The most fun I ever had was reverse scamming two of these scum-bags. I
communicated with them over time and convinced them they had an "open
account" with us but we needed to validate the account. I got them to
wire me $20 cash so I could confirm the contact information, address,
blah, blah, before I shipped out the products. Once a scammer actually
sent me overnight delivery of fake US postal money orders for $4500
from Dubai for an item I had on ebay. I tried to find someone to
report this to but no law enforcement agency ever responded.
It seems we are all on the scammer hit list. No time anymore for such
good, clean fun!
Kindest Regards,
Larry Crutcher
Starlight Solar
(928) 941-1660
Renewable Energy Products, Service and Installation
Mailing Address (NO SHIPPING):
Box 11114
11279 S. Glenwood Ave
Yuma, AZ 85367
Shipping and retail store (NO MAIL):
2998 Shari Ave
Yuma, AZ 85365
On Jan 27, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Jeff Yago wrote:
I don't know about you, but we are receiving about 2 or 3 scam
emails every single day wanting to order solar modules, solar pumps,
or other solar hardware. These are easy to spot because although
each one is from a different "firm", here are the the things to look
for that they all contain.
Usually they say they are needing this solar equipment for a
specific project, which would imply they would at least have a basic
idea of quantity and size they are looking for. Instead, they ask
for what you have in stock and can ship right away, and they will
list several totally different combinations of modules, pumps, or
components which clearly would not normally go together.
The written language is terrible with very poor grammar, yet they
will give an address in the US. They try to appear to be an
established business, yet their email address is always one of those
"free" email services.
They will always ask "what credit cards do you honor" and they will
make a big deal about paying up front.
When this was going around a few years ago, others on the list said
there was some way they worked this scam where it would check out as
a valid credit card, but after you shipped the equipment to some
bogus address, the credit card charge would be voided. I don't know
how you can do this, but I assume they rent some low cost apartment
to get a street address for a few weeks, then ship as much stuff
that they can to this address, load it all into a shipping
container, which is then shipped on to some third world country
where they can sell anything solar.
We tried several times to trace these abusiness names or addresses
to see if this was real, and have passed them on to Internet fraud
groups but that turned out to be a real waste of time.
I am sure all businesses get this stuff from time to time, but it
seems like they are really targeting the solar world.
Watch out.....
Jeff Yago
Netscape. Just the Net You Need.
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