Cars & Transport
Fake vehicle listings, warranty calls, and shipping cons.
Auto-Loan Refinance / 'Lower Your Payment' Scam
A caller or mailer promises to slash your car payment through refinancing but requires upfront fees or your account details, delivering nothing or a worse loan.
Read the guide →Auto-Transport / Car-Shipping Deposit Scam
A car-shipping 'broker' offers a low quote, takes a deposit, and either never ships your vehicle or holds it for inflated fees.
Read the guide →Curbstoning / Title-Washing (Fake Private Car Sale)
An unlicensed dealer poses as a private seller to unload cars with hidden salvage, flood, or odometer problems, often with a 'washed' title hiding the history.
Read the guide →EV-Charger QR 'Quishing' Scam
Fraudulent QR stickers placed on EV chargers send drivers to fake payment pages that steal card details instead of starting a charge.
Read the guide →Parking-Ticket / E-Citation Phish
A fake parking ticket or e-citation — by text, email, or a QR sticker on a meter — links to a bogus payment page that steals your card.
Read the guide →Rideshare (Uber/Lyft) Driver-Account Phishing
A fake 'rideshare support' contact tricks drivers into sharing their login and one-time code, hijacking their account and diverting earnings.
Read the guide →Vehicle 'Recall — Confirm Your Info' Phish
A fake recall notice urges you to 'confirm your information' or pay a fee to schedule urgent repairs, phishing your data or money for a recall that's free.
Read the guide →VIN / Vehicle-History Report Copycat-Fee Scam
A 'seller' insists you buy a vehicle-history report from a specific copycat site that charges your card and captures data while showing a fake clean report.
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