COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) — When vehicles are damaged by severe storms or floodwaters, they don’t always end up in a junkyard.
Some of them end up on a used car lot without all of the needed repairs.
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“Scammers will often take cars from regions that have been flooded, say Houston or Florida, or the East Coast,” Patrick Olsen, editor-in-chief of CARFAX, said.
Those are just some of the areas affected by heavy rains, flood waters and hurricanes over the last several weeks, damaging homes, businesses and personal property – like vehicles.
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