The RV-selling scams working in Florida right now — fake cashier's checks, escrow cons, shipping overpayments — and the simple rules that make you unscammable.
1. The overpayment check: a "buyer" sends a cashier's check for more than your price and asks you to refund the difference. The check bounces in 5–10 days — after your bank let you withdraw against it. 2. The fake escrow site: professional-looking "escrow service" the buyer insists on; it is his website. 3. The shipping-agent con: sight-unseen buyer "working on an oil rig" whose "shipper" needs a wire from you first. 4. The test-drive theft: motorhome leaves for a test drive and never comes back. 5. The driveway renegotiation: not technically fraud — a strong phone quote that mysteriously drops $4,000 once the hauler is in your driveway and you are psychologically committed.
Never refund "overpayments." Never wire money to receive money. Never release the RV before funds are verified with the issuing bank — not just deposited. Meet unknown buyers at your bank, not your home. And get every offer in writing.
Verified payment handed to you at pickup, title processed properly with the state, an offer in writing that holds, and a phone number — 954-740-1983 — answered by the same person who quoted you. That is what a legitimate direct buyer looks like.
Photos to 954-740-1983 = firm same-day cash offer, free Florida pickup.