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These days, you can find pretty much anything on the web, and that includes Craigslist.

It’s an auction site where you can find stuff for cheap, but one San Antonio family says “buyer beware” because there are scammers ready to take your money.

“There is scammers out there, and Roger Delgado happens to be one of them,” said Cathy Estrada.

She says her son found C&T Mobile Services on Craigslist to fix his car window. He couldn’t afford what mechanics wanted, so he called the owner, Roger Delgado. Delgado showed up, looked at the problem and said he had the part.

“He said, ‘If you give me the money, I will take it,’” Estrada said. “‘I have it at the shop. I will get the part and be back within two hours to do the service.’”

Two hours came and went, so Cathy called Delgado, but there was no answer. Two days later, she was still calling, and finally, he answered. He told Cathy he had gotten tied up, but would be there by noon.

“We said, ‘Okay, things happen, you know.’ On Sunday, he never showed up again, so for the next week or two I been calling and calling. He finally called back and said he’d been suffering from food poisoning,” Estrada said.

The Estradas felt like they had been had, so they fought back. They began posting scam alerts on Craigslist. That’s when she says she finally heard from Delgado.

“He gave me an ultimatum. He said unless I remove the postings off Craigslist, which are ruining his business, I’ll never see the money or the part again,” Estrada said.

We didn’t think that sounded right, so we called Delgado, but he didn’t answer, so we left a message. Roger Delgado never called back.

The Estradas say they will press charges for theft, and see it as paying $130 to warn anyone who will listen.

Cathy Estrada said, “He has now changed his business from C&T Automotive to M2G Automotive. And I don’t know how many more times he’s going to change the name to be able to do what he does, but we’re trying to put a stop to him.”