How to protect yourself from vehicle recall scams

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How to protect yourself from vehicle recall scams
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The Insurance Crime Bureau (ICB) recently issued a vehicle recall scam alert for owners of high-value cars and motorists are urged to be vigilant.

Garth de Klerk, CEO of the ICB, says that initial contact is normally made telephonically, where a criminal posing as an official informs victims that their vehicle is being recalled.

A couple of days later, the owner would typically phone the dealership for an update, only to discover that the vehicle has in fact been stolen. De Klerk says that it’s surprisingly easy for criminals to get profiling details of an individual and the car they drive, due to people often sharing too much information through social media platforms and telephonically – mostly through fake “market research calls”.Limit the amount of personal information you share on social media and telephonically. Criminals use this to build a detailed profile of their victims.

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