Top 3 Lost Car Title Scams

Mechanics Lien Scam
So what are the top three scams that are out there for getting lost replacement titles for vehicles for people the first one is a mechanic’s lien scam this is where a repair shop or body shop tells a client that they can get them a title for their car using a mechanic’s lien well the mechanic’s lien process is supposed to be used by a licensed body shop or repair shop to get a title for a car that somebody brought in for service and they didn’t pick up there are very clear representations have to be signed off on under penalties of perjury and documents have to be notarized in order to get that done when it’s done just to help somebody get a title for the car they already own that’s fraud and incorrect representations are made and it gets them a title that is an incorrect type of title there have been many many cases where law enforcement even at the federal level the u.s. The Secret Service has prosecuted and arrested people for doing fake mechanic’s lien titles, so that scam is still out there. There are companies that advertise on the internet every day to get people’s titles using mechanic’s lien.

Transfer to Agent Scam
what about transfer to agent this is the second lost car title scam this is where you have to sign over your car to the person getting you title they somehow get a title in their name and then transfer it back to you the question is you have a risk of loss that person owns your car that company owns your car while this is happening you don’t know what type of title washing they’re doing behind the scenes and there’s a paper trail of that ownership you are signing the titles of that person now you don’t know what happens for a while and now it’s signed over back to you if anything ever comes up behind that illegal method of getting a title it’s going to show that you had it then it was blindly transferring out of your name and then comes back to you who are they gonna be looking at for the person who did that scam and it’s probably going to be you.

Unlicensed Title Agent Scam
the third way is an unlicensed title agent these are fly-by-night work-at-home type title people who are unaware of legal requirements they have no license they have no physical location you don’t have any recourse if there’s fraud or error or something done improperly and usually be that they’re not licensed meaning they’re using improper methods to get you your title that’s way to that to eliminate that is to look for a place that has a physical address as not just an online company and you can talk to somebody maybe walk in the door meet him in person and make sure they’re aware of all the legal requirements those three car title scams are costing people tens of thousands of dollars for getting titles or on lay where titles get revoked and are not kept valid and sometimes people have legal or criminal consequences because of these car title scams.

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