Assalamualaikum &
Good Day to All,
I've received lots of
email from customer that interested to buy items in my blog. Do I feel happy or should I feel bad about it? Eventually I'm very excited when it happens but when it comes to a 'scammer
buyer' then I shall be angry isn't it?
OK, let me start with and advise,especially to a Seller like me, I will give you my 10cent advise on how to identify the true
buyer/customer or a scammer. More likely, "Hey friend, this is for your precaution... better be safe than
sorry!"
1) A 'Scammer' will email
you and asking that they interested some of the item that you had advertised. Sometimes they will SMS you
with local mobile number (example: 013-3495619) so that will not so obvious that they will begin to scam you isn't it?)
2) They nicely asking you to
reply their message via email and not via sms. Usually, the email address will
show name of Malaysian (example: aliceloh40 (at) yahoo (dot) com)
3) You nicely email them to know
what exactly they want.
4) They response and
the email shall be similar as follows ...
"Thanks for the mail but am
presently in UK am buying the item for my cousin who is presently in Working
with the British Tobacco Company in west Africa i hope you can get back to me
with the total cost of the shipment via Registered Post i will be paying you
via bank to bank transfer"
5) You feel very
excited and agree with them. Do remember the bank transfer cannot be made
unless you have the 'swift' code. You may alert when they using am rather than I am.
6) You post the item
to West Africa and suddenly they said that the item is on hold at their customs (which you have never expect it will be in custody since the item is only a shoe??) and you have to pay them and maybe someone from the 'customs' call you and ask you to
pay if you want the item to be released. What the hell??
7) The above tricks
always happen and that's how the scammer get easy money from you and before you know, your item
already lost track. You are losing both money and the item. (yeayyy for them)
8) Logically they can
get the item from wherever location they currently live such as UK & US with the cheaper price
than what we've offer here (FYI, Malaysia international postage charges is much more
higher compare to outside)
8) OK that some kind of thought from me to you reader and hope you capture it in your mind.
Note: If you smart
enough, you can track the IP address from their email or Google the address and
the address is not even exist. For international transaction, please prefer Paypal than other method. It is absolutely safe and easy.
Ok that all for
today. Have a nice day ahead.
