<![CDATA[Jalopnik: Scams]]> http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: Scams]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/scams http://jalopnik.com/tag/scams <![CDATA[Don't believe classified ads selling supercars for $29,000]]> You know it can't be true. Your brain tells you that selling a 2009 Nissan GT-R for $25,500 anywhere outside a salvage yard should raise multiple questions. But you call the number anyway. And that's where things get weird. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5834468&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Why you shouldn't drive when you're gravely ill]]> After a 46-year-old Montana cancer patient died in a 2009 traffic accident, insurer MetLife ruled he had committed suicide — and therefore his wife and children couldn't collect a $224,000 life insurance policy. It's not a one-time scam. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5780052&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[For $4,400, Wham-Bam-Z4 Scam?]]> The BMW Z4 took its predecessor's layout - twee two-seat roadster - and turned it up a notch. Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe M-edition is even notchier, but is its price notchy or nice? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5700642&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Glenn Beck To Fans: "Oh Lordy, Won't You Buy Me A Mercedes-Benz"]]> Back in 2003 Fox News' chief-crazy-question-asker Glenn Beck asked fans to each send him a dollar towards his personal purchase of a Mercedes-Benz S600. Beck even set up a still-active-to-this-day PayPal account to facilitate donations. Whatever happened to that? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5431380&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Scammers Using Toyota's Name To Rip Off Consumers]]> By way of Toyota's own Open Road Blog is word of a new scam using Toyota's name in vain to obtain financial info for use in identity theft and raiding bank accounts. The scam involves a letter and sometimes an included check branded with Toyota's logo. A couple of different forms of the scam are circulating — one of them involves a mystery-shopper program. Another is a about a lottery awarding free money and a Toyota vehicle. And let's be clear here — if you fell for this, we've got a Nigerian lottery we'd like to discuss with you. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=383624&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A Hummer Won't Get You The Love, Hummer You Really Want]]> As much as the Internet is powered by ads, you probably don't want to go too far down the Google AdWord rabbit hole because you might be frightened by what you find. In this case a search of Hummer served up a steamy ad claiming
"Most single men buy Hummers to impress women. The only women that a Hummer impresses are high maintaince goal diggers. Is this what you really want in your life?"
It's an excellent question. Is that what we want in our life? Maybe this site is offering guys a way out of merely buying their way into undergarments and offering them a chance to develop real character. It's not. What it's offering is wrong on so many levels. The full ad below the jump. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=375325&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Life Lesson #427: Don't Buy Parts From Registered Sex Offenders]]> Finding the right parts for your project car can be tough. Who can you trust these days? As we learned with the Unique Performance saga, even seemingly reputable businesses can turn out to be suspect. Things get even tricker when buying things over the web, as this horny car-jacking victim discovered. Thankfully, we've got television news investigators on our side. [My Fox Detroit] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=361854&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sub-Prime BMW Crisis?]]> Can't afford a brand-new BMW M6 Convertible? Neither can most people, as the car costs over $100,000. But a California woman thought that she could afford to lease one. She had a good credit history. She even plunked down her $30,000 life savings for a down payment. Trouble is that she's on a fixed income: a $2500 monthly disability check. And thats a problem when the monthly lease payment is $1300. Don't forget you still have to pay for insurance and other running costs. (And most people don't like living in their cars.) More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=355234&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Rules of the Road: How Not to Get Dehorsed When Buying a Car]]> The purchase of an automobile is one of the major financial decisions you'll make in your life. And if you're a reader of this site, it's probably one of the major decisions you make in your life, period. Unfortunately, unscrupulous car dealers are waiting to prey on ambitious consumers. The most insidious way this happens is through a process called "dehorsing" in which a customer loses both their new and used vehicle. And it's not illegal. More »
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