Pamela & Evan Kohler-Camp on mon 31 jan 05
Hello All,
Has anyone in the U.S.A. ever been asked to ship their pottery to Nigeria?
I was just on HGTV's Crafter's Coast to Coast tv show and got that request
in my email. My thinking is-- Is this a scam? How do I check? Surely
Nigerians would make my little pie plates for a heck of a lot less than it
would cost to ship one over.
Well?.
Pam
Marta Matray Gloviczki on wed 2 feb 05
pam,
never heard of all the scams coming from nigeria? check the archieves!
marta
Mike Martino on thu 3 feb 05
Hi Pam,
It sounds like the scammers have you zeroed in. Check the Clayart archives
for a couple of recent threads regarding these scams to compare your
situation with those described. It could very well be a legitimate request,
but chances are it's a trap.
Cheers,
Mike
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mike martino
in taku, japan
muchimi@potteryofjapan.com
www.potteryofjapan.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On Behalf Of Pamela & Evan
Kohler-Camp
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 9:26 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Shipping to Nigeria
Hello All,
Has anyone in the U.S.A. ever been asked to ship their pottery to Nigeria?
I was just on HGTV's Crafter's Coast to Coast tv show and got that request
in my email. My thinking is-- Is this a scam? How do I check? Surely
Nigerians would make my little pie plates for a heck of a lot less than it
would cost to ship one over.
Well?.
Pam
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Dorothy Feibleman on thu 3 feb 05
Dear Pam,
Have you met the people who have asked you to ship to Nigeria?
Do you know anything about their business?
Did they pay you in advance including shipping?
If your answers are no to all of these, ignore the request.
Do not send your bank details to anyone you do not know.
Do you know of someone who has had good business dealings with them before. No
track record, you do not want to be the first road splat in the pie plate
world.
Check with the US embassy in Nigeria trade section if you still think you want
to do anything like this, but it is probably a scam or it is terribly unusual.
Best,
Dorothy
Quoting Pamela & Evan Kohler-Camp :
> Hello All,
>
> Has anyone in the U.S.A. ever been asked to ship their pottery to Nigeria?
> I was just on HGTV's Crafter's Coast to Coast tv show and got that request
> in my email. My thinking is-- Is this a scam? How do I check? Surely
> Nigerians would make my little pie plates for a heck of a lot less than it
> would cost to ship one over.
>
> Well?.
>
> Pam
>
>
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ccpottery@BELLSOUTH.NET on thu 3 feb 05
Why would anyone in Nigeria import
clay work from America?????
They could produce thousands of the
same thing for the cost of shipping!
Although, I did get an imaginative spam yesterday ...
I should be prepared to receive a 90 KG box from
Nigeria marked " Vital Diplomatic Documents".
Under no circumstances should I reveal to the
unsuspecting authorities that the box
was actually full of CASH !!
I had to laugh since telling my local customs agents the
box was full of vital documents might get me in more
trouble than saying it was full of cash.
Chris Campbell - in North Carolina - trying to find room
in the garage for all these wonderful free spam offers.
Chris Campbell Pottery, llc
9417 Koupela Drive
Raleigh, NC 27615
1-800-652-1008
1-919-676-2172
FAX : 919-676-2062
E Mail : chris@ccpottery.com
Website : www.ccpottery.com
Wholesale : www.wholesalecrafts.com
Craig Clark on thu 3 feb 05
Pam, yes indeedy do....the Nigerians can make your plates for a
whole bunch less than you are able. At least if you aren't just paying
for the privelege of sending them your pottery.There is at least a 99%
chance that this is a scam. To avoid the danger of these types of things
is really quite simple. Do not respond to any type of unsolicited
e-mails, especially from overseas, that want you to give them money, a
credit line, access to any form of bank account, debit card, ssn,
personal info or anything that a clever individual with a computer may
use to establish a phoney ID in your name.
Remember that Identity Theft is the FASTEST GROWING CRIME IN THE
COUNTRY. I'm not making this up. SOmeone stole my ID a few years back,
charged up about $12,000 in my name on a credit card that I never asked
for on an account I never opened.
The scum bags were using a drop box at an apartment complex North of
the city out in the burbs. The leutenat who was investigating the crime
for HPS, as many others like it, said it was quite common. Said not to
give out info, which I hadn't.....they had gone down to the local post
office, chosen an address at random, which happened to be mine, and put
in a change of address card. The had my mail forwarded to the drop box.
They go on these massive types of fishing expeditions where they hope to
intercept one of the many credit card apps that come in the mail these
days. They jumped on one to me.
