The General Nature of This Scam And Con Game Goes As Follows: You will be approached by a person in a pickup truck that has a number of items in the back. He claims to be only the 'Driver' and that he was instructed to pick up this equipment following a recent Trade Show in a city somewhere near your location. He claims his boss does not want to pay for the shipping to send the equipment back as it had fuel and oil in it and the shipping company said it was now a Hazardous Material (or similar) so they either could not ship it, or would have to pay much more to get them back. It is interesting to note that this fellow was in a white small pickup with California plates. He had a picture ID that said: NSC on it - basically a name tag or ID Card hanging from his neck. He refers to the owner of the equipment as the 'boss' and that for an answer to most logically asked questions, such as "how do I know these are not stolen property?" he has to call this "boss".in any event, the basic line will be something such as he has to unload and sell all of this equipment and needs to find someone that needs it, and a great deal, rather than ship it back to the factory. He then points out the rest of the equipment he has to 'unload' and cannot ship back. He says his boss will take $5,890 for the Generator and the balance of the equipment is free - a pressure washer, compressor, trash pump and Yellow (Gas) generator, (both generators have electric start) and seems to be a really good deal. All but the large Diesel Generator are wrapped in translucent factory plastic wrapping. He carries a binder with all the documents, warranty sheets, product sheets and a master price list of all the equipment totaling somewhere over $18,000. All questions of significance resulte in a call to his boss, in our case, a "Mr. Perry". When asked about a state sales tax license, he said: "Oh yes, we have a sales tax license in Utah, but we sell this as farm equipment and don't have to collect any sales tax." His driver will write on the receipt or invoice "For Farm Use" and will suggest any name is fine in the "Sold To" area if you want to make one up or otherwise. The driver then calls for an authorization on the credit card and will physically take an manual impression of the card by rubbing a pencil or pen over the carbon copy sheet of his copy of the sales receipt. He then unloads the equipment and is in a rush to get away, saying he has to get back to the trucking company as soon as possible. The scam may vary, but the basic way it works is the same.in the end, the consumer is duped into paying $5000 for equipment that is worth about $2000 at best. When you do further research about the company, they will probably have been running want ads in local news papers for help. Here is the one of the ads they ran in our area: FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY NSC, a distributor of Titan Industrial Equipment, has an opening for 8-10 energetic and motivated people who desire $100,000 per year. Must have pick-up truck and willing to travel. Call 888-895-7195. Additional information located at: http://www.nsctitanscam.com/
Corpusjuriscivilis
St. George, Utah
U.S.A.
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