Is This A Scam: Help me to buy and ship over


We received a note:
"I am a contractor and received email from a Reverand Smith about purchasing products and shipping them overseas. He will pay with credit card before they are shipped. when i responded with price quote i received a similiar email from a different Reverand Jones wanting a different product."

Becareful about such an offer, as he is likely to be using a stolen credit card. If you are going to use your own cash to buy a product and send over, we would suggest asking for cash payment - preferably telegraphic transfer. Becareful of fake checks and stolen credit cards.

btw, we cannot see why a Reverand would approach a contractor to buy a product and ship over. Why can't he contact the company selling the product to ship over directly?

Be careful when strangers approach you, asking you to be their middle-man to help them buy products on their behalf. There are various scams that use fake checks and stolen credit cards to trick you into thinking that you are paid. However, all they want is for you to use YOUR OWN cash before you find out that what they are fraudulent.




Comments (1)

Anonymous Target
Said this on 4-9-2009 At 01:36 pm
This is definitely a scam targeting businesses. I had the same thing happen at my workplace: "Reverend John Podrasky" from the "Continental Church" wanted to purchase a lot of graphic banners from me to send to a orphanage in Africa. The grammar was poor in the email, and it seemed a bit strange when he didn't even blink at the $20K bill, and said he would have a credit card ready once I booked his shipper to pick up. Not only did the shipper have a gmail account, I would have to pay the third party shipping bill via Western Union transfer. Talk about fake!

Thankfully my company doesn't do business like that, and the fishy smell kept us away. Some people at 800notes.com, have also been getting calls about this scam. Google it if it seems too good to be true, or doesn't feel right!
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