I received the following initial email request:
Hello Good Day,
This is Melvin .With regards to your Company i am sending this email Regards to order some ( Stainless Steel Enclosures ) i will like to know the type and sizes you have in stock and get me the sales price of one .do you accept credit card as a form of payment.Hope to read from you soon on my Order Request....
With Kind Regards,
Protech Caltz Ventures Inc
Phone#:1-321-220-1920
Email :
[email protected]
Sensing a scam, I still answered giving two links to what I thought he might be referring to. I immediately received a phone call which said he sent me a new email and to call as soon as I got it.
In the meantime I Googled "Protech Caltz Ventures Inc." and found that this is a scam that uses stolen credit cards to have merchandise shipped overseas. The only unusual thing is that they give a phone number -- apparently different ones at different times.
I did answer the 2nd request which was about the same as the first, with the following response:
Hello ,
Thanks for your response back.Am interested in the General Cage E-Crate Economy Dog Crates Price: $74.95,Am ordering 70pcs of them.kindly get back to me with the total cost including freight charges from Ocean bridge.Shipping SERVICES (
[email protected]),
Please contact them with the information below.
1. The pick-up address
2. The delivery address
3. The total weight on this shipment
Delivery Address
Protech Caltz Ventures Inc
Place du Port 17-19,
Lausanne, CH-1006
Switzerland
E-mail me with the total cost including freight charges from Oceanbridge.Shipping SERVICES so i can proceed with payment with my credit card details.
With Kind Regards,
My final email simply stated I only ship to the Continental 48 United States and since I am a drop shipper, have no pick-up services. Suggested with an order that large he should contact the manufacturer directly, which I doubt he will do. I gave him no info on the manufacturer. He already has it, and if he is going to pursue it, he can Google the name himself. Doubt I will hear anything further. Would love to know what authorities I could report this to.