Please see my updated video regarding these scams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5RDTdwpLqE&t=30s
Scammer’s phone (612) 852-5118
Scammer’s website zieglerfreight.com
Scammer’s address 3553 Marshall St Ne Minneapolis, Mn 55418
Scammer’s email [email protected]
Country United States
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Initial means of contact Online classifieds (e.g., Craigslist)
These scammers were formly ABL Shipping Limited with a website showing them to be in Seattle Washington, but they were not. They were located somewhere in England. They start out by adevertising a classic car on oodle.com. When you inquire about the car, the owner wil email you with a story. The last one I got was the guy was working on an oil rig overseas but he can’t call you. But you should register on the website for the car.
Once you put your money in the shipping company’s bank account (HBSC in the UK), the shipping process will begin. They will ship car to you at the owner’s expense, you have 7 days to inspect it. If you don’t want to except it, they will ship it back at owners, expense and refund your money. Does any of this sound like a scam? I got out before they got my money. And I also sent the info to the BBB.
Well 2 weeks later ABL shipping website was suspened. They are slick probably didn’t get caught. They proabaly shut it down in time. I can prove that Zeigler Freight is the same as ABL. For one thing I found another classic car way under priced on oodle.com. I inquired like I had before and the owner clamied to be working for WHO in china said he was a Professor of Epidemiology so he couldn’t talk to me as they were working to stop COVID-19. Really?
So I played a long and told him was intrested in this car. (Silver 64 Chevy Impala). I saw the pictures of the car, and he also sent me a few more. He wanted, $14,900. Which was priced just like the other one I almost bought. As far as the market goes that was around $10,000 under priced.
He told me to get registered at Zeigler Freight. I registered and recived the same kind of paperwork like ABL had sent me. Purchase contract, shipping tag, and bill of sale. After closer examination the purchase contract has the exact same signature with Zeigler as it did with ABL.
I then emailed the seller as well as the Zeigler and tole them what a scam this was. Checking further I found that the Zeigler Freight website was first put up on 3/30/2020. This was about a week before, they shut down the ABL Shipping website.
Just like with the ABL street address if you google it and check the map their is nothing there. 3553 Marshall St Ne Minneapolis, Mn 55418.
I googled Zeigler Freight and it comes up with nothing. The closest thing to that was Zeigler Group, that shipped heavy equipment. They were in MN so I called the just to see if they heard of Zeigler Freight. I was told they did not exisit, and not only were they not in Minnesota, they happen to know that they are in europe. The person I talked t said I was the 8th person to call and inquire. He went on to say that they were not associated with this scam outfit, and that that company also was using their DOT #. So there you have it. Don’t buy into this scam. I have all the documents both shipping companies sent me if anyone is interested.