Top 5 Greatest Car Scams
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Doug from Switchcars has been around the car business for a long time and he has come across a lot of scams. He explains how they work an even talks about the one that caught him.
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You should send match box replicas of the car you’re selling to those scammers over seas
Yeah just to mess with them for being greedy little jerks you reap what you sow
Hilarious
Model kit, some assembly required
Hey don’t waste good Matchbox cars on them!
This was my first thought 😂
Actually .....no I've never heard the story of the F50 but I am willing to learn.
Aaron Mikusa ill be googling that after this video.
It is the craziest story you'll ever read. Truly one of the greatest stories to ever involve a car.
I remember seeing that F50 at Algar a week before it was stolen. A friend had a Mondial at the time and needed a ride from the dealership. Blew my mind seeing the F50. Then to hear it about it being stolen and the story of how was wild. And then where it ended up, how it was found, wrecked by an agent, the insurance nonsense, couldn’t be scripted any better. It ended up being sold a few years back by Symbolic ( now O’Gara) in LaJolla.
Def worth the time to read about on F-chat.
they need to make a movie out of it and use a kit car like in ferris bueller
Rob spaghetti did a video about it th-cam.com/video/_NDtts1iVrw/w-d-xo.html
Don't try these at home kids. Like, seriously. You go to prison.
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I don't know Ed, getting to "own" several Ferraris for years including an F50, and only spending 2 days a week in jail while you continue to hold a high dollar commercial air pilot's job down, kinda seems worth it to me.
And not just any prison... No no no, you get caught doing this, you're not going to resort prison. You're going to a federal pound me in the ass prison.
Most the shit on this channel will get you in prison
White collar crimes cost significantly more damage to consumers but get overall less jail time than most petty crimes..
I would not sell any high end car AND let it leave the lot until the checks were verified and cleared, OR the money was transferred into the dealer account and fully verified as legit. I can't imagine letting an expensive product leaving the lot without guaranteeing the payment first. That sounds like a terrible business practice.
They're just scared of offending a real customer.
Except real rich guys don't want to wait for days to take delivery and will take offense to you not trusting them. Plus most of them are busy and can't/won't come back again after you verify shit.
Its the greedy salesman trying to get cars off the lot before buyers change their mind. Thats why its so easy to trade in vehicles with mechanical problems.. they don't even drive them half the time..
hes just putting a hundred on ten
Would you offer me a deal if I use my Amex? Lol
The biggest car scam out there is Elio Motors. How those guys are still not behind bars is beyond me.
I don't think Elio was an intentional scam
I think it was a failed dream doesn't make it hurt any less if you put a deposit down on one
I recently sold one of my 69 chargers for 35k. Guy tried the check scam, next guy met me at my bank, they put 7day hold on his check. I held the car for 7days, he was agitated but he did it.
You know it'll be a good story anytime it involves Ed, Doug, or Rabbit.
they are the best followed by the pro driver
Why are you so indelible
ed and rabbits voices are smooth as butter i have never heard better voices its like carguy asmr.
Or Ferretti
StrangeClouds fr fr
The one and only time I scammed a dealer, he managed to scam me too. I traded in to him a Chevy 4x4 with non working front axle and he sold me a Toyota with a bad rod bearing. After we both figured out what we had done to each other we had a good laugh over it but never did business again. :P
Oh that sweet, sweet Rabbit burn at 3:16
I was doing that trick when Doug was in middle school 😂
Let me tell you, I’m a real attorney and some time ago, I went to a local dealer to buy a car. I gave them a check and to my surprise they wouldn’t release the car until the check cleared, which was the next day or two days later. I had no problem with that, I was glad they cared about everything being legit. Then I had a different situation when I went to a local dealer, I didn’t even had my checkbook with me, it was late right before they closed for a day and the dealer almost forced me to take the car on my signature only. I refused to do that, but there are still both types of dealers out there. Yet another time, the dealer let his employee drive me to my house, so I could take my checkbook and pay them. I got possession of the car immediately after that.
I’ve never had any special treatment
@JR Gb every time i buy a new car, I ride up in my zepplin so they know I'm legit.
@@Skrimpish I can’t afford zeppelin, but I can put on a Led Zeppelin music. Hopefully that’s going to help haha.
