This is how scammers identify vulnerable people. It is like fishing for a shortlist of potential victims. If it was possible to get money back – Martin whatshisname on moneysupermarket would be all over it. In the US its a thing…..not here.
Volkswagen payed £193m to more than 90,000 drivers in England and Wales after it settled a High Court claim over the installation of emissions cheating devices in its vehicles.
It was all over the news last year if I remember.