Long Island man scammed by fake website months after real business reported imposters to feds

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A Long Island man says he was scammed out of $25,000 by someone impersonating a real business online.

NEW YORK — A Long Island man thought he was buying a rare classic car online, but he says he ended up sending $25,000 to a scammer impersonating a real business.The real business owner says he reported the imposter website to federal law enforcement weeks ago, so why is the listing still up? CBS News New York investigative reporter Tim McNicholas went searching for answers.

The agency says sometimes, if the FTC gets a lot of complaints about sites, it seeks court orders to remove them, but that can take months.If you ask the FTC, customers are better off sending evidence of the fraud to website hosts and search engines.

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