An interesting email came to Lani (my girlfriend, a florist) the other day:
dear sales this is mr bola, I will like to known if you can ship international and i want to purchase from your store , i will like to know the courier service you use in shipping to lagos nigeria. moreso i will like you to know that i will be paying with my credit card accounts. regards BOLA .Y
I reply asking what he wants and that we use the cheapest shipping for any destination. I "accidently" called him Mr. E Bola just for shits and giggles. A few hours later the reply comes... He wants 10 each of 4 different products, including fresh flowers (obviously only for local delivery, which I had already informed him of in my first email.) He also specified to use "usps global express 3/5 day shipment"
Now this is obviously a scam of some sort, but what kind could it be? Is it just an attempt to use a stolen credit card to get free product, or is there more coming? Of course, the question remaining is... do I reply with a price and see what happens next, ask him to send a picture of himself holding a sign of some type :), or... ?
Posted by Boone at October 11, 2004 07:20 PM