[RE-wrenches] Fake Email solar orders

[Wind-sun.com]

They are not hackers,and 99% are Nigerian.

But yes they are a scam - I think anyone that has a website with the name 
solar anyplace on any page gets them daily.

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Northern Arizona Wind & Sun - Electricity From The Sun
Solar Discussion Forum: http://www.wind-sun.com/ForumVB/
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: " Jeff Yago" <jryago at netscape.com>
To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Fake Email solar orders


>I am wondering if any of you are receiving fake email orders as I think 
>they are a scam by hackers in China or other countries.
>
> They always start out asking for a very "odd" list of items they are 
> looking for.  For example, they will say they will take almost any brand 
> of solar module and any size.  They  also ask for solar pumps or 
> inverters, but do not care what size.  If I am trying to order a pump, 
> inverter, or solar module for a specific job, I would expect to know the 
> size I need and not take whatever the supplier is willing to sell.
>
> Also, all of these email's have a non-business email address using one of 
> those free email services, and always indicate they have also sent the 
> same email to others as"un-disclosed."   When we check the street address 
> they give us, it is usually an apartment complex or residential area of a 
> large city.   They always say right up-front that they will be paying by 
> credit card
>
> Finally, the real give-away is their grammar is never correct and they 
> always mis-match the verb tense or there is a mis-match in subject-verb. 
> Here is a recent one we received  -
>
> Hello, Kindly get quoted pricing for these Grundfos well pump for us ,we 
> would be glad for offer your discounted prices.
> LET ME KNOW THE POSSIBILITY OF THE SUPPLY AND KIND OF CREDIT CARDS YOU 
> HOST FOR PAYMENT. MUCH REGARDS
>
>
> I have heard these scammers are using stolen or bogus credit card numbers 
> which are good when you check, but a few days after you ship out the solar 
> hardware the credit card is declined.  I have also heard they ship to some 
> apartment that is rented for a few months where the turn the orders around 
> and ship overseas to 3rd world countries where they can get rid of almost 
> anything that is solar with no questions asked.
>
> Has anybody been stung by these fake orders, and please do not check my 
> email grammar!!
> Jeff Yago
>
>
>
>
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