<human>: My mom, being overly generous and trusting, let her boyfriend use a rental car based out of Ft. Collins CO to get his liscense and finish up a couple things. The guy basically freaked out on my mom and stopped (rationally) communicating and wouldn't return the car. My mom tried pleading with him to return it and he said he put it in an exterior parking lot(not at the rental company). She hired a PI to try and find it.  Apparently one of the exterior parking lot companies finally found it(about a week later) but when the tow truck went to get it, the vehicle was gone. Nothing has changed now, except she has tried to report it stolen with the rental agency. They told her to go to the police which have been bouncing her around from different agencies. Now since it has been a month, I guess there is going to be a civil suit from the rental agency. What should I advise her? She is pretty embarrassed by the whole thing and isn't thinking super rationally.

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<bot>: Mom trusted shady guy with rental car in her name. It wasn't returned and guy isn't helping. She appears to be on the hook.