Google is Great ! ! Same scam. Claimed to be buying a refrigerator for his fiance, paid with stolen credit card, then wanted a trucking company to pick up the next day. He siad his name was Micheal, but had Indian accent. He gave me a fax # which is to a land line in San Francisco and a cell # with roots in Vermont.
Another Scam. Called us asking for prices. He then sent us an email to order 5 notebook for overnight shipping. His phone number is from the US and the address he provided is in Agassiz, BC. Below is the email he sent.
Hi,
It was a nice talking to you.
Please get back to me with the grand total for 5 Laptops including overnight shipping.
Thank you so much you have a great day.
John Wilson
2284 Ashton Rd
Agassiz, BC V0M 1A1
802-855-7691
Called us to check price on top model Samsung TV. Wanted to buy but will send Fedex to pick up. Typical of those trying to use fraudulent credit cards.
Continues to send in inquiries to our website wanting prices on equipment and that he will direct a shipping company to pick them up if we accept Visa or Mastercard. Copy of his email is below:
Dear Sir/Madam, I am Rev John wilson....how are you doing today? I would like to know if you do ice machine for sale or if you can order for me , let me also know the types and brands which you have and the price range on them without delivery....Do let me know if you accept master or visa cards as forms of payment...I will recommend you to a shipping company that will come to your dealer loca tion and pick up the ice machine when ready to be shipped.Thank you very much for the opportunity and I would be looking forward to hearing from you soon including your name and contact number so we go from there. Best Regards, John wilson
Generally the way this kind of scam works is they offer to buy one or more items (often at list price or above). When it comes time to pay (and they often delay this bit as long as they can to get you excited in anticipation of the money you're going to make) they want to pay with an international money order drawn on an overseas bank you've never heard of. (Sometimes the amount of the money order will be well in excess of the agreed-upon price and you'll be asked to send a check for the difference with the goods.) By the time your bank returns the money order as a forgery you've already shipped out the product (they usually need things shipped out immediately by overnight express of some kind) and you're SOL.
At one place I worked I actually had this scam attempted on me over the phone from Nigeria using a translator: The scammer called the the translator who then called me and translated our conversation in real time (I assume this is a paid service of some kind). I was already familiar with the scam so he just wasted his time and, I hope, money.