We have put together a list of tips to help protect consumers from any fraudulent ads that may have made it onto the Cars.com site and other internet scams when it comes to buying or selling a car on-line.
Every day I talk to customers who ask the question, " How did you get my bank account, credit card account or PayPal account information? I don't know who or what Cars.com is".
I speak with a lot of people throughout the day with questions about an email they received or a conversation they had with someone and they all wanted to know if they were dealing with someone who was legit or not. So I thought I would give everyone guidelines to help identify a scam whether your a seller or buyer.
In today's day and age people text more than they talk to each other. So it wouldn't be unusual to receive text messages for leads. However what better way for a fraudster to scam someone; you don't have the face-to-face contact that you once had, you don't have to talk to anyone and you can use a phone service to send text messages for you. What can be done to avoid these types of scams.
A salvaged title means that the vehicle at some point in time has been claimed a total loss by the insurance company (damage exceeded 50-75% of its actual cash value). Depending on the state, recovered stolen vehicles are issued salvaged titles and government agency vehicles are sometimes issued salvaged titles for vehicles that they have used and are now replacing with new vehicles.
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