Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Y'all-- As an online retailer, I get these types of emails at the rate of, say, three to five a day? They typically 'seem' to come from places like Nigeria, or Indonesia, or somesuch. There is a lot of credit card fraud coming out of southeast Asia. Usually I'm offered more than the price of the 'several' items they want to buy (usually a half-dozen M7s or Digilux 2s) and they want them shipped by DHL or some quick service. My response? 'Wire transfer only; when money is received, items ship. Period.' Anything that sounds too good to be true, usually is. No, I take that back. Always is. Don't do anything that doesn't sound real. When a customer from that part of the world who is legitimate contacts me, and I have clients all over Asia, it sounds real. They make contact, ask questions, and by the time the transaction is complete, we have become friends and are talking on a first-name basis. If I take a credit card, I have their bank's 24 hour customer service number to verify their billing address. No verification available? My same old singsong once again: 'Wire transfer only; when money is received, items ship. Period.' Real folks are more than happy to comply. They also appreciate the incentives I provide with cash sales. :) Kit -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+leicagalpal=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+leicagalpal=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Doug Herr Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 12:09 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] OT: new scam? Here's the text of a message I recieved this morning: on 9/19/04 9:59 AM, Ademola Adetokunbo at info_bel@yahoo.com wrote: > Hello, > I will love to order some artworks from your gallery or > studio to nigeria,Also i will loveto know if you can have it > shipped viafedx and accept credit card as a favourable method > of Payment. > regards > Given Nigeria's reputation as a hotbed of internet scams, what does this seem like to you? Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information