Digital BW, The Print

Assume any order from Nigeria is a fraud.

 

I received an e-mail order and had several e-mail exchanges with an
individual in Nigeria.  For some reason  he claimed PayPal was not available
in Nigeria.  He wanted to use "his" credit card.  He send the information
and the card charges went through the system normally. 

 

However, I was suspicious and found that there are an increasing number of
art sales to Nigeria where the card turns out to have not belonged to the
person over there.  They apparently use a good card belonging to someone who
is totally unaware that there is a problem.  The transaction goes through;
the Nigerian gets the art; the real owner disputes the charge; the card
company charges back the money to you; and the con man in Nigeria has the
art, which is re-sold (or whatever).  You, of course, lose not only the sale
but the considerable expenses to ship the product.

 

I found that the card processing company could get me to the telephone
number for the issuing bank, which could then compare the card number with
the purchaser's name - and they didn't match.

 

So, beware.  (Luckily I had not shipped any product.)

 

Paul

www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  



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