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Hello mark!

** On Monday 06.07.20 - 12:46, mark lewis wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> Will this ever end?

 ml> nope! why? because there's enough id10ts out there that respond... in
 ml> advertising, 2-3 percent is a good return... folks posting these scams
 ml> apparently make enough off them to warrant continued postings...

At about 2 years into my ownership of a bookshop, I got an email  
requesting a quote for a pile of books.  It appeared to be a school order.  
 Nothing entirely unusual about that, 'cuz I would get request for quotes  
or special orders from email all the time.

After completing the detailed work to build the list with prices and the  
grand total, there was a switcheroo.  I was requested to send the  
merchandise to an African/European foreign country (can't remember which),  
whilst the payment would be completed from the USA. And.. their  
expectation was that it would be a credit card transaction. Sheeesh, I  
thought.

I simply wrote back to suggest "simply use Amazon at the country of  
delivery"  ..and that I primary support my local community, and since the  
value of the books ran into 4-figures, I would only accept a cashier's  
cheque.

I never got anything similar like that again.

However... there is a never ending stream of new businesses and gullible  
people.

  ../|ug

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