Internet Scam Advice

[nan]

Originally Posted by steelpony
http:///forum/post/3225125
I revd an e-mail from a woman from Thailand, named Kimberly Tuton claiming she was interested in purchasing three of my handmade leather bags totaling $2520. She asked nothing about them. She said she would provide a credit card and take care of the shipping through her own agent who would pick up the goods at my studio. I responded, gave her the pricing and she responded back "she would like me to do her a favor" and charge the shipping costs to , to her credit card(totaling over $1800), deposited into my account and then pay her agent the money for shipping with our check. I e-mailed back that I can not get involved in the shipping arrangements, but would now need a certified bank check for the $2520 for the three bags before I could ship. Unfortunstely, as much as I would like the sale, I relaize this is another dirtbag that is trying to scam anyone willing to take the bait.
Does anyone know how I could bring this activity to the light of authorities?Please let me know, and I will inform as to where this ends up.
I received a similar email from Kimberly Tuton(gentlecloud@sify.com). I looked up her trading company in Thailand and did not find such a company, nor the address she gave. She was interested in purchasing several of my paintings and requested a price. Being curious, I gave her the information. Several emails later, when she emailed back specifics of payments, which were totally out of line for legitmate business practice, the RED FLAG of Scam appeared. The request to send money to her shipping company via ************* was just one. DO NOT waste your time on answering her. This is not a gentle cloud.

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3225144
Yes they can.
well it gets a little fuzzy... But you really need to be harmed to get file charges against someone.
man I should get some sort of prize for creating a thread that gets more people to sign up as users.
All you guy need to get saltwater fish tanks now!

 

[lovethesea]

just stay away from it. They are probably doing searches on that name and its taking them here. Like I said, we had many these when we were trying to sell something. They wanted the item, no questions asked. Each one always asked the the payment to us could include the shipping. Several emails I told them I was running this through the FBI internet scam just to see what they would do. Never heard from them again.
I will have to see if I can dig up one of our old emails from some of them.

 

[uneverno]

Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/3225157
well it gets a little fuzzy...
It does.
The potential trouble here is that the cardholder is not a US resident. A credit card charge can be disputed at any time and can be adjudicated in court if need be, so long as both parties reside in the US. If one of them doesn't, all bets are off. A criminal charge could be filed if indeed the situation is a scam, but again, the paying party being non-US residents, it will get you about as far as reporting your bicycle stolen in New York city.
The first thing that sends up a warning flag to me is that someone who purports to be from a "Trading Company" (I.e. import/export) in Thailand is interested in a US product. Seems financially counterintuitive to me.

 

[pyxie]

i received a similar email for some of my photography.
i sent a link through paypal and was told they would prefer to give me their cc # through email and have me put it through my merchant terminal.
when i responded back with all the info needed (name, cc #, secuirty code, address, phone #, etc) i did not hear back again.
this time the email address was blackgeese@sify.com
glad to find your post so that if i do get another response i can ignore it.
thanks again
hope all be wonderful
elysa

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by pyxie
http:///forum/post/3239417
i received a similar email for some of my photography.
i sent a link through paypal and was told they would prefer to give me their cc # through email and have me put it through my merchant terminal.
when i responded back with all the info needed (name, cc #, secuirty code, address, phone #, etc) i did not hear back again.
this time the email address was blackgeese@sify.com
glad to find your post so that if i do get another response i can ignore it.
thanks again
hope all be wonderful
elysa
that seems to be the consensus response, we said we would do the shipping for liability, and never heard a response back either... Seems to be if their shippers showed up they've been shipping alot more than acouple of paintings to wherever they're at...

 

[aw2x3]

Same thing happened to me, when I lived in Chicago. A little different scam, but same principle...
I posted an ad, on a respectable website, looking for a roommate. A woman emailed me, saying she was American, studying abroad and was interested. She said her overseas schooling was up, in a month and she was originally from Chicago and moving back.
Said she was going to send me a money order, for deposit and first months rent...only the money order was for 3 times the amount listed...something like $5,200.
She said to "do her a favor" by depositing the money in my account and sending the remainder to an address in Chicago.
I led her along, till she sent me the money order and the address, to send the remainder, in Chicago. I then took all of the information to the local FBI office, in Chicago.
I don't know if anything ever came from it, but I really hope so.
It's a shame how many people get "taken" on scams like this.

 

[jmotzkin]

I got the same con from Kimberly Tuton.
I followed it along until I got two credit card numbers.
I notified the issuing bank and one of the card owners whose card was used.
I reported it to the FBI.
I hope that at least I have wasted much of this con artists time thinking she/he has a fish on the line. I have my doubts that the scammer will be stopped.

 

[aquaknight]

Internet scam advise? Be careful on SWF during after hours, now is when the spammers hit