Subj : losers..
To : mark lewis
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Jul 06 2020 08:13 pm
Hello mark!
** On Monday 06.07.20 - 12:46, mark lewis wrote to August Abolins:
AA>> Will this ever end?
ml> nope! why? because there's enough id10ts out there that respond... in
ml> advertising, 2-3 percent is a good return... folks posting these scams
ml> apparently make enough off them to warrant continued postings...
At about 2 years into my ownership of a bookshop, I got an email
requesting a quote for a pile of books. It appeared to be a school order.
Nothing entirely unusual about that, 'cuz I would get request for quotes
or special orders from email all the time.
After completing the detailed work to build the list with prices and the
grand total, there was a switcheroo. I was requested to send the
merchandise to an African/European foreign country (can't remember which),
whilst the payment would be completed from the USA. And.. their
expectation was that it would be a credit card transaction. Sheeesh, I
thought.
I simply wrote back to suggest "simply use Amazon at the country of
delivery" ..and that I primary support my local community, and since the
value of the books ran into 4-figures, I would only accept a cashier's
cheque.
I never got anything similar like that again.
However... there is a never ending stream of new businesses and gullible
people.
