"TRADERS BEWARE! Possible scammer." Topic

I got an email from 'Yosi Renata' saying that they were a buying agent acting for an expat who wanted some of my product. They said that the shipment was for Bali, Indonesia.

The email address for this agent is contact@kambojanusindo.com which sounds pretty African.

I told this person they could pay by paypal, wire transfer, or payment into my UK bank account. They wanted to pay direct by credit card.

If you are contacted by this person I suggest that you don't send them anything.

Neil
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An e-mail referring to a site that was never built is always fishy.

"is always fishy."

or even phishy! :-) (sorry!!)

Also if anyone gets contacted by a Nigerian who wants to give you 10 million dollars then it's probably dodgy too.

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Also if anyone gets contacted by a Nigerian who wants to give you 10 million dollars then it's probably dodgy too.

Awww man… does this mean I shouldn't have told my boss where to put his performance assessment?

Receiving money from a Nigerian = 10 milliom.

Telling your boss where to stick his performance assessment = priceless

Hey, I got it to. Gave them the website of a nice condom company (minimum order 5000). Should entertain them for a while.

Geoff

Ooh, Yosi is back. Seems he/she wants to order condoms, and arrange collection from the factory.

Well, that proves it's a phishing operation and they have no idea who they were contacting. 'Tagil' has responded (from an alternative email address – they send these things out by the thousands so have no idea who they contacted) that we are an EU-controlled, mail-order only company with a 5000 unit minimum order quantity.

Anyone else want to play?

And here's the way it plays out.

I currently have Yosi Renata attempting to purchase 100 packs of condoms and 50 massagers (I won't go into details!) and arrange to collect from me… well, from someone called 'Tagil Osmoraughcheden'.

Here's the sting (I think): He gets commission on the shipping, so if he can't collect, he doesn't get anything. "Because we don't setup for credit card payment, client will complete total payment (total price + agency commission) directly to you with their credit card. This way I need your help to transfer my commission to my bank account"

So you get paid on a (presumably stolen) credit card. They then ask you to make a transfer for their commission fee back to their account. Not important whether product ships. They are after that commission fee.

Wonder if I can get a card number and account number out of him? Will probably switch emails on him again shortly, and perhaps get 'Tagil' to move to a new company selling a different product.

Well done Yosi for reading this. The FBI should be with you shortly.