Two websites that solicit bank wires for trucks, tractors, and heavy equipment share the same registrar, the same web host, and the same page template, public records show. Both impersonate real auction businesses, and one changed a buyer’s wire destination to a Colorado company formed weeks earlier.
The two sites
One site, pj-auctions.com, presents itself as P&J Auctions LLC of Castle Rock, Washington, and lists the email [email protected] and the phone number (360) 639-8235. Domain records show the address was registered on July 24, 2026.
The other, rgcityauctions.com, calls itself “RG City Auctions LLC” at 2181 Alexander Street in West Valley City, Utah, and lists [email protected] and (801) 960-2377. That domain was registered on August 21, 2026.
Neither identity holds up. The real P&J Auctions is a separate Castle Rock business that lists the phone number (360) 747-0049, not the number shown on the website. The Utah address belongs to City Auctions, a real auction house that operates as cityauctions.com. A search of Utah corporate records turned up no “RG City Auctions LLC.”
One operation, not two
Both domains were registered through the same company, Enom, and both use the same style of placeholder nameservers: athena, apollo, aster, and helios at dns-parking.com. Both now resolve to internet addresses on the same hosting network, Hostinger. Their domain settings carry the same serial number, 2026090301, which means both were updated on the same day, September 3, 2026.
The two sites also run the same template. Both page titles follow the pattern “Bid and Buy Cars, Trucks, Tractors and Heavy Equipment,” with only the business name changed. Both pages still carry placeholder contact details left in the code, “[email protected]” and “(555) 000-0000.”
The playbook
The playbook is identical on both sites. Each displays a “Verified Dealer” badge and a near-perfect rating, a counter of auctions “live right now,” and per-listing countdown timers. Each demands that bidders upload a driver’s license or government ID to “verify.” Both run blind auctions with no physical inspection and accept only bank transfer or wire.
The pricing is not plausible. The P&J site listed a 2023 Kenworth T680 for $30,900, a truck that retails for well over $100,000. The RG City site listed a 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD for $17,800 and a 2023 John Deere 524P wheel loader for $41,928, each a fraction of market value.
The real business responds
The real P&J Auctions posted a warning on its Facebook page: “P&J AUCTIONS HAS NO AFFILIATION TO THESE SITES!!! IT IS A SCAM!!” A second post said the website “appears to be an entire scam” and that “several cars listed on this site are not for sale.”
P&J AUCTIONS HAS NO AFFILIATION TO THESE SITES!!! IT IS A SCAM!!
Where the money goes
A seven-page purchase agreement for a 2022 Freightliner M2 106, numbered AGR-2026-001105, set a total of $19,718 and demanded payment by bank wire. A follow-up invoice for the same truck, sent the next day, changed the wire destination to a different entity, LESMOT LLC, at a Wells Fargo account.
A follow-up invoice for the same truck, sent the next day, changed the wire destination to a different entity, LESMOT LLC, at a Wells Fargo account.
The cover note claimed the business operates “as P&J Auctions LLC (DBA)” but that its “banking entity requires the official legal name.” Colorado records show LESMOT LLC was formed on June 3, 2026, weeks before the P&J domain went live. Its registered address is 2171 S Dallas Street in Denver, a single-family home, and its registered agent is Northwest Registered Agent LLC, a commercial service. The company has no website and no presence in the vehicle or auction business, a profile consistent with a shell used to receive payments.
Who is behind it
The people operating the two sites have not been publicly identified. Both domains are registered through a privacy service that hides the owner’s name. The phone numbers on both sites are internet-based numbers with no public owner. A name on the purchase agreement, Edward Peterson, does not appear in any public record tied to either business.
The pattern is consistent with a single operation that replaces one domain and one impersonated business with another once the first is flagged. Law enforcement has not publicly named any operator.
Anyone who wired money to either site should contact their bank immediately and file reports with the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center at ic3.gov and the Federal Trade Commission. Anyone who uploaded identification should assume it may be misused and consider a credit freeze.