Yes internet schemes even hit book publishers! Recently we had an author contacted about an Australian company purchasing books from her, they wanted 300, so she gave it to us to handle. Well... The Australian company turned into a Cyprus company.
Obviously this raised our alarms, after many emails this "company" gave us credit card information complete with numbers, names, and even the Cvv codes for the cards for two individuals. We of course was asked to charge the cards, and then forward 800.00 dollars to THEIR "freight shipper" via Western Union...
Well, of course this is a scam, and we contacted the banks for the cards. Scary thing was they didnt care, didnt even care to take the information. Their Card holders are being scammed, and there was no venue to have the card stopped, blocked, I even asked the operators, if they could call the holders to let them know. Answer Nope!!!
So in the end we saw it for what it was, the Credit Card company doesn't care, and most likely these cards will be sent to someone else who WILL charge them... So we live in a society where fraud and duplicity is common, where the very banks consider the losses part of doing business.
In the end who loses..... Everyone.
Wow, that's terrible! I hope that if my Credit Union received a call like this one, they would care. I hope.
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