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02-14-2008, 11:56 PM
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Name: Bob City: Hillsborough State: NC County: Orange Join Date: May 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I received a huge order for pens today through my woodArtz web page that smells like a scam. The email was poorly written, but the gist was that they wanted a lot of pens for orphans and would pay with a credit card. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else has come across an email request similar to this. If it is for real, I'll need lots of help  . |  
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02-15-2008, 12:03 AM
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Name: jeff... City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by woodArtz  I received a huge order for pens today through my woodArtz web page that smells like a scam. The email was poorly written, but the gist was that they wanted a lot of pens for orphans and would pay with a credit card. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else has come across an email request similar to this. If it is for real, I'll need lots of help . Send them a invoice through pay pal add something like allow 4 ~ 6 weeks for delivery, see if they pay if they do, then get busy... | |
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02-15-2008, 12:12 AM
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Name: Ray City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Bob,
Maybe I'm paranoid... and maybe those paranoids really are out to get me... but the order you described does not pass the smell test. It screams "SCAM".
Ray
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02-15-2008, 01:08 AM
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Name: Chris Mathes City: Harrisburg State: NC County: Cabarrus Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 37 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Yah...watch out. The classic scam that I have been hearing about, lately, is that they will overpay you. Then, they may have someone come and pick up the pens in person and ask you to pay that person the difference. Lots of luck!
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02-15-2008, 01:13 AM
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Name: jak City: Hillsborough State: NC County: Orange Join Date: May 2007 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Bob
I have seen your pens and they are something to be admired,as all your work is.
And it does smell of scam.
And I don't want to go shooting my mouth off....
But is it me,or am I an unemotional cold fella?
But do pens sound like the most useful gift for unfortunate orphans?
Or am I out of touch? | |
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02-15-2008, 07:21 AM
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Name: Robert Arrowood City: Mount Holly State: NC County: Gaston Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 49 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I agree with Jak. Why would you put a pen in their hand? They need cloths on their backs and shoes on their feet.Not to mention FOOD in their stomachs. I guess they could at least us the pen to make a list of the things they do need. | |
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02-15-2008, 07:29 AM
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Name: Tom City: Yadkinville State: NC County: Yadkin Join Date: Jun 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I can forgive the misspelled word. But if there was no mention of a specific orphanage, with a contact number (that you call and verify is working), you are wise to regard it as a scam.
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02-15-2008, 08:58 AM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 30 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Easy. Get the money via PayPal, like mentioned above, or use a middle-man holding company for the funds (so they pay, the company then holds the money until you finish & deliver) | |
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02-15-2008, 09:09 AM
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Name: Ray City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Mar 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by ChrisMathes Yah...watch out. The classic scam that I have been hearing about, lately, is that they will overpay you. Then, they may have someone come and pick up the pens in person and ask you to pay that person the difference. Lots of luck! I've heard of this one too. They overpay... but with bad paper. They offer a bogus check and ask for change.
Ray
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02-15-2008, 09:13 AM
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Name: Mark City: Concord State: NC County: Cabarrus Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 53 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Bob,
You can require a letter of credit from a bank prior to processing the order. That will weed out the scammers. We use LOCs for all foreign first time orders for our equipment. This puts the onus on the purchaser and the bank. You get paid. | |
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02-15-2008, 09:18 AM
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Name: Phil Ashley City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 33 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Definitely a scam we get that all the time at work. We even had a guy order $ 10,000 worth of Moisture Meters, pay with a CC. When he got notice they were in Customs in Thailand, he canceled the CC charges.
Luckily FedEx redirected the shipment, but we were out their charges. Better a few hunder than a few thousand though! | |
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02-15-2008, 09:23 AM
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Name: Bob City: Hillsborough State: NC County: Orange Join Date: May 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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I think Chris nailed it. They'll overpay, ask for the overpayment balance, pick up the order, and be long gone by the time the credit card payment goes belly up. Here's some of the text from the email:
"...this order will be picked at your location.kindly get back to me with the total cost of my order so that l can make payment with my credit card..."
The interesting thing is "my location" is not known by just visiting my website. I'm officially ignoring the email at this point. I hope this helps anyone else that comes across this type of thing. Thanks guys. | |
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02-15-2008, 09:26 AM
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Name: Jerry City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 47 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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IMHO, if it's legit, they'll send a follow-up email, asking again where you are on this. I've never known scammers to do that, unless it's sent from a different email address.
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02-15-2008, 07:34 PM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 38 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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02-15-2008, 08:01 PM
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Name: RAS City: Pikeville State: NC County: Wayne Join Date: Dec 2005 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by DaveO
Dave how many orphans have parents? 
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