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I have purchased from zito wheels after dealing with Tony for years.
Made us pay to ship wheels and never refunded on 1st set.
2nd set which we have been waiting for over 6 months .
no reply from tony since 15 Nov.
Never got wheels, no refund on wheels nor refund on shipping we initially paid for!!
if someone has a solution kindly help
Hi, mate. Sorry to hear about your experience. We haven’t received our wheels either and we have also been scammed by Tony Amato and Zito Wheels. Been waiting for almost a year now. But it’s safe to say he has scammed you too, as so many other customers in Europe and USA. Tony Amato and Zito Wheels use the same strategy/pattern when scamming new/existing customer: Customer pre-pay the wheels, he will tell you the wheels are in production and then disappear completely.
Tony Amato is a legit fraud and the car community knows this by now.
When it comes to solution, you should start with following:
· Reporting Tony Amato and Zito Wheels to the police.
· Submit a complaint with FTC.
· Submit a complaint with BBB.
· Submit a complaint with General’s Office California Department of Justice, eCrime Unit.
Good thing I read this post. Was looking at their wheels as I am in the process of buying a set of 22". I will never buy from this company. Shaddy has hell.
Good thing I read this post. Was looking at their wheels as I am in the process of buying a set of 22". I will never buy from this company. Shaddy has hell.
Glad we could help and make awareness of this ongoing scam by Tony and Zito Wheels.
FYI: Tony and Zito Wheels has recently removed their official web-page. Don’t know what’s going on but it seems like either Tony and Zito Wheels haven’t paid for renewal of the domain or alternatively it could just be a result of us reporting (few weeks ago) Zito Wheels website as a scam/fraud.
Anyway, whatever the reason for that might be, the website is gone. To our knowledge he is still operating from this number: +1 310 633 0845 (Verizon)
Completely forgot to mention: Anthony Amato (Tony) have also deleted his personal Facebook page,
clearly going underground and hiding from someone. Fortunately, we have taken back-up of his page and contacts.
Only question of time when his IG and LinkedIn will disappear as well.
BTW: if it’s worth anything and just to get it out there, as we have mentioned previously in the thread if some of you have gotten scammed by Tony
and are stuck with no solution, the last resort could be to contact Eric Peng (Supposedly the head of Zito Wheels Taiwan). But we doubt it would solve anything regarding this ongoing scam by Tony and Zito Wheels.
Sorry to hear. Isn't some of the vendors selling Zito Wheels? Not sure if its same company.
Thank for the kind for words. Unfortunately, it looks like, at least to our understanding that some vendors are still selling Zito Wheels. Like the one at this forum - AR MOTORWERKZ. Very strange that the moderator are still letting them operate by advertising/spamming, when so many have been scammed. But to our knowledge Tony and AR MOTORWERKZ have some connection, at least reading from their previous Google reviews and other sources from the wheel-industry.
If you can, just spread the word and create awareness so other can avoid to be scammed by Tony and Zito Wheels. Here in Europe, at least in our network, nobody is touching the Zito Wheels brand after our intense publication work both locally and internationally.
So what's the status of any legal or police action against them/him?
We can only speak for ourselves, but to our knowledge very little response to none from the police department. Could be because of our location (Europe) is outside of US and therefore we are less prioritized in these kind of cases – don’t know for sure.
The screenshot below is from a few months back from another forum where we posted the Tony/Zito Wheels case. We received a lot of feedback by people/customer who had tried dealing with Tony, with similar result, but mostly had backed out as rumors of him scamming begun to circulate. Anyway, we received this anonymous and interesting message about Tony. Don’t know if this is legit, but seem to explain a few theories, provided the information is correct.
Again, keep spreading the word and create awareness so other can avoid being scammed by Tony and Zito Wheels.
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