Released: September 09, 2008

Be skeptical with low-mileage used cars

Source: Chris Woodyard, USA Today

High-tech digital odometers are making it easier for crooks to cheat unsuspecting used car buyers.

The scam is even easier to pull than in the days of mechanical cables and reels, experts say."People don’t realize how easy it is to reprogram digital odometers,” says Larry Gamache, spokesman for online auto database service Carfax. “Literally thousands of miles can disappear.”

Unscrupulous sellers easily can obtain the software or services on the Internet to reset digital odometers to lower mileage.

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