Ron Williams of www.raw1performance.com is a SCAMMER and a THIEF
 

Well I didnt see this comimg

When I was looking to get my new engine built I did alot of research and came down to contracting Ron Williams of www.raw1performance.com to build my new engine. I know people with his engines in their cars and I know people who have bought parts from him without any problems and all the feedback I could find on the net was about 99% posative

lots of emails and phone calls back and forth, lots of information etc etc passed and he was happy to let me pay up my engine build due to my unforseen engine failure back last October.

Anyways by the 5th of June my engine and Cosworth dry sump system are fully paid for and my engine is shipped to me at the start of August minus the dry sump from Cosworth as they are "waiting for the last of the parts to be machined"

So I now have my engine minus the sump so I contact Cosworth asking them what the lead time was going to be on my sump on the 11th of August and didnt receive a reply from them so I send an email to Ron on the 12th August as can be seen below


a few days later we hear that he has been involved in a horrific car crash

taken from another forum

then later his wife posts this

I have no reason not to believe this so send hime a get well soon email to which I got this auto reply

So I leave it a month to let himself get back to the States and start recovering before asking him about the sump as his health is more important than a sump. I am just about to go to bed this morning and decide to see if I can find any information regarding Ron and his recovery before trying to contact him and I found this thread had been updated somewhat since the last time I read it, my heart sank!!!

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...1970473&page=8

I contacted Sean who used to do contract work for Ron helping to build engines etc etc by email and I quickly got a response due to it being 0130 AM here and tea time over in the States asking me to call him which I did.

my worst fears were confirmed that Ron had done a runner with at least $70,000 of customers money who had either paid for engine builds or ordered parts in the previous couple of months to Ron leaving to go to the Czech Rep that had contacted him since all this came out. I also found out that Ron Williams wasnt even his real name and that it was Mike Strubberg AND he had never been in a crash. It turnes out that he had got in trouble with the Police as a kid (early teans) and was on parole and wasnt allowed to leave his home state so he supposidly cloned his step brothers identity and so Ron Williams was reborn.
Sean had been working for Ron off and on for 3 years and the other year there he was asked amongst others if they could provide a character referance for him as he was applying to the courts or something to get a passport (was late and was in shock) and this is where we find out his real name was Mike Strubberg, anyways the conversation goes on and a pretty poor picture is painted.
At the same time Rons wife is posting pictures of a crashed car she is also selling off all the items out the house and their vehicles and buying plane tickets. It turnes out form other sources that Ron met his family in Dublin a few weeks ago and has supposidly paid for a years rent in a Villa in Spain that is just about finnished being built.

So going back to my first Quote in this post I phoned Cosworth USA this evening (due to time difference) and ask to speak to Kyong. Kyong did not want to discuss Rons account with me. After I explained the situation he informed me that they do not have any kits in stock and they did have 2 kits reserved for Ron but these were never paid for and that Ron had never received or was sent any dry sump kits from Cosworth so it looks like I have been stung for the best part of $3000 (approx £2100 - £2200)

Sorry for such a long post

Graeme

Ba$tard!!!!

Damn..... the nasioc thread is really sad......:cry:

To do this to a friend of 20 years?????? and all other people :cuckoo:

Thats very harsh mate, hope that you can somehow get your money back from this d!ck head!

wow... trust no one

I had thought this might be the case. Hopefully we can sort you out in the near future.

Cheers

Paul

Mother F*cker:mad:

Aye Paul, will be on the blower in the morning

Graeme (wish I went for the Zen sump the first time round!)

Nasty situation. Good luck with clearing up the mess.

dunx

P.S. Karma DOES exist, he'll get some payback for his efforts in time.

Bad stuff. Hope you get sorted Graeme

bloody hell,who can you trust nowadays.

wow that's really ****e ..

Sorry to hear this,

That really sucks lets hope what goes around comes arounds..

what an a$$hole!!!

for that amount of money someone will track him down when he least expects it

sorry to hear of everyone's losses

Fook me what a story :eek: amazing the lengths that some people will go to, to avoid their liabilities :(

TX.

W*nker!! I'm sure he will get his comeuppance one day!

Sorry about all the cash lost buddy! Hope you manage to get something sorted!!

Fook me, and I was p*ssed that I got ripped for £120 for an iPhone...

... surely for fraud on this level and his previous history, despite him being in another country, someone could do something?

Did you pay on your credit card? If so you may well be able to get your money back from them.

S

he will be running for all his life having read the full story on nasioc thread what was he running from as he had a good buisness earning for reputable repairs

Sorry to hear that fella,what a toss pot, might be worth a nice holiday to spain:norty:

You have to be really sick and twisted to post pic's and tell people that had happened, They should hope and pray that does'nt happen to them for real with the hole family in the car:nono:

Turn over a rock and what do you find? Sorry to hear of your experience. We've been done by "customers" so it can happen all over.
The "accident" thing is particularly bad, but only provokes the advent of Karma. As they say, what goes around comes around.
Personally, I'd rather be a decent individual who occasionally falls for it than a snake who thinks he can get away with it.

i would have been suspicious as soon as the missus told me all that info about the crash b4 she had even been to see him, that wouldnt happen would it

if the crash really happenned she would have forgot all of that and simply gone to see him, you wouldnt even think of informing customers of her husbands business.

and yes fate has a taste of irony.

Not good news I am afraid
I found his wife and sent her a msg

Graeme McFarlane 09 February at 13:09
Good day, I am hoping you can help
I am sure that you are the correct person I have been looking for, your Maiden name was ......... and have two kids by the names of ...... and ...... (asked a former employee of your husbands to confirm that this ID was you)
I have been trying to track down Mike Sturbberg who also went by the name of Ron Williams of a company called Raw Performance in Il.
I contracted him to build an engine for me and supply some other parts, I received the engine but never received the Cosworth dry sump oiling system that I paid $3000 for. I phoned Cosworth in the States and they confirmed that this order was never paid for.

I am looking for Mike to contact me so we can talk about what went wrong and hopefully get my money back, even in installements, as this has put the brakes on me getting my car back on the road.
I would ask that Mike give me a call on (my mobile number) for a chat.
I do not want to argue, I just want to have an adult conversation to see where things went wrong.

Best reguards
Graeme Mcfarlane

And got this reply

Colleen 09 February at 23:02 Report
You have the right person, but unfortunately I can not help you. We seperated in November and have not spoken since Christmas. The last time we spoke, he was making plans to return to the Ukraine.
Are you aware that he petitioned and was granted bankrupcty for both business and personal matters in August? If you made payment before August of 2010, it would have been dissolved within the bankrupcty.
You should try his personal email, which is boogerwrx@yahoo.com



Unfortunately I did not know he filed for bankrupcty therefor could not put a claim in

Graeme

Anything i can help with?
I know alot of people in STL.:thumb:

Any hitmen?:)

thats bad, it really is a case of who can you trust, just because you do your homework and all is well........

Spot on :thumb:

Bloke and his family sound like proper scum :(

+1 Every dog has its day

Personally, I'd rather be a decent individual who occasionally falls for it than a snake who thinks he can get away with it.[/QUOTE]

i dont think you would have problems with that alan,after meeting you and your team a few times now i think your all top guys and look foward to having work done by you in the future.:thumb: