Monday, January 25, 2010

A lesson for identity thieves and crooks...

Please, I am getting SO tired of getting these messages. I just got a message from wesleystore2010@aol.com who urgently needs a bunch of cartridges via next day air:

CALCULATE ME THE TOTAL COST AND THE SHIPPING COST OF THE BELOW LISTED ITEMS TO GARDENA,CA 90249, USA VIA NEXT DAY AIR

HP OEM ORIGINAL INKJET CATRIDGE
C1823D ..... 50QTYS
C6578DN ..... 50QTYS

Sony PDV 184N DV tape - 1 x 184min ........ 100 Qty


WAITING TO READ FROM YOU ASAP AND ALSO THE ACCEPTABLE CREDIT CARDS FOR THE
PAYMENT

REGARDS
Richard Peterson
WESLEY STORE
1961 VALLEY RIDGE DR SW
ATLANTA
30331

If you REALLY wanted to get me to look closer at this request, you need to change up your approach big time.

First, my name is on the Silverado website. Everything else aside, could you take the time to find my name and say "Hey Torrey!" or "Dear Mr. Loomis," or something like that?

Second, enough with the ALL CAPS. NO ONE WANTS TO READ A MESSAGE WHEN IT APPEARS YOU ARE SHOUTING AT THEM.

Third, no one believes you are with "Wesley Store" when your email comes from Yahoo or AOL or Gmail. Please--get a regular domain name that goes back to a legitimate site. I run domains all the time to see where they are setup and when the site was opened.

Fourth, do you even know what business we are in? Silverado sells HD editing systems, not inkjet supplies. Sure, every now and then we order printers for someone as part of a bigger sale, but its not our bread-and-butter. So--when you write asking for dozens of products we don't typically sell--I am sending your email to the trash.

Fifth--learn English and use spell check. Its that simple...

Sixth--you say you are in Atlanta, but want the items freighted to Gardena? Another red flag...

Seventh--going back to your English lessons: you need to structure your sentences better. The way you write is a dead giveaway you are writing these with a group of other idiots who can't write either. Find one of you who can write and spell correctly, and then COPY their fraudulent messages. At least I'll respect you more when I delete you.

tl

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Outstanding response! I received the very same email. Your observations just made my day!!

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for this blog. Today, I received an email from this individual and company. This address is residential. They sent a email to me about a month ago, by another individual,asking if we would ship to California. When I responded, they inquired if we would ship to an island near Turkey.
These people are ridiculous.

clarkcomputer said...

very cool response... i see this stuff everday and have often thought of the things you wrote. think the originators will ever read it?
CALCULATE ME...lol!!