Modified Engine Rebuilders tried to sell us a STOLEN engine!!! DO NOT BUY from this company. Please learn from our mistake and DO NOT TRUST this company with any of your money or time. We found Modified Engine Rebuilders from Fort Lauderdale, FL on Ebay in August of 2015. We contacted them concerning a 2015 Cummins ISX15 engine we needed. The owner, Joseph *****, said he would locate an engine from one of his contacts. In September 2015, Joseph advised us that he had an engine and required a 50% deposit, which was paid the same month. The following month, October 2015, Joseph said he needed the remainder of the balance. We paid the full amount of $28,500 before the end of October 2015.
The stress began in November of 2015 when we received several phone calls from Florida and California law enforcement agencies. They explained that Joseph was part of an INSURANCE FRAUD SCAM buying and selling stolen engines across the U.S. The numbers of victims and money lost from this SCAM are astronomical. In December, over a month after Joseph’s business was raided by law enforcement with search warrants, we spoke to Joseph who stated he would not be able to refund us our money but that he would attempt to locate another engine. It is now March 2016, Modified Engine Rebuilders has failed to either provide a replacement engine or refund us the $28,500. The California Highway Patrol contacted us this week and they advised us that numerous arrests were going to be a result of this SCAM.
We now have to hire an expensive attorney to begin the legal process of getting our money back. There is no timeframe which we will finally receive any of our money back. Let’s just hope Joseph doesn’t file bankruptcy before then.
Modified Engine Rebuilders, LLC. Reviews
Modified Engine Rebuilders tried to sell us a STOLEN engine!!! DO NOT BUY from this company. Please learn from our mistake and DO NOT TRUST this company with any of your money or time. We found Modified Engine Rebuilders from Fort Lauderdale, FL on Ebay in August of 2015. We contacted them concerning a 2015 Cummins ISX15 engine we needed. The owner, Joseph *****, said he would locate an engine from one of his contacts. In September 2015, Joseph advised us that he had an engine and required a 50% deposit, which was paid the same month. The following month, October 2015, Joseph said he needed the remainder of the balance. We paid the full amount of $28,500 before the end of October 2015.
The stress began in November of 2015 when we received several phone calls from Florida and California law enforcement agencies. They explained that Joseph was part of an INSURANCE FRAUD SCAM buying and selling stolen engines across the U.S. The numbers of victims and money lost from this SCAM are astronomical. In December, over a month after Joseph’s business was raided by law enforcement with search warrants, we spoke to Joseph who stated he would not be able to refund us our money but that he would attempt to locate another engine. It is now March 2016, Modified Engine Rebuilders has failed to either provide a replacement engine or refund us the $28,500. The California Highway Patrol contacted us this week and they advised us that numerous arrests were going to be a result of this SCAM.
We now have to hire an expensive attorney to begin the legal process of getting our money back. There is no timeframe which we will finally receive any of our money back. Let’s just hope Joseph doesn’t file bankruptcy before then.