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11/24/25 I called Elite Equip to get information on a dozer they had listed for sale on their website. Talked to a Max gather info about the equipment I wanted to purchase. Called back on 11/25/25 and talked to Max and agreed to the purchase, Max sent the contract to me via email via docusign with payment instructions. I went to my local bank and followed Elite Equip's instructions with the wire transfer to pay the down payment for the purchase of the machinery. My bank sent the wire on 11/26/25 at 2:18 pm to the instructed wire account. I received an email on 11/29/25 stating that they hadn't received the wire yet. I started to question where the wire went to and what the error was. Looking into it and after multiple phone calls, they acknowledged that they did have the wire money and the machinery would be delivered the following Monday 12/1/25. On 12/1/25 no machinery was delivered and no acknowledgement that they were coming with the equipment. Then I started questioning what was going on. Then another phone call to them and they said the equipment would arrive 12/8/2025. That is also what their tracking says on the website. The machinery never arrived. Now when I attempt to call the phone number it will not go through, they have either changed their number or blocked my phone number. We have called from a different phone number and the number is still in service. These people have $10,650 of my money that I wired per their instruction and now they will not communicate with me. I called John Deere, RDO equipment in Texas, they plugged in the serial number of the machinery I was purchasing and it said that it was currently owned and then I contacted the current owner of the machine and he verified it was not listed for sale and was actively being used in Texas on a job site. I have since started a wire reversal per the bank's instructions. This is a case of theft by deception. The website is: https://eliteequipac.com/