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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000>Hello Jeff et all:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=123010821-27012009><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000>For those who do take credit cards (and this
has been said before): with the first six digits of any credit card, you
or your credit card processor can contact the issuing bank, and they will
contact the 'real' cardholder to see if the transaction is on the
up-and-up. We get several of these a day too, and I just delete
them. I used to follow up, just to report their cards as stolen, but it's
too time consuming. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=123010821-27012009><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000>Let the seller beware!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=123010821-27012009><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000>Chris Daum</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=123010821-27012009><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000>Oasis Montana Inc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=123010821-27012009><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#800000>406-777-4309</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jeff
Yago<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 27, 2009 1:58 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
glenn.burt@glbcc.com; RE-wrenches<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] solar
order scams<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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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>
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<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>
<DIV> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Jeff Yago</DIV><BR> <BR>
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