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Re: How to avoid getting scammed?
I had a situation late last year that was the best I've seen so far. The RFQ came via fax on letterhead. I googled the business and the street address matched the fax and I think the phone number matched as well. The email address was slightly different....the same company name but had "US" at the end...or something like that. It was for ink cartridges. I went to my supplier for a quote who alerted me that this was a popular scam item. Instead of sending my quote via email, per their instructions, I faxed it back to the original number. They faxed again several weeks later, asking for another quote, different product and called to insist that I email the quote since they never received the original. I sent an email to an executive that was listed on the company's website to confirm the request. When I did, they were most interested in working with me to try to catch this creep. It seems that he had pulled this stunt before and was using the name of a current employee.
No broken English, legitimate employee name, correct address.....there was enough 'right' that I probably would have discounted the rest if not for my ink cartridge supplier's warning. I guess my point is if your gut tells you something is wrong, double and triple check it out. I have had some that were suspicious that turned out okay.
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