Jeff,
We get a few a week, every week. They're always for a list of parts,
never for a group of items that would go together and make anything
resembling a system. I've never been tempted to even try to respond.
It seems to me as if they always leave that "signature" of bad
grammar, or "Dear Sir/Ma", almost as if to cue any savvy dealer, whom
they would not want to deal with. They're only trolling for rank
newbies, I would think.
John Raynes
RE Solar
Torrey, UT
At 01:00 PM 9/10/2008, you wrote:
I am wondering if any of you are receiving fake email orders as I
think they are a scam by hackers in China or other countries.
They always start out asking for a very "odd" list of items they are
looking for. For example, they will say they will take almost any
brand of solar module and any size. They also ask for solar pumps
or inverters, but do not care what size. If I am trying to order a
pump, inverter, or solar module for a specific job, I would expect
to know the size I need and not take whatever the supplier is willing to sell.
Also, all of these email's have a non-business email address using
one of those free email services, and always indicate they have also
sent the same email to others as"un-disclosed." When we check the
street address they give us, it is usually an apartment complex or
residential area of a large city. They always say right up-front
that they will be paying by credit card
Finally, the real give-away is their grammar is never correct and
they always mis-match the verb tense or there is a mis-match in
subject-verb. Here is a recent one we received -
Hello, Kindly get quoted pricing for these Grundfos well pump for us
,we would be glad for offer your discounted prices.
LET ME KNOW THE POSSIBILITY OF THE SUPPLY AND KIND OF CREDIT CARDS
YOU HOST FOR PAYMENT. MUCH REGARDS
I have heard these scammers are using stolen or bogus credit card
numbers which are good when you check, but a few days after you ship
out the solar hardware the credit card is declined. I have also
heard they ship to some apartment that is rented for a few months
where the turn the orders around and ship overseas to 3rd world
countries where they can get rid of almost anything that is solar
with no questions asked.
Has anybody been stung by these fake orders, and please do not check
my email grammar!!
Jeff Yago
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