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Car Warranty Fraud

drizzellla — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:45:47 GMT

There is so much fraud it is getting crazy. I got a phone call (I could barely understand the lady). She claimed to be from my car dealer regarding my car warranty. I wondered why the dealer would have a lady that had difficulty speaking English calling customers regarding their warranty.

As she is talking all I could think about was that it was such a large dealer, they could not find a job that she would be better suited. But I let her talk. Then I understood the word warranty. And said I just had the car into the dealer for inspection. And everything was fine with the warranty and hung up. Three days later I got a letter about my warranty expired and I was to call to reinstate the warranty.

Wonder how they got all my information. From the dealer or the Warranty Company?

I can't help but wonder how many people might fall for their pitch. Or maybe I will fall for it in a few years.

Re: Car Warranty Fraud

CelticCrafter — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:46:37 GMT

Why did you answer the phone?

We don't answer the phone, all those car warranty letters go right into the shredder basket and the e-mails get deleted without even reading.

Re: Car Warranty Fraud

Meowingkitty — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:46:21 GMT

I keep getting snail mail from Endurance saying my warranty on my 2026 Kia is expired. I just bought it in March and I have a 10 year 100,000 warranty. They must think I'm stupid.

Re: Car Warranty Fraud

drizzellla — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:04:40 GMT

@CelticCrafter wrote:
Why did you answer the phone?

We don't answer the phone, all those car warranty letters go right into the shredder basket and the e-mails get deleted without even reading.

The phone number that appeared on my phone was similar to the number of my dealer.

Re: Car Warranty Fraud

Kachina624 — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:27:02 GMT

I get letters for a warranty on my car and it's 23 years old!

Re: Car Warranty Fraud

Tori3569 — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:08:21 GMT

It's time for everyone to stop answering their phones (especially a land line) and stop reading their junk or spam mail folder. It should also be fairly easy to spot a junk email in one's inbox.

Re: Car Warranty Fraud

Venezia — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:18:47 GMT

@drizzellla wrote:
@CelticCrafter wrote:
Why did you answer the phone?

We don't answer the phone, all those car warranty letters go right into the shredder basket and the e-mails get deleted without even reading.

The phone number that appeared on my phone was similar to the number of my dealer.

And there's the issue. Scammers deliberately make the number seem similar.

We haven't had any spam calls on our landline for several years now, but in the past three weeks, they've been happening daily. Most of them with a local area code. I don't answer and I block them.

I'm on the DoNotCall Registry, but for some reason they're still getting through. We also have a call blocker on our phone. I'll have to check to see if it's somehow been turned off.

I do wonder, if many of these are calls from politicians or campaign offices, given the upcoming elections. They always seem to get through!

Re: Car Warranty Fraud

Mz iMac — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:33:55 GMT

@Venezia "I'm on the DoNotCall Registry, but for some reason they're still getting through."

Because it only stops scam calls from WITHIN the USofA. 99.9% of scam calls comes from overseas.

Re: Car Warranty Fraud

kze — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:13:08 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
@Venezia "I'm on the DoNotCall Registry, but for some reason they're still getting through."
Because it only stops scam calls from WITHIN the USofA. 99.9% of scam calls comes from overseas.

@Mz iMac

And it only works for legitimate telemarketers.

Re: Car Warranty Fraud

kze — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:16:15 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
I get letters for a warranty on my car and it's 23 years old!

@Kachina624

Mine is 23 years old too with 75,000 original miles!!

Re: Car Warranty Fraud

Desertdi — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:26:30 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
I get letters for a warranty on my car and it's 23 years old!

@Kachina624

I got a note on my fence...offering me $100,000 for the house...

Re: Car Warranty Fraud

Kachina624 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:17:07 GMT

@Desertdi. I've got 56,000 miles and it always starts.

Re: Car Warranty Fraud

Desertdi — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:11:12 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@Desertdi. I've got 56,000 miles and it always starts.

@Kachina624

I make U-turns the "old fashioned way".....(grab the spokes on the steering wheel and give it a good yank).

That usually wipes out all those button "indicators" that show on the dash.

Ya know -- those "things" that give you the ratio of air to gasoline in the fuel injector...like I really care what THAT means.

Re: Car Warranty Fraud

kaydee50 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:28:13 GMT

I keep getting snail mail for car insurance. Haven't owned a car in 10 years. Where do they get their information???

Re: Car Warranty Fraud

Mz iMac — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:10:47 GMT

@Desertdi

Re: Car Warranty Fraud

Estellee — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:14:35 GMT

I receive those car warranty letters all the time. Lately it's been the ones that want to buy your home. They even send a check for you to cash if interested.