Automobile Fraud: Fraud Warning Indicators
The following is a list of dealer activities which may signal possible fraud in your automobile transaction for either purchase or lease of a vehicle in California. If any of these things have happened to you, and you suspect that you are the victim of a fraud please call us at 1-888-395-3666 or you may contact us by e-mail.
• Selling you a vehicle that was previously repurchased from a prior owner as a lemon without full disclosure to you
• Selling you a vehicle that was previously salvaged as a total wreck without full disclosure to you
• Selling you a vehicle that had previously been used as a rental vehicle without full disclosure to you
• Failing to provide you with a written contract in the language in which you negotiated the transaction, specifically in Spanish, Vietnamese or Tagalog as well as certain other languages specific,
• Prematurely selling your trade-in vehicle and then later trying to undo the transaction
• Improperly calculating the negative equity on your trade-in
• Switching you from a sale to a lease without full disclosure
• Charging more than the advertised price for the vehicle
• Failing to disclose to you the vehicle history including records of all substantial accidents causing considerable damage
