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Jeff,<br>
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Same here....I receive at least 12-15 of these a week.<br>
And let me add one more "scam indicator" to your list....they
frequently have 2 first names.<br>
My favorite was Roy Ray....<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Roy Butler
NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer®
NYSERDA eligible PV & wind installer
Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC
8902 Route 46
Arkport, NY 14807
607-324-9747
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.four-winds-energy.com">www.four-winds-energy.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.nationalsolarsupply.com">www.nationalsolarsupply.com</a>
Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message,
a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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Jeff Yago wrote:
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<div>I don't know about you, but we are receiving about 2 or 3 scam
emails every single day wanting to order solar modules, solar pumps, or
other solar hardware. These are easy to spot because although each one
is from a different "firm", here are the the things to look for that
they all contain.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Usually they say they are needing this solar equipment for a
specific project, which would imply they would at least have a basic
idea of quantity and size they are looking for. Instead, they ask for
what you have in stock and can ship right away, and they will list
several totally different combinations of modules, pumps, or components
which clearly would not normally go together.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>The written language is terrible with very poor grammar, yet
they will give an address in the US. They try to appear to be an
established business, yet their email address is always one of those
"free" email services.</div>
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<div>They will always ask "what credit cards do you honor" and they
will make a big deal about paying up front. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>When this was going around a few years ago, others on the list
said there was some way they worked this scam where it would check out
as a valid credit card, but after you shipped the equipment to some
bogus address, the credit card charge would be voided. I don't know
how you can do this, but I assume they rent some low cost apartment to
get a street address for a few weeks, then ship as much stuff that they
can to this address, load it all into a shipping container, which is
then shipped on to some third world country where they can sell
anything solar.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>We tried several times to trace these abusiness names or
addresses to see if this was real, and have passed them on to Internet
fraud groups but that turned out to be a real waste of time.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I am sure all businesses get this stuff from time to time, but
it seems like they are really targeting the solar world.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Watch out.....</div>
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<div>Jeff Yago</div>
<br>
<br>
<hr>Netscape. Just the Net You Need.</div>
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