I actually did not lose money because I caught it ahead of time but this is how it goes. Someone contacts you about your products and states that they want to buy a large amount. They get you excited about the order and they don't haggle much on the price. They even go as far as giving you a credit card number for the order but here is the catch. They ask you to use "THEIR" shipping company to shi[ to some obscure location. This shipping company, which does not exist on the internet" contacts you with an out rages quote 5 or 6 times of what FedEx or UPS would charge, and the customer insists on paying that company. So they pay you with their credit card for the product and shipping, and you pay the shipping company the outrages fee. Then the customers credit card does a charge back because it was stolen or what ever else and you never hear from the shipping company again to give you your money back. This almost happened to me a couple of years ago but the fact that the customer was willing to pay so much more for shipping and the shipping company was sending "someone" to pick up the merchandise without having offices in out country made me highly suspicious. It was only after I insisted on using my shipper that it fell apart and I realized it was a scam. Two days ago, I get an email from this guy trying to do the same thing
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