tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863853198184628033.post-58582017492378417142008-07-25T06:54:00.000-07:002008-07-25T08:13:16.778-07:002008-07-25T08:13:16.778-07:00<img src="http://www.prepresstraining.com/blog/warning.jpg" style="border: medium none ; float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px;"/>This is an actual email we received, today. <br /><hr /><br /><span style="font-size:12px; font-weight:bold;">RE: Flyers Orders<br /><br />Dear Customer Service<br /> My Name Donald Baker and i will like you to email me back with a total cost of these Quantity of these Flyers<br /> 8.5 x 11 brochures<br /> 1/1 on 100# gloss text<br /> Text: God Bless Africa<br /> Quantity:150,000 pcs<br /> Colour-Black Ink /White Paper<br /> front and back<br /> tri foled<br /><br />And also i will like to know if you accept credit card for payment ?<br /><br />Thank You<br />Don Baker<br />Baker and Company</span><br /><hr /><br /><br />Now, since we don’t offer printing, I would have typically replied that they had reached the wrong company. However, since I’d recently seen an article from <a href="http://www.pii.org/" target="_blank">PII</a> about this, I found some blog posts referencing a similar Printing Scam. Please take a moment and read <a href="http://digitalprinter.blogspot.com/2008/03/feed-children-banner-printing-scam-part_8585.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a>, <a href="http://digitalprinter.blogspot.com/2008/03/feed-children-banner-printing-scam-part_01.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a> and <a href="http://digitalprinter.blogspot.com/2008/03/feed-children-banner-printing-scam-part.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a>.<br /><br />There’s even a <a href="http://digitalprinter.blogspot.com/2008/05/another-banner-scam-email-from-ghana.html" target="_blank">follow-up post</a> that shows the same email I received a few weeks ago from the same good “Reverend” requesting flyers for “Feed the Children.”<br /><br />Here’s how the scam works:<br /><ol><br /><li>Receive incoming email from overseas requesting price quote with request for credit card payment.</li><br /><li>You provide a quote and they graciously accept it.</li><br /><li>They request that you use their shipping company.</li><br /><li>You contact their shipping company and request a shipping quote, which is provided.</li><br /><li>You send the revised total with shipping to original requester.</li><br /><li>The original requester emails you their credit card info and you process it for the total amount.</li><br /><li>You wire the shipping money overseas and never hear from either of the two parties involved, again.</li><br /><li>The true owner of credit card disputes their charge, they win, and that money is automatically deducted from your account.</li><br /></ol><br /><br />Please, take the time to read these resources and don’t get caught in the scam.Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066569346630926176noreply@blogger.com