CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC7 Chicago's I-Team is issuing an alert Friday about an increased risk of odometer fraud. It's up by almost 20% in recent years nationwide, and experts say it's a huge problem in ...
People commit odometer fraud for one simple reason – greed. Older cars, or those with high mileage, fetch less money. Clocking the mileage allows sellers to make more cash from unwitting buyers. This ...
Em Nguyen with Carfax says odometer fraud is happening more often. “Many people believe those new digital odometers are harder to rollback but that’s not true,” Nguyen said. “In fact, it’s tougher to ...
Em Nguyen with Carfax says odometer fraud is happening more often. “Many people believe those new digital odometers are harder to rollback but that’s not true,” Nguyen said. “In fact ...
“If you can roll the odometer back, you gain substantial value ... While some late-model cars have better protections against digital rollbacks, crooks are getting around those with a device ...
It has only 279 miles (449 km) on the odometer since new and is up for auction ... It has a few desirable options including a special digital sound package from Nokia, an automatic braking ...
That’s about 12,400 suspected odometer rollbacks,” she said. “Something like this that many people believe is that newer, digital odometers are harder to turn back in terms of mileage ...