Another SCAM Alert

[Tim Bateson]

Got an email to quote a price on 2x20 Name Plates.

Then a reply ... asking for a quote on 600 2x10 Name Plates

Then another reply.... purchasing 1,200 2x10 Name Plates

Red lights & bells were going off in my head, so I looked up the guy's name & business. It is a known scam alias: "John Gillan" of "William & Son (Package) Ltd"

Finally...... The address to mail them to was in Greece.

I was going to blow his scam, but have decided to just block his name, the company name and email address.

[Walt Langhans]

Hummm.... anyway to scam the the scamer?? Maybe it would teach them the lesson not to mess with people who have lasers ;)

[Anthony Scira]

What is the scam ? Is it more just to waste peoples time?

[Wes Mitchell]

We get a lot of scammers trying to "buy" large amounts of aluminum. I assume once they get it they can scrap it for some quick bucks.

[Tim Bateson]

The way I understand the scam works is they pay with a stolen credit card that has not yet been reported as stolen. They ask you to use this same card number for an overseas shipping company to delivery the products. They get free merchandise and you get stiffed to make good on the bad credit card plus materials and labor you put into the project. On top of that you could be charged with using a stolen credit card when you give that same card info to the shipping company.

[John Stevenson]

How about using the CC to make a donation the Greece's democratic party funds ?

[matthew knott]

http://www.diyweek.net/news/news.asp?id=15990&title=Scam+warning+for+garden+industry+suppliers

[Bill Cunningham]

If you use a service like SpamCop, you can submit any email as a spam, and it will send you a link to a full tracing of the email route.. Most times regardless of where they say they are, the emails originate in Africa.

[Sandy Henry]

This same guy e-mailed me yesterday & twice today. Wanted a quote for 2 x 20" nameplate "William & Son Ltd". First he wanted acrylic & then changed to black brass. I sent artwork draft & quote per piece & have not received his responce.
I've had a weird feeling about this...THANK YOU for the tip!!

[Mark Ross]

I feel for you guys. We can usually see it a mile away. I recently retired, after I helped a Nigerian Princess get 100 million out of the country...LOL.

[Dave Sheldrake]

Ha, is that it Mark :)

I got 500 million from a dead relative I never had :)

419 scams are all pretty much variations on a theme :) (419 is the Nigerian Penal Code violation that deals with these types of rip off)

best wishes

Dave

[Neil Pabia]

Thats funny, I recently won the european national lottery (twice), and they say you can't win if you don't play. I'll show them, as soon as my checks start rolling in....LOL

[Martin Boekers]

Ya know, it really has to be difficult if you actually are an honest business man in Nigeria. What an up hill struggle that must be..... :D

[Sam Larter]

Hah! I won the Polish National Lottery!

$1 a year for a million years! :D

[Dave Sheldrake]

an honest business man in Nigeria. What an up hill struggle that must be

Pretty lonely as well judging by the number of emails I get a week :)

best wishes

Dave

[ray hampton]

the people that sell your E-MAIL address are getting wealthy