@benz500r i bet you have to put your top hat and monocle on yourself... no zeppelin and puts on his own effects, pishaw, good day to you, sir or madam.
@@Skrimpish it looks like that. Thanks and have a great day/evening.
THATS OUR CAR AT 2:58 !!!!!!! We bought it from Doug about a month ago
If the most u ever got scammed on was $5K in ur line of work, ur doing really well. I own a landscaping business in Florida and I’ve had employees and business pals that have scammed me out of much more. Not that I’m proud of that but obviously I’ve been taken advantage of because of my good nature and it doesn’t feel good when it happens. Luckily, I have many great clients and I’m able to move on happily in business.
Scott Paulson agreed.
I'm early in my career and I'm pretty sure I'm being 'scammed' out of $4k invoiced to my first client. I think I needed to hear something like this. Awesome to hear that you have been through similar and moved on happily with good clients. I hope to get there myself and hope things keep going well for you!
You're a good person.
Right now I can just see that gtr guy laughing in a car with his friend having a beer saying "hey you remember that time I had you call that dealer pretending you was a detective" lmfao 😂 😂🤣 😂🍻
I got scammed $25 one time. I was pissed.... can’t imagine how these people felt, lol
i always say, rip me for a lot, 25 would pissed me of to, if they would ask i would give it rather then ripped for it😀
I always love Doug's stories. Doug's 'I was the flipped car manufacturers hate' inspired me to start flipping
An adult who wears that T-Shirt "Sarcasm, just one of my many talents" scream immaturity and imo encapsulates Doug perfectly.
Hi Doug - thanks for the silver 2009 - 911! Running great. Jon
Joke's on you, it was a scam. The car doesn't exist. :)
Enjoy it in good health. Hope your road trip home was fun!
J W Mmm:m
This foo just told like 5 stories in 13 min
I like this guy!
I worked auto theft as a Cop for 9 years.
TY for not giving the full details of how the scams are pulled
I was a dealer for some 10 years and our F&I guy would accept personal etc. checks but ALWAYS contacted the bank on the check to make sure collected funds were there. Also, we'd hold onto the title till the check cleared.
There is the famous leasing scam too. Around here a guy went into a MB store and leased an E63 and a ML63 with fake ID. Made the first lease payment and then vanished into thin air with the cars, likely shipped overseas.
SP392 damn that guy got lucky
Yeah it's in Africa now
??? Having just a fake id wont get you a car though. He would need fake bank statements, social security number, drivers license, and all that shit. Fake credit score... Yeah right.
@@jontetate513 Dealers are dumb. Did you not watch the vid? They gave scammers cars with no proof, b/c of social engineering.
@@jontetate513 "yOU cAN'T StEAl an IDenTitY"
This was around 2003 or 04: I had a 95 Kawasaki sport bike and I'd put an exhaust & jet kit on it. The bike was flawless and it ran great. Where I live; sportbike riders stay out late to avoid traffic. I rode home on a Monday night @ well above 140 mph and got home around 2am. I walked outside to drive my car to work at 6:40am and my bike had been stolen. That was a 14 years ago but, I know no one followed me home because I was going too fast. I must conclude a local thief stole my bike.
I had insurance and bought a new bike but, I still wonder which of my neighbors stole my bike back then.
This is why you need locks and some hidden automated gun turrets around your yard in order to not have sneaky thieving bastards stealing your shit all the time, Ryan OCal.
@Charlie Vetsworth who buys a bike like that and goes slow?????? Gtfoh
RIP mustache 😢
real dealers dont get scamed, real dealers scam the scamers. 😎
chris Taanio can you really not spell scammed or scammers?
chris Taanio well said
Damn Chris. Sporting a chub after reading that.
Jeremy Mac He’s scamming the English language!
The truth is, - the dealers are the scammers themselves. The 10-20% of the car's price is what a dealer makes on almost every car because they could "buy" the laws protecting their "legal" business leaving you no choice.
Now if only I can combine my new knowledge of how to scam car dealers with the advice yesterday on how to order exclusive hypercars [wheels turning]
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The quantity of GT3 photos in this video is excellent.
