How does this scam work??...

[okosh]

So this is like the 3rd time I'm getting this email....obviously not a genuine enquiry cos it's not to my business email but whats the scam here??.....chargeback later or worse??..:RpS_unsure:


Hello,

Warm Greetings from Fiji Islands My name is JOHN EDWRAD. I am willing to make some purchase of some items with your company, Before we proceed can you please answer the question below.

1. Do you have POS machine to charge credit card

2. Do you accept master and visa credit card payment

3. Do you accept private pick up by our forwarder

4. Can you send me your price sheet / website or catalog

Kindly email me if this is possible to ship to Cook Islands.

Regards ,

JOHN EDWARD CEO
TRIPLLE STAR STORE INC
29 Ackland Street
Viria East Industrial Subdivision
Vatuwaqa
Suva
FIJI ISLANDS

[laidback]

Possible purchases with stolen cc numbers.

[littleroundman]

Warm Greetings from Fiji Islands My name is JOHN EDWRAD


JOHN EDWARD CEO
TRIPLLE STAR STORE INC

It's known as a "card not present" scam.

* The purchaser uses stolen / forged credit card details to pay for the articles, then organizes for a third party to pick up the goods within a short time, before the card owner is aware his / her card has been compromised, eliminating the possibility of the delivery address being used to track the purchaser

The purchaser has probably purchased the CC details from one of the squillions of (mainly Eastern European) hacker sites offering stolen credit card details, including CVV numbers which can be easily found with a simple Google search.

I spoke to a victim of a CNP fraud recently who was stung for AUD$2300

The victim was totally unaware her card had been used.

The issuing bank actually discovered the fraud when it froze her account after it had identified the money had been used by someone in the USA to pay the webhosting costs for a HYIP ponzi scheme.

[okosh]

Thanks LRM...:RpS_smile:

[littleroundman]

See what I mean about how easy it is:

http://imageshack.com/a/img923/1236/IsXkaI.png

Most of the credit card information is gained by criminals hacking into the databases of non secure sites, skimming the info they need and offering it online as you can see above.

[littleroundman]

http://imageshack.com/a/img924/2821/jZw2hS.png

[ribshaw]

The "mule" was something I ran into every now and again during this foray. http://www.realscam.com/f44/sweetheart-scammer-did-really-hot-person-pick-me-above-all-others-2300/
The "forwarder" was probably some dupe that thinks he is dating a porn star picking up diamonds in Nigeria.



"Money mules can consciously choose to act as intermediaries as a way to earn money easily, but money mules are often unaware of the fact that they are teaming up with a fraudster."
https://www.safeinternetbanking.be/en/fraud-techniques/money-mules

[okosh]

So 24 million Aussies got scammed a total of $521million in one year....That's $22 per person including kids....SMFH...