja-cars.com/listing/1993-for ... svt-cobra/
I've never heard of "Ninja-Cars", but the name alone was a little weird to me. Of course anyone can have off the wall business names, but again to me, it was a flag because I've never heard of the platform, there's no VIN listed and their site seems to be "linked" to many vehicles. Being even more curious, I reached out via their online form the 3rd week of January 2022. I received an email (attached) back from a "Leonard Mendez" ([email protected]) on 01/24/2022 saying that the car was still available for $29,000 with "nationwide shipping is provided free of charge". He stated and provided that additional photos were accessible via his supplied Google photos link:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipM ... FSV1h4bjVn
Now having access to the VIN (1FACP42D4PF142008) from the provided photo album, I plugged it into Google. The returned result showed this Cobra was recently sold via BAT on August 18, 2021 for $32k:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1993- ... -cobra-34/
Every single picture found in the "Ninja-Cars" (Leonard's) Google photo album appears to be stolen from BAT. Even the description provided in the Ninja-Cars ad listing is nearly identical to the BAT listing.
Upon further research, I hit on this website called Scam-Detector where a user can input a website name to determine its legitimacy. Scam-Detector is confirming that the Ninja-Cars website may be a sham operation. Based on what I am finding online, Ninja-Cars is trying to lure and scam people into paying for vehicles that DO NOT EXIST on their platform, nor do they have a legit connection to the vehicle listed because they are images taken from other sites about the web:
https://www.scam-detector.com/validator ... om-review/
When searching for reviews about this business, someone has even been clever enough to set up all positive reviews on Trust Pilot to make it look like they are a legitimate operation:
NinjaCars is rated "Excellent" with 4.4 / 5 on Trustpilot
Please be VERY CAREFUL out there when seeking a 1993 Cobra (or other Mustang) to purchase, or any other vehicle for that matter...
