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What the heck !!!!
What is with these people from Indoniesa!. I'm selling a Nikon F5 on ebay
and I've had at least four people from Indonesia contact me with off the wall offers to buy the camera from me. When I mean off the wall - the camera is listed for USA $1200.00. These people contact me with offers of US $1700.00, $1400.00, $1800.00. It clearly states that the "buy it now" price is ONLY $1200.00. They only want to pay with credit card. I tell them to send the payment to me via online service because that is the only way I can accept credit card payments. They say no. They would rather pay by credit card by manually giving me the credit card info through email - because it is more secure!. Then I would have to manually scan the info on a credit card machine!. And get this, they will only do this if I "promise" to destroy the information after I enter in the manual credit card machine. Isn't it more secure to enter the credit card info into an online service provider and send me the payment?. This way I don't know anything about them or their credit card. I just receive the payment. BTW - who uses manual credit card machines these days anyway?. Well, I never hear back from these people after I say I can only accept credit cards through on line payment. |
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Nikon D1 wrote:
What is with these people from Indoniesa!. I'm selling a Nikon F5 on ebay and I've had at least four people from Indonesia contact me with off the wall offers to buy the camera from me. When I mean off the wall - the camera is listed for USA $1200.00. These people contact me with offers of US $1700.00, $1400.00, $1800.00. It clearly states that the "buy it now" price is ONLY $1200.00. They only want to pay with credit card. I tell them to send the payment to me via online service because that is the only way I can accept credit card payments. They say no. They would rather pay by credit card by manually giving me the credit card info through email - because it is more secure!. Then I would have to manually scan the info on a credit card machine!. And get this, they will only do this if I "promise" to destroy the information after I enter in the manual credit card machine. Isn't it more secure to enter the credit card info into an online service provider and send me the payment?. This way I don't know anything about them or their credit card. I just receive the payment. BTW - who uses manual credit card machines these days anyway?. Well, I never hear back from these people after I say I can only accept credit cards through on line payment. That is funny. Unless I am mistaken, e-mail is the most insecure way to send credit card information. I suppose some people don't care if the number is stolen... AGAIN. |
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"Nikon D1" wrote in
: What is with these people from Indoniesa!. I'm selling a Nikon F5 on ebay and I've had at least four people from Indonesia contact me with off the wall offers to buy the camera from me. When I mean off the wall - the camera is listed for USA $1200.00. These people contact me with offers of US $1700.00, $1400.00, $1800.00. It clearly states that the "buy it now" price is ONLY $1200.00. They only want to pay with credit card. I tell them to send the payment to me via online service because that is the only way I can accept credit card payments. They say no. They would rather pay by credit card by manually giving me the credit card info through email - because it is more secure!. Then I would have to manually scan the info on a credit card machine!. And get this, they will only do this if I "promise" to destroy the information after I enter in the manual credit card machine. Isn't it more secure to enter the credit card info into an online service provider and send me the payment?. This way I don't know anything about them or their credit card. I just receive the payment. BTW - who uses manual credit card machines these days anyway?. Well, I never hear back from these people after I say I can only accept credit cards through on line payment. It's called 'stolen credit card numbers'. Not to mention the possible scam of denying the transaction, once the bill comes in at the end of the month, because the amount charged is different from that advertised, thus implicating *you* in CC fraud. There's always a scam of the month, or even hour. If it sounds funny, stay the hell away. - Al. -- To reply, insert dash in address to match domain below Online photo gallery at www.wading-in.net |
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definitely not kosher.....
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You'll also notice that a lot of big sellers in their ads say they will ship
worldwide EXCEPT to Indonesia, no exceptions. Now I wonder why that is. "Nikon D1" wrote in message ... What is with these people from Indoniesa!. I'm selling a Nikon F5 on ebay and I've had at least four people from Indonesia contact me with off the wall offers to buy the camera from me. When I mean off the wall - the camera is listed for USA $1200.00. These people contact me with offers of US $1700.00, $1400.00, $1800.00. It clearly states that the "buy it now" price is ONLY $1200.00. They only want to pay with credit card. I tell them to send the payment to me via online service because that is the only way I can accept credit card payments. They say no. They would rather pay by credit card by manually giving me the credit card info through email - because it is more secure!. Then I would have to manually scan the info on a credit card machine!. And get this, they will only do this if I "promise" to destroy the information after I enter in the manual credit card machine. Isn't it more secure to enter the credit card info into an online service provider and send me the payment?. This way I don't know anything about them or their credit card. I just receive the payment. BTW - who uses manual credit card machines these days anyway?. Well, I never hear back from these people after I say I can only accept credit cards through on line payment. |
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Oh ,I'm sure there a credit card numbers stolen all over the world but for
some reason those people from Indonesia make it VERY obvious that they have a credit card scam going on. Just be careful. "Hickster0711" wrote in message ... I'm missing something here. I've seen, "will not ship to Indonesia" several times also, but is this the only place CCs are stolen? Taking a CC over the phone is nuts anywhere, but why only Indonesia? Bob Hickey |
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I made the mistake of checking "will ship internationally" when selling a
top of the line Sony Vio laptop new in box.... Actually I use SAPro to list my auctions to e b a y so that was just the default. I got about 5-10 of those a day. I helped kick lots of users off that week....lol It's a scam don't fall for it. Just like the guy recently on the bay from "Spain" (even though all the ID's he uses are reged to the US) that is listing for sale S-2 Finpix, D 60, Kodak 14 N's etc.....will all stock pictures along with other high end stuff. (like 300 of them) this guy stole user's ID's and is going off of their feedback. If it's too good to be true then stop and think about it a while longer! -- Adam N www.acmeresale.com eBay ID: AcmeResale "focusclick" wrote in message ... Oh ,I'm sure there a credit card numbers stolen all over the world but for some reason those people from Indonesia make it VERY obvious that they have a credit card scam going on. Just be careful. "Hickster0711" wrote in message ... I'm missing something here. I've seen, "will not ship to Indonesia" several times also, but is this the only place CCs are stolen? Taking a CC over the phone is nuts anywhere, but why only Indonesia? Bob Hickey |
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