Comments on: The “Fake Shipping Company” Western Union Scam http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/the-western-union-fake-shipping-company-scam/ Exploring the World of Outdoor Photography with Tips, News, Imagery and Insight Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: teresa http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/the-western-union-fake-shipping-company-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-53382 teresa Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:07:53 +0000 http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/?p=456#comment-53382 thanks for the post, makes me feel better as this almost just happened to me, we will lose a little money for some sample printing but card authorization caught us up to speed. I'm so mad! thanks for the post, makes me feel better as this almost just happened to me, we will lose a little money for some sample printing but card authorization caught us up to speed. I’m so mad!

]]> By: Dan Bailey http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/the-western-union-fake-shipping-company-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-53276 Dan Bailey Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:35:56 +0000 http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/?p=456#comment-53276 Great, just what I needed- a scam artist with my own name. For the record, it ain't me. I'm the real Dan Bailey! :D Great, just what I needed- a scam artist with my own name. For the record, it ain’t me. I’m the real Dan Bailey! :D

]]> By: Patrick Nicholson http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/the-western-union-fake-shipping-company-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-53270 Patrick Nicholson Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:43:26 +0000 http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/?p=456#comment-53270 Do not do business with Daniel Bailey. She is a SCAM ARTIST. She scams everyone at make wide turns. She makes you think you are working to make a check and she keeps all the money. She lives in Arlington, Texas He husband or so works at FFE they are out of Dallas, Texas. Do not do any business with FFE either. Do not do business with Daniel Bailey. She is a SCAM ARTIST.
She scams everyone at make wide turns.
She makes you think you are working to make a check and she keeps all the money.
She lives in Arlington, Texas
He husband or so works at FFE they are out of Dallas, Texas.
Do not do any business with FFE either.

]]> By: Wfinley http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/the-western-union-fake-shipping-company-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-53141 Wfinley Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:40:01 +0000 http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/?p=456#comment-53141 My clients deal with scams like this on a daily basis. Luckily it's easy to figure out the scam. Just have the customer submit their info via a web form. Capture the IP and ask for their city/country. Then compare the city/ country they input with the city / country that corresponds to their ip using this database: http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location If there is a match then accept payment; if not then block payment. Sounds complex but it can be fully automated and literally takes a millisecond to process. Any web geek can set it up for you. My clients deal with scams like this on a daily basis. Luckily it’s easy to figure out the scam. Just have the customer submit their info via a web form. Capture the IP and ask for their city/country. Then compare the city/ country they input with the city / country that corresponds to their ip using this database: http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location
If there is a match then accept payment; if not then block payment.
Sounds complex but it can be fully automated and literally takes a millisecond to process. Any web geek can set it up for you.

]]> By: Jamie Hoover http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/the-western-union-fake-shipping-company-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-51945 Jamie Hoover Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:02:09 +0000 http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/?p=456#comment-51945 oh yeah his email was allenjack60@yahoo.com oh yeah his email was allenjack60@yahoo.com

]]> By: Jamie Hoover http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/the-western-union-fake-shipping-company-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-51944 Jamie Hoover Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:57:00 +0000 http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/?p=456#comment-51944 Received a similar relay call (tty) from an Allen Jack (Jack Allen) from Illinois wanting some oriental rugs cleaned. He asked us to charge a card, which he has yet to provide, and then send $1500 to a shipper, which he has yet to name, via Western Union. We tried getting an address and he demanded to speak to the owner. Sounded fishy so did some research and found this. Thanks Received a similar relay call (tty) from an Allen Jack (Jack Allen) from Illinois wanting some oriental rugs cleaned. He asked us to charge a card, which he has yet to provide, and then send $1500 to a shipper, which he has yet to name, via Western Union. We tried getting an address and he demanded to speak to the owner. Sounded fishy so did some research and found this. Thanks

