Definitive Dave
wanna-be saw racer, saw hoarder, parts whore
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So in my rush to stock more fun saw stuff, I did something stupid. I placed an order with one of my overseas vendors who I have dealt with several times with no issues. Invoice arrived and it said they were having an issue with their paypal account and would I mind paying by Western Union this time.
Of course I am in a hurry so I ask my wife to pay through western union over the computer and she does.
Well when I send the payment details to the vendor they ask WTF I am talking about.
$976.52 claimed by Tammy Lee
So the scammer had hacked the vendor's e-mail and began sending duplicates of every message with a very similar e-mail address. So many that I didn't notice when a single message came through, in fact I was glad they finally got that fixed. DOH - you never pay by Western Union it's a scam DAVE, you never pay somebody else at another address IT'S a SCAM DAVE they had been working on this for weeks
I am clearly profoundly retarded.
The scammer was good they even used the slightly broken English that my vendor uses, they lulled my normally adequate brain right to sleep, heck my wife is a bank auditor and it didn't raise any flags with her either.
But completely my fault for being a dumba55.
Anyway I let vendor know he needs to check his system after checking mine thoroughly.
Western Union will refund out money if the merchandise doesn't arrive in 15 days.
yeah I got Scammed
DDave
Of course I am in a hurry so I ask my wife to pay through western union over the computer and she does.
Well when I send the payment details to the vendor they ask WTF I am talking about.
$976.52 claimed by Tammy Lee
So the scammer had hacked the vendor's e-mail and began sending duplicates of every message with a very similar e-mail address. So many that I didn't notice when a single message came through, in fact I was glad they finally got that fixed. DOH - you never pay by Western Union it's a scam DAVE, you never pay somebody else at another address IT'S a SCAM DAVE they had been working on this for weeks
I am clearly profoundly retarded.
The scammer was good they even used the slightly broken English that my vendor uses, they lulled my normally adequate brain right to sleep, heck my wife is a bank auditor and it didn't raise any flags with her either.
But completely my fault for being a dumba55.
Anyway I let vendor know he needs to check his system after checking mine thoroughly.
Western Union will refund out money if the merchandise doesn't arrive in 15 days.
yeah I got Scammed
DDave