Continue reading »]]> With the popularity of the concept of car donations a plethora of car donation centers have sprung up. However a lot of them have been established to rip people off in a number of ways.

There are a number of things that can give away the fraudulent nature of a donation center. You’ll find some companies to be advertising their tax deduction advantage to be equivalent to the market price of the car. We cannot trust such organizations to be legitimate.

Secondly you will be able to find some companies that offer the donors a fraction of the amount that they earn by selling the car in the market. When you donate car you are entitled to receive a receipt from the donation centre. This must have the name of the charity to which the proceedings from the sale of the car will be going to. If it doesn’t it means the donation center is trying to take you for a ride.

It is very important to carefully analyze the panel of charities to which a particular donation center provides the donated cars. This is because there are some centers that have actually made up additional names of charity organizations that do not exist in reality.

If you keep all the above-mentioned aspects in mind when it comes to selecting a car donations agency then you will not fall victim to fraud and scams. Ideally you should opt for a donation center that has been listed on the IRS website under publication 78 such as Carshelpingamerica.org