African adventure [RE-wrenches]

[John]

Good theory - but how do you know if the card has been stolen & not reported
yet?

                                            cheers,                John V
p.s. .....Another hint - if something sounds too good to be true -
it's.usually suspect.
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From: "marco mangelsdorf" <marco at pvthawaii.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 6:16 AM
Subject: African adventure [RE-wrenches]


> I recently received an inquiry from a P. Harrison in Banjul, The Gambia,
> west Africa who's interested in (15) 75-watt modules.  When I told him
that
> buying modules from a PV distributor here in the middle of the Pacific
> didn't make too much sense to me when there have to be PV folks much
closer,
> he brushed it off.  Anyone else get an inquiry from this guy?  Assuming
that
> his interest is legit, I would think that getting payment in full by
credit
> card would protect me from those African scams we've all heard about.
That
> is, get a CC number, wait for the processing to be approved and then send
> 'em off.  Am I missing something here?  Is there still a way to get
screwed
> even if the CC sale, inclusive of shipping of course, goes through?
>
> marco
>
> Marco Mangelsdorf, Ph.D.
> President
> ProVision Technologies, Inc.
> 69 Railroad Avenue, A-7
> Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
> (808) 969-3281, 934-7462 facsimile
> www.provisiontechnologies.com
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