We are a hydraulic Supply company and we received a call from a man stating his name was Jim Harris. And asking that we process his order quickly and that we pay the freight forwarder immediatly so that there was no delay in his shipment to Sweden.
There was no phone number to contact the Logistics company only an email (
[email protected]) and it is when I googled Ocean White Logistics, that I found the company was located in Malaysia, and this website.
He never provided a contact number just the same email address (
[email protected]) I called the number above and sure enough he answered the phone. I asked his company name and he immediatly stated Jim incorporated...
He authorized me to charge the entire order, but in two payments. I recieved his email confirmation and called him back, this time he did not answer, and realized that it was a 'magic Jack' number. Another red flag!
I contacted our credit card processing company and they advised against cmopleting the transaction, advising that usually the card is either stolen or they will dispute the transaction, and we would not get paid.
He suggested asking for the Bank name and phone number on the back of the card, and if they did not want to provide it then chances are it was a scam.
Sure enough I could not get an answer from him.
Be careful when dealing with this phone number. We did not want to take the chance.