Full Version: IP relay scam - beware!
From: basehorawards [#2]
16 Jan 2007
To: Colin (MATROPHY) [#1] 16 Jan 2007
I just had a similar experience.
http://www.engravingetc.org/forum/messages.php?webtag=EE&msg=5661.1
I still have not figured out how they get any real money out of the deal.
From: UncleSteve [#3]
16 Jan 2007
To: basehorawards [#2] 16 Jan 2007
Credit card bounces.... They offer to make a direct transfer to cover the order.
You give them your bank account information for the transfer plus some "extra" information they need for tax purposes for the purchase.
The transfer is done but as a withdrawal, NOT a deposit.
If you ship the order, they receive the merchandise and the cc is refused as lost/stolen/expired/etc. and they can sell/keep/use the merchandise and they go on to the next vendor.....
From: basehorawards [#4]
16 Jan 2007
To: UncleSteve [#3] 16 Jan 2007
From: joyce (JLADY) [#5]
16 Jan 2007
To: ALL
From: Rose (RSLIEPKA) [#6]
29 Jan 2007
To: Colin (MATROPHY) [#1] 30 Jan 2007
I got the phone call today. This guy wanted 1000 resin figures at 9.95, never questioned the price....
Thanks for your heads up, it really helped alert me. The other night a con artist on a CNN show said they way he knew he had a mark was he would tell the person something totally outrageous. If the person answered "Absolutely" he knew he had them. I quoted the guy 9.95 for a 7.50 item and the guy never asked for a discount for quantity.
The IP lady agreed with me that it was a scam and we hung up.
Thanks
From: PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY) [#7]
6 Feb 2007
To: ALL
Yep Just called me in the Northwest... 400 Bobbleheads.........
Boy, I could sure use that $3,800.........
Gave me three creditcards to use...... and then came the shipping request anfter I told them they were on order (not) Rev, Something or other in Ghana
Tried to report the fraud to the credit card company.....what a nightmare..... no wonder they lose so much money to this scam......
From: Colin (MATROPHY) [#8]
6 Feb 2007
To: ALL
I have received 3 more of these calls since I posted the original warning. I have been trying to figure out a way to make sure that I when I refuse the IP call that I am not depriving a truly hearing-impaired person of this valuable service.
Now the first thing I do is ask the operator to ask the caller where this call is originating from. If it's a local person I plan on asking them to come to the store. Not one of these calls is from a local person so once they tell me where they are calling from - the last one was from Detroit and I'm in California - I ask the operator to hang up.