The 2020 Kubota KX080-4A as advertised
Samuel & Cooper Machinery published a listing for a used 2020 KUBOTA KX080-4A showing 2,554 engine hours and an asking price of $15,000. The listing page presents the unit as used and gives the hours and price as the core sales facts. The site shows a Dallas address, a phone number and an email as contact points alongside the single machine listing.
What the buyer reports
According to a buyer's account filed with this publication, the buyer arranged purchase of the advertised 2020 KUBOTA KX080-4A and sent $15,000 by bank wire. The buyer reported that after wiring $15,000 they did not receive the excavator. The buyer's allegation is recorded here as submitted to the publication; it has not been independently verified by Equipment Scam Report.
Checking a Kubota KX080-4A before you pay
A used excavator at any price requires inspection and documentary checks before payment. For a Kubota machine you should do the following checks yourself or arrange them before sending funds.
Match the PIN or serial plate to the listing. Ask the seller to photograph the machine's serial plate and the surrounding area so you can compare it to any other photos. The serial plate should be visible on the machine itself; match the plate number to the bill of sale and the listing photos.
Ask an authorized Kubota dealer to look up the PIN. An authorized dealer can confirm whether the PIN corresponds to a Kubota record and may be able to report service history if the machine has been serviced at dealer locations.
Check hours against wear shown in photos. Study the undercarriage, bucket edges, swing gear and operator station in the listing photos. 2,554 hours commonly produce visible undercarriage wear on an excavator; if photos do not show consistent wear, ask for higher-resolution images and for video of the machine running.
Confirm title and lien status. Before paying, run a UCC lien search in the state the seller publishes as their location and obtain a written, signed bill of sale that includes the serial number. For machines offered in the United States, ask the seller for a notarized bill of sale and verify there are no active liens against the machine.
Run a stolen-equipment check. Use national and local resources, including NICB and local police property databases, to confirm the PIN is not listed as stolen. If you cannot run these checks yourself, ask a local dealer or inspector to help.
Inspect in person or use a third-party inspector. Either examine the machine yourself or hire an independent inspector to attend the seller's premises, operate the machine and confirm serial numbers, condition and working order.
If the seller refuses to provide clear photos of the serial plate, will not allow a dealer to verify the PIN, or resists an independent inspection, treat that as a serious warning sign and do not wire funds.
How the payment was taken
The buyer's account states the payment method was a bank wire. A completed bank wire leaves the buyer dependent on the destination bank's willingness to recall funds; unlike credit card transactions, a settled wire generally cannot be reversed by the sender. This means recovery options are limited if the recipient does not cooperate and the receiving bank will not or cannot return the transfer.
What we have and have not verified
We have these observations from the public record and the buyer's account: the listing on samuelcoopermachinery.com presents a used 2020 Kubota KX080-4A, 2,554 hours, price $15,000; a buyer reported wiring $15,000 by bank wire and receiving no machine; the domain samuelcoopermachinery.com was registered 2026-10-08; the registrar is NAMECHEAP INC; the registrant is hidden behind a privacy service; nameservers are pixel.dns-parking.com and byte.dns-parking.com; the homepage returns HTTP 200 and shows the published Dallas address, phone and support email.
Open checks we have not completed and which remain outstanding: confirmation that the published Dallas address and phone reach a verified business location for Samuel & Cooper Machinery; tracing the destination of the buyer's wire with the buyer's bank and the receiving institution; confirmation from a Kubota dealer that the machine's PIN corresponds to a known machine and service history; a UCC lien search for the machine's serial number and a check against stolen-equipment databases; verification that the listing photos match a machine currently on the premises named by the seller.
This record is published as filed by the buyer and using the site's public information. The operator may supply documentation, and the entry will be updated if new verification arrives.
If you have already paid
If you wired funds for this listing, call your bank's fraud team and request a wire recall immediately. File a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center at ic3.gov and preserve every message, receipt and the wire confirmation. File a report with the attorney general in your state and provide copies of the listing and any correspondence. If you can identify the receiving bank, provide your bank with the receiving account details and the exact time and amount of the wire to assist in a recall request.