Zito Wheels Tony (Anthony Amato) Riped off by Tony (Anthony Amato), Zito Wheels USA. Downey Carlifornia

We are writing this report here at ripoffreport as Tony (Anthony Amato) has disabled the review system at their facebook page, we want to create awareness worldwide of this case and how Tony (Anthony Amato) is misleading us and others and taking advantage of paying customer. Please be aware of doing business with Tony and Zito Wheels USA.

We are previous Zito Wheels customer, but only bought the wheels in Europe (Import from Taiwan). This time around we could not get the wheel specification for our vehicles. So, we were recommended to contact Zito Wheels USA. We were contacted by Anthony Amato, AKA Tony. He didn’t respond to the email we sent directly to their company email-address, but for unknown reason he rather contacted me on WhatsApp. We then agreed on ordering (April 8th, 2021) the wheels to our specifications. The payment was transferred by bank wire to Tony’s personal/business account. He did not accept PayPal. So, we assumed as Zito Wheels USA is worldwide company, and have many followers all around the world, it should be no issue (BIG mistake)

We were mistaken. Tony acknowledge/confirmed that he received the agreed amount of $3000 from Bank of America. We have written proof and documentation by messages and bank confirmation that Tony did received the amount we agreed on (see the attached pictures from the conversation). We were looking forward to receiving the wheels as we had planned a car and coffee event in June/July. But sadly, and disappointingly Tony stopped answering our calls and messages completely.

The last massage he sent was an excuse that they had major issues and delays with their machine and powder coating facility. Which is completely incorrect as other customer don’t report this issue in the States. So to conclude, we have been waiting for approximately 4 months now, and Tony has stopped responding completely, and we have been patiently waiting, but unfortunately we have to accept that we have been scammed by Zito Wheels USA and Tony.

Tony never intended to ship the wheels to Europe. This is unfortunate as we were loyal Zito customer for years, and previous had good experience, until we started dealing with Tony. The Irony in this situation is that Tony is promoting one of my cars on their Instagram-page with Zito wheels, but simultaneous scamming us. Finally, we will be reaching out to other organization on all social media to create awareness of this case and how Tony is misleading and taking advantage of paying customer.

In the last few days we have been in contact with at least five other Zito customer (from both Europe and US) who have been scammed like us. Same pattern, Tony receive the agreed amount, makes excuses, lets you wait for a long time and then stops the communication. We will be updating this post as the process continue. Please see the attached pictures and documentation from our case.