Oh yay!!!! Its the Mexican stig!!! Love these videos. Of course doug knows the scams....
One of the things pop culture won't teach you is that a good salesman is honest and trustworthy. Getting a customer in the door for the first time usually costs money, repeat customers are free. And the best advertising is word of mouth, so every happy customer is a salesman for you. Honesty is the only strategy that's sustainable.
Even the local craigslist seems to generate scam incoming calls. You can be selling trash can lids and somebody will call you trying to scam. I've met many people who stopped picking up their business phone. Interesting changes taking place.
After 4+ years of living in the town just under SwitchCars, I can't believe I never realized how close they were to me. I bet Doug does get the occasional fan/visitor who pretends to be interested in one of his cars but just wants a selfie with him lol
You're doing a brilliant job well done, I really hate scammers.
I learned at the ripe age of 19 that once a shop gets a hold of your car ITS THEIRS until you pay any amount they say you owe them. It was a Pantera and probably before I was a mile away they had already stripped the engine and trans. LS short they blocked it behind a dozen other cars and claimed I owed then X amount for the services done to the eng/trans. After 3 months I had to cough up the cash, towed it away and sure enough the engine was not the original and locked up and the trans was in pieces. Took it to court, he filed bankruptcy and put the new name in his wife's name. Eventually my lawyer said he could not pursue the case without being paid upfront. Expensive lesson but if someone is a straight up con and lier and knows the way courts work not much you can do.
Years ago I was on craigslist looking at cars and found a red 90's supra for $10k. It had a ton of pics, the guy emailed me copies of all the documentation, and wrote well written emails. I then noticed those exact same pics and car on another car selling website but with a slightly different description and price. I emailed back the guy to warn him that I think someone stole his pics from craigslist and was trying to pretend to sell his car. He skirted the email and just continued asking if I wanted more documentation about the car. That's when I realized this might be a scam. I then mentioned to him that (at the time) my dad was an active special agent for the department of justice, I ran this by him, and he said it looks like a scam. The seller then completely changed his tune and wrote me an email to the affect of "oh so you're going to run to your daddy over a car?". At that point I just responded that I don't need to since his last response in a documented and traceable email was a good enough indicator of guilt to pass on to my dad's office. A few days later I noticed all the websites that car was posted for sale on had been taken down. Hopefully it saved someone from getting scammed.
This explains why I have yet to hear from the Nigerian prince who I sent the chasihers check for his Nissian GTR. Damn it!
Nearly half a million subscribers! Congrats
chalz108 foreal. I was so happy for them I had to smoke a fresh bowl of meth!
elon musk please you're our only hope fake subscribers he made half a million TH-cam accounts and subscribed to himself 😂
1 million already 👀 they growing fast and that makes me happy :D
Best channel on TH-cam , when I come back to see family in GA I hope to meet Ed cheers from Stamford CT
One of the dealers at the dealership I used to work at, did a trade for a couple year-old EVO X that someone brought in, and the dealer didn't let any of the mechanics check it out first, and he didn't even take it to the Mitsubishi dealership to be checked either (we were a Ford dealership) and the guy wanted a trade-in for a brand new 2013 Mustang GT.
After the guy left with his new mustang, the dealer finally decided to let the mechanics check it out, and as soon as we started it we knew the engine was blown. Turns out, the guy blew his engine and Mitsubishi wouldn't cover it because he told them it happened at the track (idiot) so he brought it to the Ford dealership to try and scam us. And it worked.
The engine was going to cost like $20k to get a new one and have it installed, so the dealer just ended up selling the car back to Mitsubishi. The guy basically traded in a $10k car for a $35k car and got away with it. Still blows my mind that a dealer wouldn't know what a blown engine sounds like.
His Story Telling is so Smooth, Calm and on point that made me Pause the video and go grab me some Hot Cocoa... lol :)
Yeah, good honest conversation, no shock and awe.
Who’s letting cars out of their sight with an uncleared check?!
Doug wth you just gave everyone watching an idea for the perfect scam at the end.
We had that concern in airing this story
Just found this channel but i appreciate the uploads!
These stories are great and the best collection of car stories ever.
You guys need to get Rob back in here! I'd love to here more of his wheelin' and dealin' stories
I love these stories. Glad I found this channel!
