Odometer Rollback: Old Trick Still Putting Car Buyers in a Lurch

More than 71,000 reports of fraud related to fake odometer readings on purchased vehicles were filed in Pennsylvania last year. That makes the Keystone State the fourth-worst in the country for one of the oldest tricks in the book: odometer rollbacks. And we’re not talking about a Ferris Bueller comedy. One woman told NBC10 that she bought a sports utility vehicle she believed to have 93,000 miles on it. Turns out: It had 180,000-plus miles. Now, the state police are investigating. There are ways to prevent yourself from being the next victim.