Before you wire the deposit
Type the name on the invoice. Equipment Scam Report publishes what buyers paid, what the seller claimed, and what we found when we checked the yard, the licence, and the bank account behind it.
Matches trading names, aliases, websites, phone numbers, and email addresses across every published report.
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badgerbluffmachinerysale.com
A buyer reports wiring $48,500 by bank wire for a 2022 CATERPILLAR Skid Steer 259D3 advertised with 17 hours on badgerbluffmachinerysale.com and says the machine was never delivered. The listing appeared on a domain registered 2026-10-28 and the site lists a Phoenix address, phone and email but publishes no dealer licensing details.
avanta-auction.com
Avanta Auction's site avanta-auction.com was registered on 2026-10-26. A buyer says they sent a bank wire of $16,400 to purchase a listed 2014 Caterpillar 430F and received no equipment in return.
salesequipments.com
A buyer reported wiring $7,000 to salesequipments.com for a 2022 Toyota Camry XSE Auto AWD (Natl) that the site listed at $7,000. According to the buyer, the bank wire cleared but no vehicle was delivered and the listing is on a domain registered 2026-10-25. The site publishes an Old Bethpage, NY address and a phone number; the buyer says they paid by bank wire and received no unit.
mybiggreentractorok.com
The reporting buyer says they wired $28,000 by bank transfer to MY BIG GREEN TRACTOR for a Skid Steer, Stock #NYBRN6145, and the machine was never delivered; the listing was on mybiggreentractorok.com, a domain created 2026-10-16.
vonlutzequipment.com
VonLutz Equipment at 1414 S 202nd St, Eagle NE lists Stock #TRM032 for $32,500. A buyer reported wiring the full $32,500 by bank wire and never receiving the unit. The site domain was registered on 2026-10-13 and the registrant is hidden behind a privacy service.
truckequipmentsale.com
Truck & Equipment Sales advertised a 2006 Caterpillar 304CCR Mini Excavator with 7,129 hours for $8,000; according to a buyer's account they wired $8,000 by bank transfer and received no machine.
Ranked by money sent
These figures are the sum of payments stated by the buyers who reported them. Treat every one as a floor. Most people who lose a deposit on a machine never file anything anywhere.
| Seller | Verdict | Buyers | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hart Canyon Construction Equipmenthartcanyonconstruction.com | Scam | 1 | $49K |
| Badger Bluff Machinery Salesbadgerbluffmachinerysale.com | Scam | 1 | $48.5K |
| 58 West Auto Auction58westautoauction.com | Scam | 1 | $45K |
| IronRoad Machinery Enterprisesironroadmachinery.com | Scam | 1 | $43.5K |
| Frontier Rock Machineryfrontierrockmachinery.com | Scam | 1 | $43.2K |
By equipment type
Each category sets out how the fraud is run in that market and the checks that break it before any money moves.
Tractors, combines, balers, and implements advertised well under market by sellers with no yard you can stand in.
Excavators, skid steers, dozers, and telehandlers sold by invented liquidators and cloned dealer sites.
Motorhomes, fifth wheels, and travel trailers offered by absent owners through invented escrow and transport firms.
Semi tractors, dump trucks, and service trucks sold against fake fleet disposals and borrowed DOT numbers.
Goosenecks, flatbeds, dumps, and enclosed haulers listed at prices no manufacturer or dealer can match.
Muscle cars, restorations, and collector vehicles sold through fake escrow, fake transport, and borrowed photographs.
Seven checks that catch nearly every fraudulent equipment seller: domain age, reverse image search, the state business register, the dealer licence, the premises, the payment route, and the fee that arrives after you have already paid.
Open the checksWhat to do in the first hours, which payment routes can still be recalled and which cannot, where to file by state and federally, and why the recovery agent who contacts you next is the second scam.
What to do nowSend the website, the invoice, the bank details, and the message history. Every submission is checked against objective records before anything is published under a seller's name.
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