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Offline Scobey Peterman

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Scam warning
« on: January 06, 2015, 11:56:22 AM »
I got this e-mail today.

I sent back to ask what city he is in.


Hello, my name is Leland, i will like to know if you do Screen printing on T-Shirts? and do you accept major types of credit card? I have a seminar coming up in the city here on  the 23rd of this month by 1pm. I have some T-shirt I need you to do Screen printing on all together are 55 dozen of T-shirts white in color and I'll like to put at the front of the T-shirts (GLORY OF GOD) you move down lower and put (GENESIS 13:1-6) in black color and the shirt are white color. I need a perfect job on the T-shirts the total of the T-shirts are 660Pcs, Sizes are XL=78cm. I've made arrangment with a private carrier that will be having the T-shirts deliver to your shop so you can work on them. So kindly get back to me with the request information below. And also i can email you the attachment for you to see the artwork in my next email, and and I want it to be a bold letter in any height or width but make the GLORY OF GOD bold letter and make the GENESIS 13:1-6 small under it as in the artwork. Check the attachment for artwork.

Full Name:
Shop Address:
Cell phone number:
Total cost of your service:

Regards,
Leland Whitehurst.
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Offline CSPGarrett

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Re: Scam warning
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2015, 12:12:49 PM »
There have been a few of these scams going around, this one is getting better at it.

My favorite is the person looking to buy 500-1000 blanks asking if you accept credit cards.
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Offline jsheridan

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Re: Scam warning
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2015, 12:26:53 PM »
The first line is a dead giveaway.. especially the credit card part.

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Offline Get Shirts

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Re: Scam warning
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2015, 02:41:53 PM »
I'm sure someone has fallen for this before, what do these guys do with these shirts?

Offline Sbrem

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Re: Scam warning
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2015, 04:43:41 PM »
Looks like all of the other scams to me...

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Offline Ripcord

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Re: Scam warning
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2015, 07:39:52 PM »
I'm sure someone has fallen for this before, what do these guys do with these shirts?
They never pick the shirts up. The way the scam works (as far as I understand...) is they make a huge payment on the credit card and have an explanation for the extra money (they're in a foreign country and don't want any delays, etc.) Then they ask you to deduct your charges, add on some extra for the convenience, blah, blah, blah, and wire them cash for the difference. Once you wire them the cash, you never hear from them again and the credit card they gave you turns out to be a fake.
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