F & S Towing I was a victim of this SCAM, this towing company has made arragements with Jack-in-the box in Chula vista. Chula Vista California

It's not a scam for a business owner to remove illegally parked cars from their own private property. Would you like it if someone else just parked their car in your own driveway without permission, and left you without anywhere to park? That's exactly what you were doing.

These towing companies are hired by the businesses in this area, because these businesses they have a big problem with people who aren't customers parking in their lots, and then taking off to go across the border or somewhere else, and then their customers have no place to park.

That towing company is under contract because Jack-in-the-Box hired them to remove cars illegally parked on their private property, a lot with under 15 spaces that J-I-B needs for their patrons, that is clearly marked 'For Customers Only'. Bottom line, you were towed because you parked in the lot of a business and then left to go elsewhere.

The owners of J-I-B had every right to have the towers remove your car from their property. What really makes it ridiculous is that there are numerous pay lots right next door that charge under $5 to park all day, but you tried to park illegally on private property rather than spend the few bucks.

And FYI, lots of people try that "buy one cup of coffee and then take off" trick. That doesn't work. If you leave the premises to go elsewhere, you are no longer patronizing their establishment, and no longer their customer. You should have spent the extra $3 or so for the public parking lot, instead of trying to avoid paying by encroaching on somebody else's property instead.

Next time, try paying for parking like the rest of us have to. Impound fees are a lot more expensive.

If you could have called the rental car company and told them the car was stolen
(which it was judging by your account of the story) (( it mite even have a lojack installed in it)

get the police involved and see how fast they give you back your car.

after all, you had witnesses in jacks that you were in there twice.

some of the other scam ( scum bag) towing companies got fined ( and jail time as I recall from the news story/expose ) just a few months ago for the same thing