br1anstorm
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- United Kingdom
I'm posting this in my (usual) XJ sub-forum, but it really ought to go in the forums about buying and selling spares and parts (mods feel free to move my post....).
I have been searching for ages for the service-bulletin repair kit, aka the hinge bracket reinforcement plate, to strengthen the driver's door hinge on my 1993 XJ, as the hinge welds are failing like so many others.
The part, MOPAR 5083061AA, is now pretty well unobtainable. But as I'm in UK I thought I'd browse the internet in case there was any 'new old stock' in any corner of Europe.
My search threw up a couple of websites of online suppliers in Germany which listed that very part in stock. The suppliers were SDC Parts (apparently located in Koln) and Sunparts24 (apparently located in Giessen, Germany).
I tried, unsuccessfully, to place an order. The reason for this post is to send out a BIG WARNING! Don't go near either of these websites or companies. The websites are fake. They have hijacked or cloned the details of real German vehicle spares companies, and the sites appear secure and genuine. But they are clever scams.
Card details entered when placing an order are (I have found) passed to a company called Skrill (Skrill Ltd, or skrill.com) , which does exist and appears to operate a bit like PayPal, as a payment-processing firm.
But what happens is that Skrill then makes multiple charges against the card account, all fraudulent. I tried to order the hinge bracket, quoted cost about 30 euros. The payment was not authorised and I did not confirm or complete the order. But I then found from the card company that Skrill had made multiple charges each of over £200, to a total of over £2,000, from my card account.
Alarm bells rang with the card company, the payments are now in the process of being challenged and I hope recovered. But is a messy situation and a total scam. So although it's a long shot and unlikely to be an issue for may US Jeep owners, I still put up this warning: look carefully at, and stay away from, any car-spares website that appears to be based in Germany. And have nothing whatever to do with the company called Skrill.....
I have been searching for ages for the service-bulletin repair kit, aka the hinge bracket reinforcement plate, to strengthen the driver's door hinge on my 1993 XJ, as the hinge welds are failing like so many others.
The part, MOPAR 5083061AA, is now pretty well unobtainable. But as I'm in UK I thought I'd browse the internet in case there was any 'new old stock' in any corner of Europe.
My search threw up a couple of websites of online suppliers in Germany which listed that very part in stock. The suppliers were SDC Parts (apparently located in Koln) and Sunparts24 (apparently located in Giessen, Germany).
I tried, unsuccessfully, to place an order. The reason for this post is to send out a BIG WARNING! Don't go near either of these websites or companies. The websites are fake. They have hijacked or cloned the details of real German vehicle spares companies, and the sites appear secure and genuine. But they are clever scams.
Card details entered when placing an order are (I have found) passed to a company called Skrill (Skrill Ltd, or skrill.com) , which does exist and appears to operate a bit like PayPal, as a payment-processing firm.
But what happens is that Skrill then makes multiple charges against the card account, all fraudulent. I tried to order the hinge bracket, quoted cost about 30 euros. The payment was not authorised and I did not confirm or complete the order. But I then found from the card company that Skrill had made multiple charges each of over £200, to a total of over £2,000, from my card account.
Alarm bells rang with the card company, the payments are now in the process of being challenged and I hope recovered. But is a messy situation and a total scam. So although it's a long shot and unlikely to be an issue for may US Jeep owners, I still put up this warning: look carefully at, and stay away from, any car-spares website that appears to be based in Germany. And have nothing whatever to do with the company called Skrill.....
