Recent content by was_scammed

I know. Really big mistake and I learned my lesson. It's a car that I owe, it's not made anymore, and I have been trying to get a "newer" one. They sell really fast and I have been trying for a long time. Driven by emotion I wasn't as diligent as I should have been. I did check a lot of things...

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The title is from the real previous owner, not from the guy that bought from her or his friend who sold to me. I understand that private sales are as-is, but my understanding is that's related to condition/defects. In this case, the seller purposely altered the odometer, forged a smog...

It was 6 days ago. I have the title, and had already filled it out and started online DMV transfer. When they responded asking for a smog certificate is when I realized something was off, as the guy had said smog had been done and handed me a forged certificate.

California. No matter how careful I tried to be, still fell for it and paid double what the car was worth it. The odometer had been rolled back to 25% of real mileage, and I only realized it after the fact. Seller canceled phone number, I failed to pull my own carfax and trusted the one from...