| In this article we're going to cover one of the most | | | | that normally sells for about $21,000 on sale for an |
| common types of fraud and unfortunately the | | | | insane price of $17,000. As your eyes are bugging |
| easiest one to get away with.How many times has | | | | out of your head you grab the paper so you can |
| this happened to you? You see an ad in the paper | | | | show the exact car you want to the sales person |
| for something that's on sale for a ridiculously low | | | | and rush out of the house like a bat out of hell. Then |
| price. You rush down to the store to get this item | | | | you get to the dealership, and most likely because of |
| before it's gone and sure enough when you get | | | | the ad the place is packed and you're waiting an hour |
| there, no matter how early it is, the item is gone. | | | | for someone to even wait on you, and then finally |
| And then after you find this out the salesperson | | | | when you do get a hold of the sales person he |
| says to you something like, "But we have one just | | | | regrets to inform you that the car has already been |
| as good over here." Turns out the item is 4 times | | | | sold. Your jaw sinks to the floor but before you can |
| the cost and not as good. You're angry enough to | | | | turn to leave the sales person points to a model that |
| strangle someone. But ultimately you end up getting | | | | is very similar to the car you wanted. He tells you |
| the other item because you don't want the trip to be | | | | about all the wonderful features and then you notice |
| a total waste. This is known as the bait and switch | | | | the price tag is about $20,000. While it's less than |
| and is one of the most common types of fraud.The | | | | what the model normally goes for it's still nowhere |
| reason it is fraud is because the item in the paper | | | | close to what you were hoping to pay. But, because |
| never really existed. Oh, have a great time trying to | | | | you don't want the trip to be a total waste, you buy |
| prove that, because in most cases you can't, but it's | | | | the car. The bait and switch worked like it does so |
| fraud just the same. And it goes on everyday. The | | | | many times.There isn't really a lot you can do about |
| truth is, most of those too good to be true deals | | | | this. You can report it but most likely the dealership |
| that you see in the paper are most likely going to | | | | will have documents to prove that the original car in |
| turn out to be bait and switch items.Probably the | | | | the ad was sold. Your best prevention of this type |
| most common practitioners of this are car | | | | of fraud is just to be on the look out for it. If you |
| dealerships. Open up the paper and the ads are as | | | | see an ad in the newspaper that appears too good |
| large a whole page at times. And then you'll see a car | | | | to be true then most likely it is. |