ANDERSON, S.C. (WSPA) – We warned you about an online car selling scam in October that conned an Anderson County woman out of more than $1,000.
It is a story that hit a chord with an upstate businesswoman, who wanted to make sure the scammer didn’t have the last word.
When we first met Kimberley Land, it was hard for her to hold back the tears.
She told 7NEWS, “It was awful because that was me and my daughter’s stimulus. That’s all I had.”
Scammers pretending to sell a car on eBay Motors conned her out of $1,200.
Now those tears have returned thanks to the help of a longstanding Greer businesswoman named Darla Booher.
Booher said she once had no job, no car and young teen to take care of, just like Land. She wanted to replace Land’s money.
“I reached out to different community charities, and they were able to help me through a dark time, a very tough time, and I’ve always said, ‘if I make, it I’m going to pay it forward,’” Booher said.
Booher eventually bootstrapped her way from a penniless single mother to the owner of her own used car dealership, Deal Depot, where she met Land to let her know she is not alone.
“I wanted to tell you, Kimberley, that your story hit a chord with me. I moved here in 1988. A single mom and my son was 13 at the time. And I had an older car that was drinking transmission fluid and on its last leg, and when…
