Parts Scam

Started by colcol, December 25, 2013, 12:52:57 PM

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colcol

Recently i put a wanted 'Alfa Romeo 33 brake booster', on this forum, and i purchased the required item through club sources, a couple of days ago, i received a email from, Justin Hollands, JHolands Auto Spares, California, USA, saying he had the required part, i was immediately suspicious, as the 33 was never sold in America, so why would he have one?, i did a quick google and he is a scam artist, with tales from would be victims, that he has what you want and send the money via money exchanges, [that are dodgy], rather than paypal or credit cards, [which have some sort of comeback to non delivered goods].
When looking for parts for 33's, Alfasud's, 156's or 147's, i never look to the USA, as they were never sold there, Colin.
1974 VW Passat [ist car] 1984 Alfa 33TI [daily driver] 2002 Alfa 156 JTS [daily driver]

Cool Jesus

These vultures just lurk everywhere. Good catch on this one col.
Present:
* '76 Alfetta GTAm 2.0 (project)
* '03 147 2.0 TS
*'12 159 Ti 1750 TBi
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Past:
* '10 159 2.2 JTS
* '89 164 3.0
* '98 Spider 2.0 TS