Telephone Warranty Scam

[incontrovertible]

I got an automated call today saying that my new car warranty would expire unless I immediately responded with a payment (unspecified amount). I called Hyundai instead and was told to ignore it. They said it was a scam. Somehow the scammers had obtained a list of new Hyundai owners and were making these calls.

Has anyone else received this call?

 

[Stormy]

I have been getting those for the last year or so, before I ever bought a Hyundai. Apparently the scammers are robo-dialing random numbers. My friend had a brand new phone number and started getting those calls on the first day.

I highly doubt any of the information came from Hyundai, although I wouldn't put it past a shady dealer to sell that info. In CT, it got so bad that the state attorney general opened an investigation into the companies doing this.

You can also get robocalls about your home mortgage refinancing, but extended auto warranty is a popular one because I think the companies that sell those warranties are all crooks and there is a huge amount of profit in selling them. Most of the time I heard they don't even pay out if you do file a claim.

 

[Sal Collaziano]

I'd been getting these calls as well - for about a year. I never picked up and only listened to the voice mails. I suppose they gave up...

 

[realpix]

I'd been getting these calls as well - for about a year. I never picked up and only listened to the voice mails. I suppose they gave up...

If you get to speak to a live person tell em you just filed for bankruptcy.

I think the phone calls will stop.