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Here are some more great tips when dealing with these "orders": We often receive fraudulent order requests from overseas and suggest that your website mentions the few ways we have found successful in separating the bad eggs from legitimate
order requests:
1. When in doubt, inquire as to whether or not they can pay with an American Express money order. If they are genuine, they will at least respond to your request with an answer. If
not, they'll just cross you off their list and go on to the next potential sucker;
2. Require that they also provide the name of whatever financial institution issued the card, as well as the security
code of the card, so that proper ownership of the charge can be verified - and make it sound like that is a requirement of your bank, before fulfillment can be allowed. Because they probably do not have physical
possession of the card and therefore cannot see the security code, they'll back off;
3. Watch out for the most important danger sign of a fraudulent order: price is no object. Whatever price you
quote, they will pretend to be willing to pay;
4. Watch out for them sending you a 'general' inquiry into your product line, mentioning that they would like to order from you. If they are genuine,
they've already seen you website offerings and know what you have available;
5. Watch out for a customer requesting that you use a special shipping company that you've never heard of, because that
shipping company's fees are part of the scam.
6. In addition to the two variations of mentioned on your website, watch out for the over-payment scam to be attempted with a United States company
sending you the money for more than the order - and them requesting you to send the overpaid amount to them before you ship their order. They have recruited some accomplices in this country with phony corporate websites
and insufficient checking accounts.
These tips are courtesy of:
G Grossman - Magic Lamp Productions - www.MagicLampDVDs.com
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