Possible signs of fraud when buying a car at a car dealership are the company’s short operating period, the minimum authorized capital and number of employees, as well as the desire to receive advances from the customer. the final parameters of the process. This was told socialbites.ca by the head of the Avtocriminalist expert center Maxim Shelkov.
“One of the highlights is that in such a car dealership, you never have to give up anything of your own before the final terms of the deal are explained. Before making a down payment, prepayment, registering a car for exchange, you should wait for the final terms of the transaction and carefully study the prepared documents, ” shelkov explained to socialbites.ca.
According to him, unscrupulous car dealers often persuade the customer to pay an advance or return his car while waiting for the loan application to be approved. Shelkov argued that if he did, it would be called unacceptable terms for the loan and it would be very difficult to return the situation to its original position.
It’s also a good idea to ask the car dealership for a sample contract to study at home. Honest car dealers likely won’t turn down such a request, while scammers noted they wouldn’t allow the paperwork to be issued. It is also necessary to ensure that some pages of the contract are not changed during the signing process.
“Even before visiting a car dealership, you should carefully study the reviews on the Internet, especially negative ones. Pay attention to the working conditions, check the date of establishment of the legal entity, the authorized capital and the number of employees. If the registered capital is 10-50 thousand rubles, this is not serious for a large car dealership,” he said.
Earlier in an interview with dealers socialbites.ca in your name Audi and Volkswagen cars are parallel import bestsellers.