A Charlotte man thought he scored a great deal on a used minivan, but he was actually scammed by a person who rolled back the odometer making the vehicle appear less used than it really was.

Used car scams aren't a new trick, but experts say odometer rollbacks are on the rise in North Carolina. According to Carfax, this particular type of scam involves sellers tampering with odometer readings to make older cars appear to have fewer miles.

An Tran said the 2015 Honda Odyssey sitting in his driveway looked like a great deal when he found it on Facebook Marketplace in February. He negotiated with the seller and ended up paying $10,600. That price would've been really good if the minivan had the 140,000 miles shown on the odometer. A Carfax report found it actually has around 200,000 miles.

With three young children and his fatherinlaw living with his family in Mint Hill, Tran was looking for something that could reliably haul the whole family. Affordability was a key factor for him.

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