Scam Type
Online Purchase Scam
Business Name Used
ccc truck and equipment sales
Date Reported
Sep 13, 2022
Victim Postal Code
30360
Total Dollars Lost
17200
Scam Description
Fraud narrative
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From this scam website (www.ccctruckequipmentsales.com) They sell equipment trucks and tractors but never deliver the paid for equipment. That was my experience and many others.. Their fake business web site shows them to be from Draper Utah 840020. But it’s fake and the website is out of Taiwan. Their website has a phone # (801-833-0370) for contact and when calling a real person who answers the phone goes by the name Marlina. Very helpful up to the time they get your money. She gave me all the details of the equipment and even sent me a video link from their website (also same video on you tube) of the exact equipment advertised that is on their website and also many pictures of the equipment I thought I bought. After receiving the money her communication stopped. I could not get her to answer my calls or texts for delivery updates. So after it didn’t arrive on the date promised I called using a different phone. I didn’t leave a message but she called me back on that number about 30 minutes later noting I called her and I’m sure she thinking it’s a new customer. I then asked her why she wasn’t returning my calls and she claimed she was too busy but that my equipment would be delivered to me. Didn’t happen and no recourse using a wire transfer. Talk about red flags !! Now I know I been scammed.. Doing more research I found where many complaints were logged on the Bizapedia.com site which is a site where complaints are filed. On their fake website under “our team” are fake pictures of the owner and 2 other employees. Long pressing on their profile pictures google shows where else these pictures exist and obviously where they were stolen from.. The Marline picture was taken from a person who works in real-estate in New Jersey. When I did a ‘whois’ on the fake website to see where and who created it the data came up country of origin as Taiwan. The lady I spoke with, Marina, did have an accent. I found out this website had many negative scam reviews about the same fraud that I experienced… Bizapedia.com is where the negative reviews are written. Go there then put in the business name (CCC truck equipment sales Draper Utah 84020) to see the complaints. But what this scam website does so the negative scam reviews would not be seen is they write a very long 5 star review and even put special characters at the end to force a lot spacing after their fake 5 star review to keep the real negative ones from being seen easily.. The reviews that are put in last come up first so their fake very long 5 star ones are seen and they are counting on people not reading further.. I have completed an IC3 to the internal crime complaint center documenting this incident. Also contacted my bank’s fraud unit but it appears I am going to be out of the money I sent. Any action you can take to alert others about this criminal business would be appreciated… Thank you..