Golf ruins a nice day on the golf course....! Great stories.. thanks
That last part.... would have been a crazy twist...
I was walking by Algar Ferrari right as he mentioned it.. weird
Haha I messed with a scammer once and got him to send a check that was obviously not able to be cashed. When I stopped messing with him and confronted him, he actually got passed off at me for leading him on and wasting HIS time!! Lol! It was a week of laughs!
🍺 cheers vinwiki keeping up the daily weekly videos now I have the best reason to watch when I’m on break or a heavy shift
Over here (Netherlands) it happens, but rarely. First of all, we don't deal with cheques. Car business is cash or bank transfers where and exchange of registration papers have to be done in an official way. What happens is that pro car thieves steal your car where it will end up in the eastern part of Europe, getting other registration docs and will, later on, be sold through auction houses.
Rob Pitts is there any available spots for your next semester class?
Call the FBI is one hell of a response
Had no idea all these particular exams existed. I've not been burned only because I haven''t been in the market for these types of cars. The most interesting scam/non-scams I've seen is that when a new hot car is out for the first time. The dealer markup starts to happen. Relevant because I'm trying to figure out what to do regarding the C8, since my closest dealer already has informed me prior to telling me the price that he's going to require and over-sticker sales price. The C8. I've also seen the videos in which those who are knowledgeable are saying that Chevrolet wants the cars sold for sticker, but of course cannot control what the independent dealers decide to do. In some sense, the market causes people to scam themselves by telling themselves they want these cars and are willing to pay the "premium." Last comment is look what happened with the rather scarce Porsche 911R's for a while. People got the cars somehow and two or three internet sales of the new car for a price of over a million dollars. The explanations justifying not only the practice, but the fact that cars moved for this money were the sort of justifications people always make, in particular, rarity; it won't go down because this is the last car like this, etc. Of course as time went on a large number of offerings of attractive cars became available and some of the money that might have purchased the 911R was instead going elsewhere. In the end, buying and selling or flipping is extremely tricky, perhaps very much in the way that flipping certain Rolex's is or are a tircky proposition.
It does bum me out that doug broke Ed's record. Dude is the car guy version of a ticket scalper. Glad to hear he got his one good time...
Great interview as always but that Butler Tire as at the end was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!
If it was a fake cop, that would be the ultimate scam.
hey thanks for the tutorial. I'll be making money in no time.
Doug has obviously seen the movie "The Sting" (fake cop.)
Scam #6 - the soldier overseas fighting terrorists. At one time I was looking at Miatas and found a nice one. Woman was very nice, but the car was in her husband's name and he was in Iraq and he had the title, but she could get it in a week or two. Could I give her a check (for the full price) to hold the car? Nope.
Thanks for giving me tips. now I can start my own scamming operation Kapp
I just tried to sell a car on eBay-"buyer" tried to pull a scam i never saw before.He claimed he sent me a deposit ($100) on PayPal; then wanted to cancel the deal-asked me to send back his deposit-checked with PayPal, never sent. Reported it to eBay-they did nothing.
It’s amazing how this guy is personally involved in soo many scams.
Sold the same car a few times. There has got to be I sold this same car X times record story out there somewhere.
I don't think there is.
Finally a video where Ed doesn't talk!!! I'll give it the first thumbs up of your series.
I almost fell for a scame like the first one on a classic chevy. They said the car was stored in Bremerton WA on a military holding facility while they were deployed (the army does do that). Long story short they said put the money in an Amazon escrow account until it was delivered. I agreed but my red flag went up when they said they would send me a link. I emailed Amazon and they were clear that they DO NOT DO ESCROWS! I told the seller I already had an Amazon account that we could use. I never heard from them again. I even made a video about it. If it is OK with you I will put the link in the reply section below.
video on scam th-cam.com/video/nktddI8ag8E/w-d-xo.html
Something tells me losing $5000 doesn't exactly ruin your golf game.
Which is the video where the guy talks about his Burt Reynolds signed firebird got ruined at a car wash?
