How to report dealer fraud?

[wilkinda]

Originally Posted by jocatch Look, it is the same car because I was going to buy it. The VIN numbers match. The dealer had photos online of the car showing 250+ miles in July. Both the photos and the text writeup on the site showed 250+. I may still have the original photos on my home computer for when I thought I was going to buy that one. That is the car I was going to buy and the dealer talked me into it's twin, the one I actually bought, because "it has 250 miles and was driven by the owner". Now the site shows BOTH a photo and text saying 12. And all the other dozen or so photos are the same exact ones as before. I bet he figured it will be alot harder to sell a new car with 250 miles so backup the milage. It is illegal. The car now may have way more than the 250. If you look at a new car, you can't tell the difference between 12 miles and 500 miles unless you suspect something. When I picked up my car it was pouring rain, I tried to look it over good but not as good as I wanted. It was OK and it had 50 miles (according to the dealer, now I am not sure). And if he does it with one, he does it with others too. Its no skin off my nose, I just want to help others. This is the guy in Pittsbugh, I live in NY. I will never see this guy again. Joe Could also be the photos for the car with 250 miles got attached to the internet add for the car with the VIN# you saw with 12 miles. the dealers also have some protection as most internet ads have fine print stating the dealer is not responsible for errors in the advertisement. they have others come to dealers and take those pics and post the ads.

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[pascal]

Besides, how can you tell that the picture shot of an odometer belongs to a particular car?!?!
I don't now of any camera that can take a shot of the odometer, the VIN# and the over all car in the same frame, lol.

A video without frame cuts can maybe used as proof.

[TrickyRic]

In New Jersey the State Police has a Auto Unit that works very closely with MVC (DMV in most other states). I would think P.A. has a similar unit. They do investigate things like odometer tampering along with other related things.
I'd suggest you start with a phone call to the P.A. State Police and the P.A. DMV.

It could just be that some wiz-bang dealer employee responsible for posting their internet info failed to demonstrate attention to detail, or it could be an attempt to defraud. Either way I agree that trying to help protect a possilbe future Mustang owner is the right thing to do. If it's a simple clerical error that will quickly come to light, no harm done. If it is an attempted fraud, good job, if a dealer is doing this once you can bet it's happened many times before.

[ThisBlood147]

Oops. I saw it backwards. I thought it showed 12 miles on the odometer online but had 250 miles on it when you got there. Sorry, my reading comprehension was on reverse this morning.

[GrayGhost01GT]

mybe they dident update the information!

[TrickyRic]

Yes, that's what I suspect....but you never know.....