Hi everyone,
I am a trade contractor on the Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. A week ago I recieved an email that seemed legit but seemed a little strange to me as I am tech aware having worked in IT in the past. I searched around and found the email address of the guy is a known scammer, though not listed in your forums. Here is the original email:
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*HELLO,*
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*MY NAME IS HERB AND I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU CARRY OR CAN ORDER A STORAGE
SHED 6 X 10 FT WITH 7 FT WALL,TO BE PICKED UP FROM YOUR LOCATION.*
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*LET ME KNOW THE COST PER SHED AND THE METHODS OF PAYMENT YOU ACCEPT SO WE
CAN PROCEED WITH AN ORDER.*
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*HERB JONES.*
*TEL : HEARING IMPAIRED*
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Initially I replied thinking this could be an old man wanting a garden shed. I ended up getting the following alleged information:
He's from Redfern, NSW, 2016. (Doubt it)
The products will be shipped out of the country (no suprise)
and he has a shipper to handle the goods (no suprise)
so he has asked me to quote only for the cost of the sheds to be shipped from my yard.
So a few questions:
1. This is a credit card overcharge scam, yes?
2. Do these guys actually have IRL people that come to your address and pick up the goods? Or do they try to just get you to order the goods as a third party and have them shipped directly from the [your] supplier? I am concerned with this as my legitimate business has an online prescence for advertising purposes and as such I have my address online for legitimate customer use. Should I be concerned about people coming to my address?
3. Should I try to push the scam to get info like the credit card details so I can report them as stolen?
4. Is there any agency within Australia I can report scammers like this to? I guess not as they are probably in China or somewhere not Australia.
I really hate scammers. They are a-holes.
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