Fake Service History - How common is this
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Ive been in the market to buy a used Subaru BRZ, ive had money down on one recently on the condition that service history was provided as it wasnt available to hand. Apparently theyre stored digitally.
I waited a few days to receive these, only to find a document that had clearly been doctored with spelling mistakes and no invoices etc. I even called the dealerships that supposedly carried these out only to find theyd never seen the car unsurprisingly. This was for a car for sale on this platform of all places.
Thankfully the document was so obviously manufactured that it was quite easy to spot. Almost hilariously so.
Is this commonplace now and something to look out for? Im looking in the regions of £11-13k so isnt the bottom of the barrel of the used market. At around this amount is a full service history much of an ask!?
I waited a few days to receive these, only to find a document that had clearly been doctored with spelling mistakes and no invoices etc. I even called the dealerships that supposedly carried these out only to find theyd never seen the car unsurprisingly. This was for a car for sale on this platform of all places.
Thankfully the document was so obviously manufactured that it was quite easy to spot. Almost hilariously so.
Is this commonplace now and something to look out for? Im looking in the regions of £11-13k so isnt the bottom of the barrel of the used market. At around this amount is a full service history much of an ask!?
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