Vendor Scam Warning

[woody]

There are folks offshore (Indonesia mainly) trying to buy parts/accessories using stolen credit card numbers. Their MO seems to be conducting the transaction via email, rather than a phone call or mail, and sometimes will attempt to use multiple cards for one transaction.

If it looks like too good a thing (who wouldn't like to sell 5 expensive widgets in one shot?) it probably is!

Here is an email we received at :

"Dear Sir,

My name Jxxxx Pxxxxx from Indonesia, I'm interested to buy from your store.
My order is:

- MileMarker 12000lbs PN 75-52000C, Quantity: 5 pieces.

Please confirm me the total prices and shipping cost to Singapore.
by FedEx.
Do you accept Visa/Mastercard?

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best Regards,

Jxxxx Pxxxx"

 

[JJ13]

Yeah I have ran into that on Ebay as well. Was selling golf clubs and some guy offered me 3 times the reserve the first day, but he wasn't willing to use Paypal or anything else.Got be really careful these days.

JJ

 

[Loose_Nuts_Enterprises]

Was he trying to buy something off the for sale forum or is he too retarded to figure out this is a bulletin board system?? Or does have some super secret retail parts store?

Dan