I vote scam!
I just received the same type of emails from this guy:
Hello,
My Name is John Stone from Switzerland. Do you ship to Switzerland also if accept credit card as method of payment.
Thank you
John Stone
Owner
I responded, as we do ship products worldwide, and received a second email:
Hello,
Thank you for the mail. Get me the price of the below products:
Model: xxx
Model: xxx
Thank you
I gave prices, and then he responded with:
Hello,
Thank you for the mail. Here are the products that we need below:
xxx..........Qty 3
Let me know the total cost of the products before adding the shipping cost.
Shipping Address:
Strong Hold Ventures
134 Avenue Ruchonnet
Lausanne, 1003
Switzerland.
Concerning the shipment, the likes of UPS, DHL and others always don't take care of the charges down here. Charges like handling, customs and duties etc. We have lost so many products due to inability of some courier companies not to pay the custom and other duties. In Sept 2006, we lost goods up to $5000 as a result of UPS not able to pay the duties. The same things happened in 2005 from USPS and can't be mentioning companies. Since then we have been using FSF and they have been very reliable and fast. They will take care of all charges including the duties we are talking about. We have experienced such situation before and we don't want to experience such a thing again. We will be glad if you contact this shipper Fly Sketch Freight for the shipping quote. Here is there email address(flysketchfreight@googlemail.com), Note that we can't deal with the shipper but they always deal with the company where they will be doing the pick up in other to reduce the customs duties and other charges down here in Thailand. By indicating in the paper works that the payment was received by the shipper from the point of purchase, it will reduce the charges and if we(owner of the goods) wanted to pay for the custom duties and other charges, at times it is more than the whole package amount. We do trust FSF and if we didn't, wouldn't have ask you to contact them in the first place. They are very reliable and fast. They will take care of everything including handling, customs and duties,Tax, insurance etc. Always send us the copy of email you send to them. We will be looking forward to see the total cost of the order with the shipping quote from FSF so that we can send you the credit card for the payment Hope to see your mail soon.
Thank you
So, same email to you, but he never mentioned Thailand before which I thought was strange...
"Fly Sketch Freight"? Come on... sounds a little
sketchy to me, lol.
So I wrote him back with a link to this thread. Maybe he'll realize we're on to him and give it up.
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