Mopar Scam Artist

[John Hertog <crossram@xxxx>]

Hi to all,
Passing this on, and please forward through any other Mopar listservers that
you are on ! Picture of this man available upon request.
John
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From: "Moana & Gerry Steinberg" <mopar@xxxx>
Hi John: Just received this from Ken Zurek, president of Mopars Unlimited
of Arizona. You might want to spread the word. Sounds like somebody I'd
like to run over with my '78 D300 Dodge 1 ton dually. Take care, stay warm.
Gerry
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Hightower www.mattresses.net
To: Ken.Zurek@xxxx
Subject: Mopar Scam Artist

Ken, I need to alert the club that a scam artist is at work in the Phoenix
and Southwest area. I am attaching an email that I sent to Germany trying to
track down this character. I am also attaching the responses I got. We need
to put this guy behind bars, or better yet, let me take him for a long ride
in the desert. I am also attaching a picture of the guy. Thanks for your
help, Ken (Copy of email I sent to Germany)
I am looking for help in identifying this German born mopar scam artist. He
claims to be a collector from Hannover and offered to sell me one of his
1971 cuda's. I gave him a deposit and he said he would put it on a container
and ship it to Long Beach at which point I would pay him the balance due. He
was on vacation here in the United States when I met him. He truly knew a
lot about mopars and claimed to own over 30 himself and even showed me
pictures. After I gave him the deposit he disappeared and I haven't heard
from him. If you know him or can circulate his picture I sure would
appreciate it. He is very good at what he does and I am sure he has done it
before. Thanks, Ken

(Response #1)
Hi Ken,

I only have real bad news for you.
I know that guy. His name is Mike Tissat. He originally came from east
Germany. He is a real gangster. That is no joke. He has ripped of several
people over here, too. Selling them cars that have not been the same as
described/wrong cars/clone cars/ or they never arrived. He has a lot of
enemys over here. He lived in a smalltown close to Berlin. As I heared the
last thing was that he borrowed money from some russians (they give money
for high interests, kind a like mafia-related staff) and left germany with
the money. He definetly will not come back. If the right persons meet him
overhere his live might come to a quick end.He owned some Mopars in the past
in germany but as said before most where not good or real cars.

He sold for example a 69 Daytona as a real car, but the story goes that it
was originally a 318 (XP29F) car. Then he bought the papers and VIN/Fender
Tag from a rotten Charger 500 and cloned a Daytona. When the new owner
showed up with the car I had to tell him that it is not real. You can see it
at the builddate because all Charger 500 have been build before the
Daytonas. This is just one of the storys.

If he showed you pictures of a 71 Cuda it must have been a bronze 383,
4-speed car. He owned it til 6 years ago. It had a cracked engine block and
he didn't told the buyer. Just one of the other stories.

He left Germany approx. 1999 to the US. I have heared already from some
other US-Mopar-enthusiasts that he ripped them off. So warn everybody that
you can. He can be easily identified because he has nearly no teeths in his
mouth. I am also sure that he has no official permission to stay in the US.
His complete paperwork might be cloned. If you get him let the cops come and
let him through out of the US because I am sure he lives there illegally.

I am sorry that I don not have better news for you. I can just say that
there are a lot of real and honest Mopar-enthusiasts in Germany and I feel
sorry for you meeting the biggest ass---.
If you need any other information let me know.

Many greetings

Carsten Woitenek

(Response #2)
Hello Ken,
yes I know him also, spoke quite several times with him..... don`t thrust
him one word!! Mabe its a good Idea to send all Info to MCG, so they make a
artikle about him....All the Rest Carsten Woitenek has already written to
you.
If we can help anyhow, let me know..
Greetings
Oliver Zinn

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