by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 3, 2025 | Scam of the day
Car dealer cloning occurs when a scammer sets up a website or social media profile as a legitimate car dealer. The website and social media posts use images and photographs of legitimate car dealers to make them look legitimate and, with the increased availability of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 8, 2024 | Scam of the day
Every car has a Vehicle Identification Number or VIN that is unique for each car. Scammers are taking photos of the VIN number which can be found just below the windshield on the driver’s side of a car that is the same make, model and year of a car that the...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 23, 2023 | Scam of the day
The recent storms that ravaged parts of the country particularly in the Northeast have opened the door to a scam that often follows storm damage through extensive rain or hurricanes, namely the sale of storm damaged cars. In the past, the Massachusetts Registry of...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 28, 2022 | Scam of the day
Just as about everything else we do today has migrated online so has buying a used car, however, buying a used car, which is always an activity ripe for scams, is particularly susceptible to scams when you are buying a used car online. This doesn’t mean that...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 25, 2022 | Scam of the day
Due to a computer chip shortage, automobile manufacturers are producing fewer new cards and many consumers are turning to buying a used car. A problem about which people often are unaware involves the sale of used cars that were damaged in a storm or hurricane. In...
