# Dealer Advice Needed -- Fraud

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/dealer-advice-needed-fraud/130346>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [December 6, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dealer-advice-needed-fraud/130346 "2018-12-06T23:23:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![strickerj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@strickerj](https://community.cartalk.com/u/strickerj)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dealer-advice-needed-fraud/130346/21 "2018-12-12T12:38:01Z")

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My understanding from the OP is that he, as the financing agent, applied for a lien on the title and paid for the car on behalf of his customer, and the dealer skipped before delivering it to said customer. By “paid cash”, does that mean a check (that you can stop payment on), or you actually handed the dealer a suitcase of Benjamins? If the dealer would only accept the latter, that’s a huge red flag, IMHO. At the very least, I wouldn’t pay in full until the car is actually delivered.

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