SCAM ALERT! Vehicle History Report Scam

#WiseChoices Founder/Consumer Investigator Andy Wise warns consumers who are selling their cars online to look out for scammers trying to use fake vehicle history sites to rip them off.

[randypsppinkney]

This is literally happening to me right now! Thank you so much!

[m.m]

5 years later and this video still helped me out. Thanks!

[cc.]

This is literally happened to me. THANK YOU SO MUCH for your information. You SAVE my life from those scammers!

[HumanityandUnity]

This actually happening to me right now, I was suspicious and start looking up and end up on your YouTube. Thank you you saved me and others .

[jodar]

Good comments. I have bought and sold many cars online for years. Two corrections here...
1) The free Carfax report does not tell you ANYTHING. It is worthless. It says 10, 15, 20 reports found. It does not tell you if it has been in an accident or how many owners. To get any real report, you have to pay for the reports!!
2) You are NOT responsible to provide anyone any report when you are selling your car at all!! Let the buyer pay and get their own report. That is what I did when I was buying cars from private owners. I paid to get the reports. Many times I also did NOT buy the cars based on those reports. However you are responsible to provide your vehicle's VIN so the potential buyers can get their own report.

[jrusao]

Thank you for this video! I had a “buyer” request this report. After watching your video I told him he could print his own report and shove it.

[mattorey]

I’ve worked in the automotive industry for years, and have bought and sold many vehicles, and this scam was pretty tough to sniff out the first time. Luckily because I work in the industry I was able to offer a free carfax, and when they declined that and insisted on another site that set off the alarm bells. Very we thought out scam that’s going to trick a lot of inexperienced sellers.

[aliciak]

Thanks, I knew it was suspicious as soon as I saw the fee. Thanks again for alerting people

[shawnjohn]

Thank you Andy for looking out for all of us!! I greatly appreciate that.

[keepitbasik]

Yeah I had 4 people contact me about getting a report history for my vehicle. The funny thing is I already have one printed and have one to show the buyer when I see him in person but they still want me to go pay for one on their website. Damn Scammers!!!

[HaulTrashGetCash]

I havent sold a car in while, but am glad i did my homework. I just posted an ad for my car on CL and the amount of these requests is ridiculous. Thanks for the video!

[Tenorsaxer]

Thanks! I’m selling my car and this person immediately asked for a VS report. I asked what that was then they gave me the link. This was from someone showing a Michigan phone number yet I live in Ontario, Canada. They weren’t phased by me saying we can meet at the police station for any interactions. After watching your video I can see this would have been a virtual scam and no one would have ever showed up. Thanks for sharing this important info!!

[hanokikiel]

Thank you for this! I almost got scammed; my cynicism and your video saved me.

[ChelseaParkinson-oy]

THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! It is currently happening to me right now with two different 'interested buyers' I am so glad I felt the red flag and researched this further. You're right, as soon as you provide the carfax, they stop replying.

[RollinRetro]

Had some dude try to guilt trip me into buying a report. Printed one from VIN data and sent him the report. Then he was saying "I need it from this website, not the one you used." So I told him "You can buy that one yourself then." And left it at that.

[smitdoshi]

Actually i was gonnna give these guys reports from their provided link. Thank god you saved me from this scam. I posted my car on kijiji and all of sudden i’m receiving lot msg from them and one thing common in these people is they would ask for vehicle history report from their specific site

[Linda-xjoq]

Thanks for taking the time to post that scam. You Saved us.

[darinsun]

Thank you for this video!! This just happened to me and it didn’t seem right, and I blocked them and didn’t click on the link.

[pattyalbright]

Thank You! We have received two of these demands this week on our Craigslist post! Thank You! Just knew it was fishy!

[nikolaybertman]

Happened to me today. They said that a money is not a problem just give me a report. They even sent me a direct link for that website. Thank you for a video!!!