Credit Card fraud beware !!

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I just got an order from Indonesia the other day
I checked the credit card(s) he gave me, looks like they are stolen numbers!!! .beware!! ,,
I got another order yesterday from Singapore
looks like the same guy, he changed one letter in his name and is using another e-mail addy on Yahoo.

Anyone having this same guy contacting them?
going by Ardy and Ardhy saying he is a collector or has a store
:(
 
Lots of makers are getting scammed from Indonesia. Many will not accept orders from there anymore.:mad:
 
Ardy and Ardhy ehh, sounds more like Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe. Lot of this stuff going on in that part of the world, it seems.
 
May the computer monster enter there modems, work their way to the monitors and blow up in their faces...

Two out of 3 card companies didn't even seem to care,, one number was a # out of Mass and one was a Cal. card #.
Only one card holder bank really took a lot of interest in it...:(
it's just sad...
 
If you are unsure if your potential client is "true" or not, just ask them to wire transfer you the funds through the bank.

Anyone with a stolen charge card will immediately back down.

Just a suggestion.

Ric C. Chopra
www.knifesupplies.com
 
And even though the credit card company might approve it, if the card turns up stolen a week later(which is happening in many of these cases), they will take the money back from your account, instantly.:eek:
 
There is a long post on this same subject over on the CKD forum. Gene Osborn got screwed on a bunch of money for one. And it's not just knife makers I got an order for several of my sheaths from some guy in Indonesia.
Best way in my experince to take any foreign order is with a good downpaymnet via International Money Order or Western Union.
Watch out for even American credit card scams though - lots of stolen cards/numbers floating around. (just last week some guy hacked into a major source of credit card numbers - they figure as many as 18 million numbers may have been stolen.)

Chuck
 
I just had my credit card number stolen and used in a couple of foreign transactions. Luckily my CC company called me to confirm the two suspicious transactions and immediately froze the account when they found out they were fraudulent charges. I have no idea where the thieves got my number but it could have been from any company database where I have purchased goods.

I would not do any foreign CC orders period. I don't care what country it's from except maybe Canada.
 
If you verify the card holders address with the card holders bank and
ship to that address they can't stick you..so they say...
if the paper work is all OK..you have ground to stand on then.

If they ( the card holder) wants you to ship to an alternate address say for UPS
and not the PO box. to protect you they (the card holder) has to add that address
to their account info. I've been only stuck once and these things I didn't do on that one
needless to say I did get charged back..
This way the merchandise at least gets shipped to the card holder not some Bozo..this stuff is in the merchant agreements.
 
This credit card scamming worries the hell out of me but so far I have been lucky. I've also had good luck buying by credit card and having items shipped to a friend in the U.S. I do this so I can avoid the unbelievably high brokers fees and duty on imports to Canada. Once or twice a year I visit him for a few days and can then bring items back duty free up to a certain limit.
I have to thank the retailers for being willing to ship this way for me as it seems more and more of them are getting ripped of by others.
Kraut
 
Guys watch out for the reverse scam aswell. You give them your bank details and they take out a much higher amount than you authorize.
I was warned buy a business man who used his company account. He only found out when the account was dry and the con man called back for a second account number. Lucky it was the petty cash accound and only had just over $2000. The item was only suposed to cost about $20.
 
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