21st Century Equipment
21st Century Equipment in Laramie, WY (21centuryequipment.com) reported as a heavy equipment scam. Buyer lost $14,000 on a 2018 Kubota SVL75-2 compact track loader. Phone (307) 667-1098.
BuildPower Heavy Equipment in Omaha, NE (Nebraska) — website buildpowerheavyequipment.com, phone (402) 513-9959, email sales@buildpowerheavyequipment.com, address 13305 Portal Dr, Omaha NE 68138.
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BuildPower Heavy Equipment, operating at buildpowerheavyequipment.com, is a fraudulent online heavy equipment dealer at 13305 Portal Dr, Omaha, NE 68138 in Douglas County. The company lists phone (402) 513-9959 and email sales@buildpowerheavyequipment.com, and claims to be a trusted partner in heavy machinery for over 30 years. The domain buildpowerheavyequipment.com was registered only weeks before this report was filed, contradicting the multi-decade history claimed on the About Us page. Buyers who send payment to BuildPower Heavy Equipment receive nothing.
The website buildpowerheavyequipment.com advertises Bobcat mini excavators (E88R2, E35i, E35 R2), Komatsu (PC45MR-5), Caterpillar (305CR), and Kubota (KX040-4) at prices that look attractive compared to typical dealer listings. After a buyer agrees to purchase, BuildPower Heavy Equipment instructs them to send payment by wire transfer, Zelle, ACH, or cryptocurrency to a bank account that does not match the business name shown on buildpowerheavyequipment.com. Once the payment clears, sales@buildpowerheavyequipment.com stops replying, calls to (402) 513-9959 go unanswered, and no equipment is ever delivered from 13305 Portal Dr, Omaha, NE 68138.
A buyer reported losing $17,800 after wiring a deposit to BuildPower Heavy Equipment for a 2024 Bobcat E88R2 Mini Excavator (584 hours, Stock #566800) advertised on buildpowerheavyequipment.com at $59,400. The mini excavator was never shipped from the claimed Omaha, NE location. Phone calls to (402) 513-9959 and emails to sales@buildpowerheavyequipment.com went unanswered after the funds cleared. Do NOT send money to buildpowerheavyequipment.com.
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Online Purchase — Heavy Equipment Fraud
May 17, 2026
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Yes. BuildPower Heavy Equipment, listed at 13305 Portal Dr, Omaha, NE 68138 and operating at buildpowerheavyequipment.com, has been reported as an online heavy equipment scam. Buyers report paying BuildPower Heavy Equipment for machines that were never delivered.
No. buildpowerheavyequipment.com is not a legitimate heavy equipment dealer. The domain was registered only a few weeks before being reported, despite the site claiming over 30 years of business history. The site demands wire transfer or cryptocurrency payments and goes silent once money is sent.
BuildPower Heavy Equipment lists 13305 Portal Dr, Omaha, NE 68138, in Douglas County. The About Us page also confusingly references Rapid City, South Dakota — another red flag for the BuildPower Heavy Equipment scam.
(402) 513-9959 is the phone number listed by BuildPower Heavy Equipment on buildpowerheavyequipment.com. The 402 area code covers Omaha and eastern Nebraska. The number has been associated with the heavy equipment scam reported here.
sales@buildpowerheavyequipment.com is the contact email listed by BuildPower Heavy Equipment. After payment is sent, victims report that sales@buildpowerheavyequipment.com stops responding to emails entirely.
No. The 2024 Bobcat E88R2 Mini Excavator (Stock #566800, 584 hours, listed at $59,400) on buildpowerheavyequipment.com is part of the scam. A buyer wired $17,800 toward this listing and never received the excavator.
No. The 2021 Komatsu PC45MR-5 and the other mini excavators (2022 Bobcat E35i, 2023 Caterpillar 305CR, 2018 Kubota KX040-4) shown on buildpowerheavyequipment.com are bait listings used by the BuildPower Heavy Equipment scam to collect wire transfers.
Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and request a chargeback or wire recall. File a complaint with the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov and an FBI internet-fraud complaint at ic3.gov. Also report BuildPower Heavy Equipment to the Nebraska Attorney General's consumer-protection division in Lincoln.
If you found this page by searching BuildPower Heavy Equipment, buildpowerheavyequipment.com, 13305 Portal Dr Omaha NE, (402) 513-9959, or sales@buildpowerheavyequipment.com: yes — this website has been reported as an online heavy equipment scam. A buyer lost $17,800 to buildpowerheavyequipment.com after wiring funds for a 2024 Bobcat E88R2 Mini Excavator that was never delivered. Do not send money to buildpowerheavyequipment.com.
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