I am a manufacturer's rep in the security industry (turnstileproducts) and received a very generic email quote request for one ofour products. I replied with some questions and he called with a verythick African accent and informed me that these are shiping to Ghana.Long-story short, I quoted him full price and within minutes heaccepted and said that he'll use his credit card to pay. This wasafter I made it clear that payment was due 10 business days PRIOR toshipping.This smells VERY fishy, but I can't figure out the scam (other than astolen credit card) if he pays in advance.Any ideas?

The odds that this is a scam are around 99.9%, friend. The card will pass OK and you will ship the merchandise. The owner of the card can wait months before complaining that this was not an authorized sale. When he does the credit card processor will immediately withdraw the funds directly from your bank and then send you a printed "chargeback" form. You will have no way to recover the funds since the products will already have left the country and the "buyer" is almost certainly not the owner of the credit card.

Probable Scam - How?

Jun 29, 2009 22 Replies

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G. Morgan 17 years ago

I know.

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G. Morgan 17 years ago

You should have shown him your central station, he could have drove right in.

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Robert L Bass 17 years ago

Heh, heh, heh. :^)

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