Re: Smoke Det. Scam

["Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I get those emails scams every few months. I even got one guy to send me the
credit card numbers. But when I called the issuing bank, it turned out to be
a stolen card. I forwarded his emails to the Dept Of Justice. I never heard
back from the authorities.

Jim Rojas



"ABLE_1" <royboynospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:edGdnYdmJ_oYenDYnZ2dnUVZ_o2vnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> This is a FYI to all dealers please be aware.
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> Today I received a phone call that was set up thru a Relay Service as in a
> TTY from Hearing Impaired.  The best I could figure out was that the
> individual "Angela" was looking for a price for a particular model of
> smoke detector from both Firex and BRK.  I was asked to send prices to an
> email address.
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> Since the Relay is difficult to get good info I decided to send an email
> requesting more info.  The info I got back was very unusual.  The email
> wanted to know what the cost would be for the Smokes UPS'd to my location
> and they would have them picked up by FEDEX.
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> Say WHAT???
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> And oh, what credit card do you take???
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> And oh, this is for 620 units.
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> HELLO????????????
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> Any how this is a SCAM.  I have talked to my distributor and they have
> been and are aware of the SCAM.  Don't know how it works don't care.
>
> I have made a complaint to the FBI and will ignore all future email.
>
> Just wanted to make all aware so that you can be prepared.
>
> Have a better day.
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> Les
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