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NBC Bay Area News followed a California DMV investigator as he tried to put the brakes on curbstoning in San Jose. This four-minute segment reveals a curbstoned vehicle for sale with a deployed airbag, and tells the story of how one couple was defrauded out of $23,000 for a vehicle that stopped working – it turned out to have been wrecked, stripped of its VIN tags, and repainted to look like new.
As the report says, these situations put dangerous vehicles on the road – perhaps driving around you or your family. The report also demonstrates the power of search engines as a tool for identifying curbstoners.
Here’s a “Behind The Scenes Extra” – It was Stop Curbstoning that put the reporter, Garvin Thomas, in touch with the curbstoner victim. We’re grateful to her for telling her story on the air – and we’re glad we were able to play a part in giving her a platform to speak out so other unsuspecting car buyers won’t fall prey to a fraudulent vehicle seller.
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