I sell things on craigslist all the time mainly cars, my general rule is unless you can talk to someone in person, dont waste your time. I havent been scammed yet
Cash is king. I had a local preacher want to buy a car from me,with a check. I drove him, in the car he was buying,to the bank and said, cash only. He went inside and got the cash. Take zero chances.
we're all scammed everyday when we pay taxes
I sell RVs and have dealt with many scams like this. Just as bad are the customers who try to underhandedly use scam Craigslist ads, they know are scam ads, with a year old motorhome for 50% retail value in order to negotiate an unrealistic sales price. Never met a salesman who fell for it, and while it is annoying to sink time into a deadbeat, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy playing games with unrealistic people.
I almost got scammed by a seller on marketplace. $225 for a 99 maxima. Was trying to say they were a marine stationed in Germany and was selling the car due to it going to sit for years. I contacted my buddy to check out the car and it was not there. The car was real but was wrecked and totaled and in no way functional like the ad had said.
He is so alike with Jordan Schlansky, worker of Conan O'Brien
On the news here in Raleigh NC there was a guy passing bad checks from the law firm of Dewy, Cheatem and Howe. I heard this and had to wonder, haven't these people ever watched the three stooges. That was their law firm.
I sell locally on craigslist and I have people all the time wanting me to take the money orders and cashiers checks and I take cash only in person, no I do not ship to anyone except my friends. The interesting thing I found was, so many of them claim they are in the Marines, on deployment and want it sent to they nephew who always lives in NJ. One guy finally caught on that I wasn't ever going to fall for this when he asked, so how much should I send you and I told him to send me $500 by western union and I will think about doing it.
I love to wake and bake with these💯
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Trying to match
I personally know the manager of a local Porsche dealer. She told me they sell most of their cars to clients that have them shipped w/out ever seeing them in person. Ive wrote checks for new cars & always had to wait at least a couple of weeks to get the title from the dealer.
the consignor story is how Rob Feretti got screwed out of his 488
My wife speaks English, Hokkien, Cantonese, Mandarin, Tamil and Ausland (sign language) and we go to open homes on weekends where the agents refuse to advertise the vendor's contracted asking price (always 'just listed', 'open to offers' etc.). So the agents are talking to Chinese citizens (some with babies in arms) who are flying in and speculating on the Australian real estate market. So in the back yard one family makes an offer to the agent, that agent goes inside to his partner who's just received a counter offer from another couple. They do this back and forth for 40mins or so, mixing it up with other couples also making offers (all writing their offers on paper as none speak English) all the while my wife is walking around innocently listening to their conversations while the agent is away. While the agents are comparing offers, my wife is hearing what these speculators are planning what to do before they flip it within three months, nothing, not even a coat of paint or new carpets. This is in contravention of Australian foreign investment laws (only allowed for new construction or expanding/enhancing the utility of existing homes). These foreign investment opportunities are to be expected with the failing property investment schemes enforced by the CCP in China's growing economy, but what's worse is these Australian agents are also contravening the law because the contract is for sale, not auction, they refuse to advertise the contracting selling price, looking to make a fast buck by taking advantage of the Chinese investors looking at the Australian market, inflating exorbitant premiums and all the while knowing they'll sit on it for 3 months and make more they could dream of back in Chine. They , don't do anything to improve on it, and flip it again for the next round of foreign investors. What chance have Australian citizens got to get their first home to get out of the rental cycle?
Exotic cars haven't got the scammer market cornered and in this case both sides of the contract are scamming the 'system' and politicians are too afraid to close the loopholes. The government won't ensure the laws are enforced because the sellers are making 50% markup on million dollar homes and agents are celebrating their huge commissions (i.e too many votes at risk).
Freddie needs his mustache back
Half of dealers are scam artists themselves. Never trust anyone who has the opportunity to make a lot of money off you.
This sounds like a Jalopnik article waiting to happen
Many of the greedy people I have no sympathy for who get scammed, but the scammers who get into old people and their life savings need concrete shoes ...
Imagine sending someone $50K without having met them or taking delivery of the car at the time, crazy stuff.
A person who commits fraud is a scoundrel, not a gentleman.
This dude seems like a cool enough guy, and credible on the topic.
...which somehow made that cringeworthy t-shirt so much worse than it already was.
I called the FBI one time and got an answer machine. Did they get back to me? NO!
