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Yes this is a common scam for sure. One bad thing is that a similar scam can happen at the dealer. A friend who used to work in the customer-facing side of the garage told me that their mechanics are trained to inspect the car and look for wear and to make a list. The "mechanic" who calls the owner of the car, will then try to upwell him or her on repairing lots of other things that may not need repairing or that still have some life left in them.
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An extension of this scam is to pressure the customer into fixing something that affects the car's safety. If the customer says no, when they come to pick up the vehicle the workshop will refuse to release the car because it's "unsafe." Often the breakdown of problems will be for parts that are borderline serviceable, so they do need to be fixed in the near future, but not RIGHT NOW.