Beware of this scam while on the road
I’m not a frequent poster, but I want to let everyone know what happened to us while traveling through Kingman, Arizona, although it could happen anywhere. My wife and I are both successful business p...
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Decades ago, my wife was driving to Chicago with some coworkers for a professional conference. I warned her about the possibility of someone coming up to her at a gas station and telling her that her fuel pump was failing and having a "cousin" with a shop who could fix it.
As they were leaving Chicago, she stopped for gas, and a guy came up and said he saw gas dripping from her engine, and she probably had a bad fuel pump. He said a buddy around the corner could fix it. She said "yeah, right."
She got back on the interstate, and about 15 minutes later, her car died. She had it towed to a dealer in the area. It was a bad fuel pump.
As they were leaving Chicago, she stopped for gas, and a guy came up and said he saw gas dripping from her engine, and she probably had a bad fuel pump. He said a buddy around the corner could fix it. She said "yeah, right."
She got back on the interstate, and about 15 minutes later, her car died. She had it towed to a dealer in the area. It was a bad fuel pump.
