How these scams work

Reports are filed under the pattern they follow. Most operations run more than one of these, and several change pattern once a phone number becomes well known.

Fake dealership

A business that does not exist as a dealership: a website, a phone number and sometimes a rented lot, with no licence and no inventory.

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Financing fraud

The financing terms on the executed contract differ materially from what was agreed at signing.

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Business identity theft

The operation trades under the name, address or licence number of a real, unconnected business.

1 listing