]]> By: Perico http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/the-western-union-fake-shipping-company-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-51847 Perico Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:47:37 +0000 http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/?p=456#comment-51847 Thanks a lot for this post. Andrew Ripey is trying right now to book for the same people you already mentioned in my hotel. thanks again from Malaga, Costa del Sol Thanks a lot for this post. Andrew Ripey is trying right now to book for the same people you already mentioned in my hotel. thanks again from Malaga, Costa del Sol

]]> By: david fox http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/the-western-union-fake-shipping-company-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-51033 david fox Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:58:13 +0000 http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/?p=456#comment-51033 Thank you for confirming what i expected. My wife told me this morning she was going to deposit a cheque for 2500.00 into her account. I asked where she received the cheque from as she a full time mom. She said from the secret shopper ad i had passed along a month earlier. Supposedly she is to deposit the cheque into her account and draw a western union cheque in the amount of 2100.00 and mail that off to someone somewhere. Something didn't seem right and so i asked her to hang on until i got home tonight. I figure they must be wanting her to legitimately provide 2100, while receiving fraudulent funds of 2500. Thank you for confirming what i expected. My wife told me this morning she was going to deposit a cheque for 2500.00 into her account. I asked where she received the cheque from as she a full time mom. She said from the secret shopper ad i had passed along a month earlier. Supposedly she is to deposit the cheque into her account and draw a western union cheque in the amount of 2100.00 and mail that off to someone somewhere. Something didn’t seem right and so i asked her to hang on until i got home tonight. I figure they must be wanting her to legitimately provide 2100, while receiving fraudulent funds of 2500.

]]> By: Glen Murie http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/the-western-union-fake-shipping-company-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-50876 Glen Murie Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:44:32 +0000 http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/?p=456#comment-50876 Thank you for sharing this. There is another variation of this going around that targets freelance computer technicians. The customer asked to have several laptops virus scanned and upgraded from Vista to Windows 7. This is a bone stupid and straightforward fix, and I was already a little wary of someone wanting to ship computers to have this fix done, but some companies do have very remote work forces. When he asked I send the shipping charges to Western Union and take payment with a cashiers check alarm bells went off, and I did a Google search on Western Union shipping scams. Your blog post came right up on top. I assume that what I'll get is the phony cashier's check and some junked out "boot sale" or even stolen laptops to fix. The scammer loses a few hundred dollars in laptops, or offloads some stolen laptops he can't move himself, and pockets X thousands in phony shipping while I possibly end up holding several pieces of hot merchandise. Thank you for sharing this. There is another variation of this going around that targets freelance computer technicians. The customer asked to have several laptops virus scanned and upgraded from Vista to Windows 7. This is a bone stupid and straightforward fix, and I was already a little wary of someone wanting to ship computers to have this fix done, but some companies do have very remote work forces.

When he asked I send the shipping charges to Western Union and take payment with a cashiers check alarm bells went off, and I did a Google search on Western Union shipping scams. Your blog post came right up on top.

I assume that what I’ll get is the phony cashier’s check and some junked out “boot sale” or even stolen laptops to fix. The scammer loses a few hundred dollars in laptops, or offloads some stolen laptops he can’t move himself, and pockets X thousands in phony shipping while I possibly end up holding several pieces of hot merchandise.

]]> By: David Gliddon http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/the-western-union-fake-shipping-company-scam/comment-page-2/#comment-50851 David Gliddon Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:19:18 +0000 http://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/?p=456#comment-50851 Hi Dan, Many thanks for this site, saved me a lot of wasted time and more importantly money. Andrew is now targeting the accommodation business, wanting to make bookings in the name of Mr & Mrs Alvin and son James. Again thank goodness for your site and warnings. Kind regards David. Hi Dan, Many thanks for this site, saved me a lot of wasted time and more importantly money. Andrew is now targeting the accommodation business, wanting to make bookings in the name of Mr & Mrs Alvin and son James. Again thank goodness for your site and warnings.
Kind regards
David.

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