Scammed!!!!!!!!1
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Scammed!!!!!!!!1
Well the thieves got to me too. 
But not in the way most people have experienced. I got scammed, big time. To make a long story short, I decided not too long ago to part out my ITR hybrid and use the money to put down on a new house. This weekend I pulled the motor and trans and other aftermarket parts.
Last week I had placed an add in the recycler (www.recycler.com) classified as well as honda-tech. last week I got a call from a gentleman named David Williams called inquiring about the swap. David claimed to rep a local company which I have done business with before named CNC motorsports who was interested in purchasin a clean *** swap for one of thier shop cars. He mentioned familiar names of people I knew that worked there.
Being that my car/motor was filthy from the fires and rain coupled with the fact I needed to get my *** home to take my daughter trick-or-treating, I decided against swinging by the shop (Big mistake #1 on my part). He called again on Monday and Tuesday and seemed real eager to check it out. Finally I told him I'd sweeten the deal and added some extras for a good price. He said cool and that he would meet me at my house to check it out Tuesday night and if he liked it would leave me with a certified bank check.
He shows up and checks it out and is very impressed and says he would like to buy the motor but needs to get his buddies Jeep cause his other friend didn't want to jack up his newer navy blue GMC Denali. So he leaves with the first guy. an hour later he shows up with his buddies older green jeep grand cherokee. So we load the engine in the car. He pulls out a bank check made out to me on behalf of the company he represented with his name on the check also. The check looked authentic. The only problem I noticed was the date which was 1 day off. I take the check into my mom who is a bank president. She inspects the check and says it looks fine. With that I say OK ,and we wrap up the transaction. He even asked to have a bill of sale printed up for business expense purposes. Anyways, so I print it up and he takes off with his buddy.
Relieved that I don't have to worry about selling the motor anymore and not having to worry about thieves stealing it, I go off to bed eager to cash it first thing in the morning. Once 9 rolls around I leave work to go to the bank to cash it. I get to the bank and the bank says : A.) this isn't our routing number & B.) this isn't a valid account # . ****, I know I'm fucked. So I take it to my bank and have my mom research the routing #'s and it turns out they are invalid. At this point I know I'm totally screwed.
So I take the check and other info to the police dept. to file a report. At the same time I call the shop and ask him about an employee named David Williams. The owner says no and asks why and I proceed to start telling him the story. He interrupts and starts filling in the blanks! Appantely I'm not the first idiot this guy has scammed. He even read off the routing number the guy used on my check as he used the same name and # on some other checks he had done too. I do have a couple things going for me that may help them catch this guy and keep him from ripping off other people: 1.) My wife wrote down the guys plate #'s 2.) He helped me with the hoist so I had it dusted by the police.
I already know im not getting my motor or my money and my plans to move by a certain date are fucked, I just hope that I can help someone else from getting jacked by this guy(s). Be on teh lookout for someone selling a USDM 2001 ITR changeover or parts, If it still has the VIN plates, i still have the # and will post it later.
there are a couple minor details but i'll post later as Im just too pissed to sit in front of a PC right now.
Modified by KRiS1 at 2:55 PM 11/5/2003
But not in the way most people have experienced. I got scammed, big time. To make a long story short, I decided not too long ago to part out my ITR hybrid and use the money to put down on a new house. This weekend I pulled the motor and trans and other aftermarket parts.
Last week I had placed an add in the recycler (www.recycler.com) classified as well as honda-tech. last week I got a call from a gentleman named David Williams called inquiring about the swap. David claimed to rep a local company which I have done business with before named CNC motorsports who was interested in purchasin a clean *** swap for one of thier shop cars. He mentioned familiar names of people I knew that worked there.
Being that my car/motor was filthy from the fires and rain coupled with the fact I needed to get my *** home to take my daughter trick-or-treating, I decided against swinging by the shop (Big mistake #1 on my part). He called again on Monday and Tuesday and seemed real eager to check it out. Finally I told him I'd sweeten the deal and added some extras for a good price. He said cool and that he would meet me at my house to check it out Tuesday night and if he liked it would leave me with a certified bank check.
He shows up and checks it out and is very impressed and says he would like to buy the motor but needs to get his buddies Jeep cause his other friend didn't want to jack up his newer navy blue GMC Denali. So he leaves with the first guy. an hour later he shows up with his buddies older green jeep grand cherokee. So we load the engine in the car. He pulls out a bank check made out to me on behalf of the company he represented with his name on the check also. The check looked authentic. The only problem I noticed was the date which was 1 day off. I take the check into my mom who is a bank president. She inspects the check and says it looks fine. With that I say OK ,and we wrap up the transaction. He even asked to have a bill of sale printed up for business expense purposes. Anyways, so I print it up and he takes off with his buddy.
Relieved that I don't have to worry about selling the motor anymore and not having to worry about thieves stealing it, I go off to bed eager to cash it first thing in the morning. Once 9 rolls around I leave work to go to the bank to cash it. I get to the bank and the bank says : A.) this isn't our routing number & B.) this isn't a valid account # . ****, I know I'm fucked. So I take it to my bank and have my mom research the routing #'s and it turns out they are invalid. At this point I know I'm totally screwed.
So I take the check and other info to the police dept. to file a report. At the same time I call the shop and ask him about an employee named David Williams. The owner says no and asks why and I proceed to start telling him the story. He interrupts and starts filling in the blanks! Appantely I'm not the first idiot this guy has scammed. He even read off the routing number the guy used on my check as he used the same name and # on some other checks he had done too. I do have a couple things going for me that may help them catch this guy and keep him from ripping off other people: 1.) My wife wrote down the guys plate #'s 2.) He helped me with the hoist so I had it dusted by the police.
I already know im not getting my motor or my money and my plans to move by a certain date are fucked, I just hope that I can help someone else from getting jacked by this guy(s). Be on teh lookout for someone selling a USDM 2001 ITR changeover or parts, If it still has the VIN plates, i still have the # and will post it later.
there are a couple minor details but i'll post later as Im just too pissed to sit in front of a PC right now.Modified by KRiS1 at 2:55 PM 11/5/2003
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