Phony auto warranty renewal pitches appear to be one of the current most popular scams. They ring hundreds to a couple thousand dollars of payments out of people, who then typically find the "warranty" doesn't cover whatever problem they may have during the time they thought they were covered by the "warranty" they were paying for.
There are a whole bunch of these scams run out of Missouri that the Missouri Attorney General has recently sued, and also additional scammers reported pulling this from Las Vegas NV, Florida, Michigan, and New Jersey. They generally blindly call consumers, ignoring the Do Not Call list, or mail post cards, claiming that the consumer's warranty is about to expire and must be renewed immediately to ensure continued coverage. In reality, they have no idea whether the consumer has any existing warranty, or even owns a car.
A recent local TV news report on this scam reported that legitimate warranty companies would need to know the make and model of your vehicle, and would perform an inspection, before even quoting on a warranty, since those factors would affect what the likely claims costs might be. These outfits ignore all that, just demanding immediate payments of money, which is about as clear an indication as there is that they have no intention to pay any claims, making it a total fraud.
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C.Binkley
I too have received calls on a DAILY basis, sometimes 2 or 3 calls a day from one of the following numbers: 909-502-9101/909-502-9110 regarding car warranties. I want to scream! How can we get them to stop calling my cell phone????? I refuse to even pick up on them anymore, but all the same it's an annoiance.
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Phony auto warranty renewal pitches appear to be one of the current most popular scams. They ring hundreds to a couple thousand dollars of payments out of people, who then typically find the "warranty" doesn't cover whatever problem they may have during the time they thought they were covered by the "warranty" they were paying for.
There are a whole bunch of these scams run out of Missouri that the Missouri Attorney General has recently sued, and also additional scammers reported pulling this from Las Vegas NV, Florida, Michigan, and New Jersey. They generally blindly call consumers, ignoring the Do Not Call list, or mail post cards, claiming that the consumer's warranty is about to expire and must be renewed immediately to ensure continued coverage. In reality, they have no idea whether the consumer has any existing warranty, or even owns a car.
A recent local TV news report on this scam reported that legitimate warranty companies would need to know the make and model of your vehicle, and would perform an inspection, before even quoting on a warranty, since those factors would affect what the likely claims costs might be. These outfits ignore all that, just demanding immediate payments of money, which is about as clear an indication as there is that they have no intention to pay any claims, making it a total fraud.