This happened to me 3 days ago. I received a question that, do you ship internationally, I wish to purchase this bag for 1500USD. Please email me xxxxxxxxx@gmail dot com. Of course I have a auction account in Japan, and its common that every Japanese have. I have some customer which offer a price for purchasing the item that I own. Every trade is smooth and of course most of them are willing to pay with PayPal. I thought it is just a normal trade, but it isn't.
So I sent him a mail (since he called himself as Tomas) and he replied as usual like other customer do. At first it was so normal, like we start chatting about the product and payment.
This is the first reply. I'm just feel surprise he is from Malaysia.
He ask me for payment details, and I didn't own a bank account in Malaysia, so I just curious how to make it, he offer me that he has a international bank account and can makes transfer for it.
Once I have done the payment details for him, he was just transfer me the money through his international bank. Seems normal right? I have received the bank notification too. But you will never expect what's his plan next.
(Okay Mr.Razak why you call yourself like Tomas Padro lol) You can read the mail that he is like so urgent for the product. Normally what you will do next ??
For me, I was checking my bank for the payment, and wondering its not yet being credited yet?
Normally we will send goods to the person who already paid you -----common sense what!
When I asked him about the payment. He told me that I have to provide him the tracking number and the fund will be credited to my account. I know such a system like what the flea market I joined in Japan. A similar apps that I'm using all the time, they will normally hold the fund and it will be credit to you once the others received your stuffs (they will need to press received button) , of course that is safe. I really thought bank will have such this policy to protect their customer. ( too kind)
I keep reading the mail that Scotia bank sent me, I didn't suspect on anything until I found the email address of the sender was weird.
You can see actually he paid by a credit card and he was just telling me he can able to bank transfer.
At first I showed my friend for this, as she living in Canada (Scotia Bank is well known Canadian bank), she told me why your customer's address is USA? Some details is like missing and didn't show proper.
As I mentioned the email address is weird, and all the statements like so abnormal.
(consultantofofficialscotiabank@CONSULTANT.COM (This is an free email address that everybody able to use)
I check online for scotia bank but they didn't show proper information for that. I can't check anything, but at least I know if it is from Scotia bank, the email address should be xxxxxxx@scotiabank.com right?
If its an official account. He really thought Japanese is easy to fall in trap but sorry I'm Malaysian too Mr. Tomas.
So I started to keep contacting with him, and see hows he going to reply me next. I'm just curious and really feel like want to know more about that (be sure you can protect yourself if you do this).
I tried to sent him a mail regarding to the trade, and I let him know I'm being cheated by someone before and I'm just afraid of it, and see what he replied me.
It's really weird, I would try to know the one who selling him the watch. I really want to know! But if you wanted to ask him, he will find someone who prove that he really did it! So if is you, you will believe it?
I created a shipping number and pretend that I already ship the parcel, but he was smart too, he waiting the information appear and maybe just gone. I really didn't hear this system which is like shipping out the parcel and you will get the money, maybe some of the trade was, but I'm pretty sure 80% is once payment received you can ship the product. Well, if he using the famous bank to pretend that he already sent me that money, I think my bag will just gone forever without receive any payment.
As I mentioned above, I forward the Scotia bank about statement that he sent me earlier, and let's the bank know its another fraud again. I think the security is not good and makes this people can do whatever they want, even create an invoice pretend they do sent the money.
(You can really know how urgent he is, to get the bag)
One more thing I forgot to tell is, he did not really check proper for the bag details, and when I asked him, he just like don't care about the condition of the bag, or he knows Japanese won't selling fake item on yahoo auction? I tried to search online by using his email address (the consultant one) and when I press enter, the result is just 100% make sure this is a fraud (new one, not Nigerian and now is Malaysian) .... no words at all ....
This is what you actually search for consultantofficialscotiabank@consultant.com, the result is just AMAZING lol
They usually aim for Yahoo auction and Japanese for main. (I'm pretty sure he don't know that I'm not)
Thanks for reading this long post, I think this is almost the end.
Few things you have to beware, if you really face this:
1. They don't really care how much you gonna sell your item, you will feel that they always offer you a very good price, even more than original price.
2. Try to check the email address (from bank one), check if its weird like @consultant.com,@accountant.com, etc...
3. They usually send the same question for asking you, example [ Dear Seller, My Name is Mr Edward Parker from United State,I will like to buy your item for my Uncle in Malaysia. i will like to know if its still Available for sales? I am offering you $1,500.00USD for an urgent Purchase from you, Kindly reply me through Email (XX@gmail.com). Thanks.]
4. Some of the payment method they using, mostly not credit card, they prefer cash transfer. Most of the bank they will be use, Royal bank, Scotia bank for recent. Becareful if you are PayPal, eBay, Yahoo Japan auction's user.
5. They will ask you ship out your goods, and amount will be credited for you after.
6. The most easy way to make sure the email , you can actually check the sentence. (Please do reply)?? Normally will be please don't reply, right? Since they ask you don't reply, but once you shipped out the package, you will be need to inform the tracking number to them which is using the same email.
This is one of my experience. How you feel?Actually I should ignore? But I didn't because just want to face it , and see what actually they will do for those innocent ppl, and also sharing here to make sure the one of you who reading now won't be cheated by them.
So what did I do?
I do sent him a tracking number, of course without send my parcel out. Means he is still waiting my parcel, so if he did reply me.... let see how I'm going to make him surprise.
Please enjoy reading and also ....
BEWARE.!
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