Are they just talking about the predatory "buy here, pay here"-type used-car dealers that have been around for a while, or are new-car dealers getting into the scam now, too?
The whole article was just anecdotes and heresay, so who knows. I know there is a ton of predatory b/s involved with buying cars but these examples seem like outliers. I think the Tik Tok lady was lying about her car payment(s) though just to go viral and it totally worked.