Consumer Report: Carfax Scam

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8/8/2010

11:41pm

by CBS3’s Jim Donovan for KYW Newsradio 1060



When Amanda Hanson needed a new car she headed straight to the Internet and found a web site for America auto sales.

It claimed to be a Carfax certified dealership with an extensive list of repossessed cars at outrageously low prices.



She settled on a 2006 Chevy Cobalt and wired a deposit of more than $2,000 to the site.



Hanson: “What assured me of their reliability was the Carfax logo.”



But unfortunately for Amanda, the web site was a scam.



She was left $2,000 poorer and without a car.



One red flag that something was fishy was with the web site because Carfax doesn’t certify dealerships.



Chris Basso is with Carfax:



“These are trusted companies that consumers rely on, and they’re playing off that trust to dupe unknowing consumers.”