Great story! Keep it up! 🏆
Don't feel bad at all for those sending money without seeing the cars
Holy smokes I work right next to Hudson (Streetsboro)
Hello! My name is Mitchel Wallo and I started working at a JLR dealership at 18. Im 21 years old now and I’m halfway to my level 3 certification. So my question to you sir is what can a man do to prove that he’s worthy of working for a man like yourself. I feel stuck working at a dealership. I really want to prosper into a new realm of the car world. I promise you nothing but hard work and dedication. Thank you for you time.
That consignment fraud sounds like a dealer in Santa Barbara called Montecito motors.
any idiot that sends $55,000 to someone without seeing the car deserves to get their money taken from them
Doug you're friends with Matt Farah. You should talk to him to have you on the podcast with Bolian.
The biggest scam ever is the annual model change. I don't think anyone has beat that one yet.
l337pwnage Thanks.
I wanna buy a car , but I'll pay u when I get the money 🤣😂🤣😂
Damn man the pics of cars is such a treat and crazy stories.
I'm so surprised the FBI ignored your concern about a scam on Craigslist, so weird...
FBI OPEN UP!
Anybody who would send 55 large to some supposed dealer across the country on ebay without thoroughly inspecting and taking possession of the car first is an idiot
I advertised some high end antique furniture on Craigslist a few years ago and got a scammy reply and decided to have fun also. I told him to call me and....he did! Old iron nuts said he would send me a check and have his driver pick it up. I played dumb and the check arrived the next day. He called minutes after this and said his driver would be there within an hour. I said hold your horses, I need to go cash this first. That was effectively when the sirens started going off for him. We hung up and he started texting only. By then I was at some money center and I told the kind lady that I believed that this was a fake check but humor me and check it out. It was of course and I played around with him a little longer and got bored. Kept the check though for giggles from time to time. It was for about $900 more than my asking price. That was a clue lol.
In the early days of eBay however, I got scammed out of $7k on a pickup and a military guy stationed overseas. Good times... good times.
The black Ferrari fake lawyer guy deserves respect though. It is bad to fraud people, but he played good, and after the bad check, rolling the ball on ordering another Ferrari, to the justice office, this was a bold move, as it was dumb too.
Wrote a reply & deleted it once I realized it's not even Doug's channel. SCAM !
Here's a great scam, lease a car and at the end of the lease, trade it in having replaced the somewhat low mileage engine with a 'junkyard engine' (the words of the mechanic at a different dealership). So, not only does the original lease owner get to trade in their car, but they have a low-mileage engine to sell at a pure profit. I was the 'sucker' that bought this used car for $10K. Now before anyone goes off about having a reputable mechanic check a used car out I have a couple of comments; 1. Many people SAY have a mechanic check a car out BEFORE buying, but in talking with mechanics, they either don't have the time, don't want the responsibility, or want to get paid for their time for a car you may not buy (I don't blame them for any of these objections).
The dealer that we bought the car from said they did a '100 point inspection' - which led me to believe that the car was very thoroughly checked out by a qualified mechanic - bad assumption on my part. But how would one know, by just a visual inspection, that a car's motor had been swapped out? "Engine? Yep, it has one." The car ran just fine for about a month and then on the highway, the engine seized. We had it towed to a local dealer that I trusted and this is where we were informed that we had a 'junkyard engine'. Luckily, we had bought the warranty insurance (which I normally do not do but DID at the insistence of the Finance lady, when I purchased the car. Maybe her insistence was a clue that she didn't trust the dealership?). Initially, the warranty insurance company did not want to pay for a replacement engine, but through a series of fortunate circumstances, they eventually were forced to pony up the money.
So, I returned the car to the dealership where I bought the car to have a replacement engine installed. ON THE WAY HOME, the engine seized! Turns out the folks who replaced the engine failed to tighten ANY of the coolant hoses! Back to the dealer for ANOTHER engine - on their dime.
Through it all, I kept thinking, the guy who started this all - replacing a low mileage engine with one pulled from a junkyard wreck, caused the insurance warranty folks the costs of replacing an engine as well as the dealership! Not to mention the stress I experienced TWICE when the car failed on the highway!
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