does this sound legit to you?

[packerz4]

we've rec'd an email order for 150 BAGALOTS! woohoo...

but as always we are concerned about phishing issues, and scams... I've googled the shipping company, and the customer's company and am coming up with zilch, that's the spooky part.

The fella's emails are broken English and he assures us he will pay for everything up front with a credit card. Would like to hear from anyone who has experience doing business outside the country etc.

I will like to inform you that the Bagalot will be pick up from your store location after payment have been made okay. these Bagalot is going to one of my new company in West Africa . i will like you to contact these shipping company with your store location and the weight of the Bagalot so that they can get back with you with the shipping charges which i will give you my credit card for you to run for the Bagalot and the shipping cost okay so i will like you to email the shipping company on [email protected] okay so that they can quote you with the shipping charges also include the shipping destination below

Anderson & Co. LTD
Accra Kotoka International airport
West Africa
Zip code: 233
Accra- Ghana

when they get back to you with the shipping charges i will like you to sum up the amount of the Bagalot plus the shipping charges so that i can email you with my credit card information for the payment. looking forward to hear from you soon
thank you

Thanks in advance!
Tam

[vrodjason]

Sounds like a scam! Try to do some more investigating if you can!
Jason

[WesGrimes]

Careful!!!
There is a scam of using stolen card numbers to purchase products and fencing them. This smells fishy to me....

I used to sell bathtubs online, and I would get these all the time.
The tip off for me was when they would blindly ask for $10,000 of product no questions asked.

[Gage]

Send him an email and tell him you ship via UPS only and you do not accept creadit cards.

[packerz4]

thanks guys! think i'll do that Gage... will let you know what we figure out.

tam

[eamarquardt]

I'd certainly do business with these guys! But would only let go of any property after you have CASH in hand. In additon, I'd invest in one of those pens that detects counterfit bills.

If it seems too good to be true, it is!!!!! Simple but effective question on the "decision tree".

Cheers,


Gus

[Betsey]

Have him use Paypal. If he has a credit card, he can pay by Paypal. Once it is processed through Paypal, it's your money. He cannot take it back out unless you approve of it. This makes it safe for both of you and you can tell him that up front. If he is reluctant to do it this way then I would say that's a definite sign to steer clear of him.

Betsey

[Creamcracker]

I'd certainly do business with these guys! But would only let go of any property after you have CASH in hand. In additon, I'd invest in one of those pens that detects counterfit bills.

If it seems too good to be true, it is!!!!! Simple but effective question on the "decision tree".

Cheers,


Gus

The pens only work as an extra precaution if you check the following:

The watermark in the bill.
The vertical strip in the bill to the left of center
The color shifting ink in the bottom right corner
And that the beginning letter of the serial number matches the date on the series number printed to the bottom left of center.

It's a lot to do but right now thieves are bleaching 5 dollar bills and then imprinting them with $100......and they are very good fakes...the pen test doesn't work because the paper is correct. i just recently had a customer pay a bill with 13 ....$100 bills that she had got at the bank....she came from the bank to the store and 3 of the bills were fake....she was not happy when I decline to take them and the bank were very embarrassed to have given her fakes.

Philip

[Kevin A]

we've rec'd an email order for 150 BAGALOTS! woohoo...

but as always we are concerned about phishing issues, and scams... I've googled the shipping company, and the customer's company and am coming up with zilch, that's the spooky part.

The fella's emails are broken English and he assures us he will pay for everything up front with a credit card. Would like to hear from anyone who has experience doing business outside the country etc.

I will like to inform you that the Bagalot will be pick up from your store location after payment have been made okay. these Bagalot is going to one of my new company in West Africa . i will like you to contact these shipping company with your store location and the weight of the Bagalot so that they can get back with you with the shipping charges which i will give you my credit card for you to run for the Bagalot and the shipping cost okay so i will like you to email the shipping company on [email protected] okay so that they can quote you with the shipping charges also include the shipping destination below

Anderson & Co. LTD
Accra Kotoka International airport
West Africa
Zip code: 233
Accra- Ghana

when they get back to you with the shipping charges i will like you to sum up the amount of the Bagalot plus the shipping charges so that i can email you with my credit card information for the payment. looking forward to hear from you soon
thank you

Thanks in advance!
Tam

It's a scam. I'll have to try to find it, but someone else posted something very similar to this a few months ago.

[Alfred]

Wow!

The grammar reminds me of that Nigerian Banker's Widow with no next of kin, who was supposed to send me all that money...

AL in Asheville

[doug hodder]

I get these type of guys e-mailing my store all the time with the same type of offer...funny thing is...it's never in this country, and always in Africa...don't be suckered in on this....it's a scam!!! + I've traveled in West Africa through a number of countries, including Ghana...and what I've found is that no one is worried about their personal trash containment...sorry, but that's my experience over there. Doug

[Bigwoods]

We had almost the identical letter trying to buy sunglasses from our company. Turned it over to loss prevention and it was a scam. They played it for a while and they were trying to steal from American Companies.

[Nitetimes]

I run a trailer manufacturers website so they are always trying to buy trailers from me....lots and lots of trailers.
Any time they give you the name of a particular shipping company you can bet it's a scam.

[packerz4]

Thanks to everyone for all of the replies! DEFINATELY A SCAM... We are going to turn it over to the cop shop today. Totally glad I checked with my friends here at T&TTT! ***note that they emailed us at 2:02 am!!!

Thanks again!
Tam

From: Fastwayshipping
To: BAGALOT
Subject: Re:
Sent: Oct 23, 2009 2:02 AM

FAST WAY SHIPPING COMPANY

Dear Customer
Thank you for your interest in using Fast Way Shipping Company for your
shipping needs.We checked on shipping, BAGALOT deminsions picking them up
from your location ANTIGO, WI 54409 to
Anderson & Co. LTD, and its going to cost $1,350.00 Us Dollars That By Sea For
the Air Also Going to cost you An amount of $1,550.00 Us Dollars includes
international airway taxes (I.A.T), Tarrifs and custom's clearance duties. It
takes approximately 3 days for delivery For The Sea 2 to 3 Weeks from the day
of pick-up.We will also like you to know that for you being the seller you
are the one supposed to make the payment to us. The only method of payment we
accept is Western Union Money Transfer , Money Gram to our financial manager
in the delivery locatio!We will like you to get back to us if you need the
payment information's for the payment.
Before we come and pick it up u have to email us with the Western Union
Money Transfer , Money Gram receipt information.


As soon as we receive payment we will let u know and don't hesitate to
contact us if you need any more assistance and we will also contact you with
the shipment tracking numbers which is very important before we come for the
pick up.

Thanks in Advance

[BillandMarijo]

Its a scam. Beware.
Bill and Marijo