I got conned by an ad posted at UK Ferrari Owner's club (but not the club's fault!)

He may have some wheels to sell, but not Ferrari wheels... I Googled his (alleged) address...

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Our sympathies.. and thanks for the heads-up

 

Really sorry to hear that.

Be worth posting in the UK section, and if you have time join (it’s free) clubscuderia.co.uk and post there as that is uk centric.

There is a ex member that I might still have contact details for who has connections in the Uk police fraud office. I’ll see if I can track him down, although I’ve not heard from him in a long time.

Only way to pay and protect yourself if PayPal for private transactions. Sellers don’t like it too much due to the fees but also they can get conned by the buyer.

If it’s uk, reach out on the Uk section of this forum and see if somebody is local to the seller who would be happy to go around and collect/ inspect them for you.

Good luck in your search.

 

I would have fallen for this just as easily as you did, you did nothing wrong. What a total scum bag.

Whilst it won't help you, you should know that the universe always has a way of balancing the books on people like this. One day this piece of human garbage will get what's coming to him.

Don't lose faith in you restoration job. If anything this should give you more determination.

 

he was up to the same thing on Club Scuderia, the Ferrari website in the UK, I nearly bought a 355 tool set from him, same thing seemed very genuine, lots of images and messages back and forward. I was minutes from doing the bank transfer, and for some reason at the last second I felt something was not right, probably because he had no history on the form, and no interaction with the members, basically no content or chat. Also it was a great deal, and he was too quick to accept my low ball offer - old adage if its too good to be true.........

So, I thought I would do an eBay search - found the same identical tool set being offered on eBay by Ryan from Classic Ferrari Parts, a well established Ferrari parts seller I have know for years - I informed Ryan, he had never heard of this guy before and was clearly shocked that his images were being used to create a scam. I informed the moderators on the forum, and they went and investigated.....

They found another advert of his for a 512BBI tool kit, the moderator managed to find an advert on Ebay in the USA with the same images, but this guy had actually gone to the trouble of reversing the images so it visually looked different.

His account on the forum was closed. But what's to stop him opening up another membership and posing as a legit seller again?

The Moderators on here, need to take all that information above and cross reference it with the data held against members on Ferrarichat, see if he is lurking on here somewhere.

 

Hey thanks for the tip man. I've just dropped him an email as I'm looking for the same exact thing. My old tool case is looking extremely sad. Previous owner washed the car with the hood slightly open and the case copped some water damage

 

If you are after the short case check out ferrariparts.co.uk. You might be surprised!!!

 

Tall case. That's what my car has, so I presume that's OEM for the 1995 f355?

 

Just curious as to how he was able to put up an advert on Ferrari Owners Club website without joining the club? You have to pay £120 per year to be a member. You cannot advertise without being a member. Maybe the £120 membership fee was small compared to the income from sales?

 

Believe it depends. I think the short case came if you had the spare wheel option, but I’m certainly not sure on that. Seems to be the same kit, just without the tire inflator which makes sense.

 

You can post as a non member, think there is a small fee. Although trying to post any for sale with them is a complete pain in the ass. I’m a member and tried to post done tubi test pipes; I gave up in the end!!!

 

There's a guy here who restores 355 challenge cars for fun. If you'd like I can pass your info on to him, as he can probably point you to all the parts you'd need, PM me.

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Sad, sorry man. you'll likely never get your money back. I've been taken for much much worse, never saw a dime.

 

Bought a car from an individual who stole the identity of a dealer and the owner.

 

There is a hogger on this site with 4 sets of Challenge wheels. Socal1. See if he is willing to let one set go.

 

Hi,

The bank sort code is for MODULR FS LIMITED. Its an e-payments platform not a regular high street bank. It is registered by the FSA but there is a lot of chatter about it on the net. This link might be worth reading about their anti fraud measures.

https://www.modulrfinance.com/blog/how-fintech-is-reducing-push-payment-fraud

Rebecca Burnett is not listed on the electoral register at that address.
I am in the UK and this thread has been highlighted on Club Scuderia.

 

Something that should be standard practice when buying online from unknown sellers is a reverse image search on the pics they post. Right-click the pic and the menu should include an option to "Search Google for Image." That'll tell you if they stole the pics from somewhere else on the internet. If you see weirdly cropped pics, that is usually a giveaway that you're dealing with a scammer. They're trying to fool the reverse image search.

 

Cody tells me he has reached out to you on this.

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