Anyway, sounds like a scam!!!! We've got a saying around here that
goes something like this, with various perturbations....if it looks like
a duck, and sounds like a duck, then it's duck.
One thing you could try is to fight back. Tell them you need their
bank info and routing numbers. Maybe they'll slip up and let you have
one. Jump on it and grab as much loot as you can the moment you get them.
Hope this helps
Craig Dunn Clark
619 East 11 1/2 st
Houston, Texas 77008
(713)861-2083
mudman@hal-pc.org
Jonathan Kirkendall on fri 4 feb 05
I belong to a listserv for folks who have Tibetan Mastiffs, a fairly
rare breed. Just recently people have reported emails from different
parts of the world with similar requests - saw puppies on your website,
what would it cost to ship to me here, I could put money in your bank
account....
Jonathan in DC
Kathryn & Stuart Fields on sat 5 feb 05
Johnathan: your question about Nigeria-- "saw puppies on your website, what
would it cost to ship to me here, I could put money in your bank
account...."
This is a SCAM!!!! Your emails are a take off on the ongoing spate of scam
emails from (especially) Nigeria, puporting to be from some official's
representative wanting to share millions of $$$ with you. The only catch is
that you give them your account number so they can "deposit" these
incredible sums. Well, guess what they can do with your account number?
Fraid this scam system is a national industry which is so big it has come to
their government's attention as being the largest export or would it be
import.
Of course there are very legitimate people all over the world who would give
your puppies great homes. Just don't give out any of your personal
information. They should be paying you by international money order or
certified check drawn on an American based bank. You can tell an American
based bank because the check will have that fraction number in the upper
right section. PayPal won't touch the African countries and credit card
companies often charge much higher %s because of the level of fraud.
Hope this helps.
Kathy Fields
sfkf@iwvisp.com
In the chilly Mojave, hoping Joyce has no wind.
www.experimentalhelo.com
www.vkss.com
Arnold Howard on mon 7 feb 05
Someone phoned me at home recently asking for my social security number and
birth date. They said they represented an electric power company that could
save me 5% off my electric bill if I switched to them. I told them I didn't
give out that information by phone and to send me a brochure, which they
said they couldn't do.
This the second phone call I've received from an identity thief. The other
was for health insurance.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
arnoldhoward@att.net / www.paragonweb.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Clark"
> Remember that Identity Theft is the FASTEST GROWING CRIME IN THE
> COUNTRY. I'm not making this up. SOmeone stole my ID a few years back,
> charged up about $12,000 in my name on a credit card that I never asked
> for on an account I never opened.
> The scum bags were using a drop box at an apartment complex North of
> the city out in the burbs.
Ivor and Olive Lewis on tue 8 feb 05
Dear Arnold Howard,
Did you recongnise the Accent of your caller?
I had something similar last night but it was the offer of heavily
discounted telephone call charges. Sounded as though the fellow was
reading from an e-mail scam. Heavy Subcontinental Indian accent. I
just politely said "No" and "Goodnight".
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
S. Australia.
Arnold Howard on wed 9 feb 05
The callers had no accents. The one offering health insurance at a bargain
price acted offended when I didn't give him my credit card number. I could
hear other voices in the background, as if he were in a busy call center. I
told him to send a brochure, and he hung up on me.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
arnoldhoward@att.net / www.paragonweb.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ivor and Olive Lewis"
> Did you recongnise the Accent of your caller?
> I had something similar last night but it was the offer of heavily
> discounted telephone call charges. Sounded as though the fellow was
> reading from an e-mail scam. Heavy Subcontinental Indian accent. I
> just politely said "No" and "Goodnight".
Tom Sawyer on wed 9 feb 05
I had a telemarketer call today and he hung up when I told him to give me
his home phone number so I could call him this evening when I had more free
time; I would have called him about midnight.
Tom Sawyer
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Arnold Howard
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 8:56 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Shipping to Nigeria
The callers had no accents. The one offering health insurance at a bargain
price acted offended when I didn't give him my credit card number. I could
hear other voices in the background, as if he were in a busy call center. I
told him to send a brochure, and he hung up on me.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
arnoldhoward@att.net / www.paragonweb.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ivor and Olive Lewis"
> Did you recongnise the Accent of your caller?
> I had something similar last night but it was the offer of heavily
> discounted telephone call charges. Sounded as though the fellow was
> reading from an e-mail scam. Heavy Subcontinental Indian accent. I
> just politely said "No" and "Goodnight".
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