Lemon law and State lemon law protection is provided for consumers who buy defective automobiles. Although the exact definition of a "defective automobile" or a "lemon" differs from state to state, generally, it is a vehicle that has serious, continual problems that impair the vehicle's value, use, or safety despite efforts to make repairs.

A state automobile lemon law may qualify a consumer for money back or a replacement for the "lemon." Lemon law attorney case review may be necessary to qualify your used car lemon law or new car lemon law claim.

Consumer fraud exists when a consumer buys something; merchandise, services, property, that doesn't work as advertised.

The "something" can be a defective product, a real estate swindle, a fake charitable cause, bad faith denial of insurance coverage, a travel scam, as well as many, many other shams.

Consumer fraud protection shields consumers from these deceptions primarily through enforcement of state and federal consumer protection and product safety laws.