Ed, I think what happens is that after the DVDs are shipped, the charge gets reversed as fraudulent, and the seller is out the money, & the equipment. John Myers Myers TV Alliance, OH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tel-Tek Electronics" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:10 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: DVD's & Credit Card scam > So does anyone actually know how The "Scam" works? > > -Ed- > > Ed Gaidies > Tel-Tek Electronics > Ontario-Canada > > Servicing the Consumer Electronic Industry since 1963 > > teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Royal19960@xxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 12:41 AM > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: DVD's & Credit Card scam > > I saw the posts on this scam and, son of a gun, I got one of those > calls. It > was through the Wisconsin Relay for the hearing impaired. I told the > operator > right away it was a scam but I played along for about 1/2 hour. They had > a > shipping address in Georgia but Yahoo maps didn't have that address on > the > street. The phone number was not valid either. I told him the first cc# > didn't go > through so he had another one. Needless to say I didn't really run any > but > within 15 mins I got 3 more phone calls wanting to buy all the dvd > players I could > sell. Heh > > > Roy Adams C.E.T./C.A. > Bonded TV Service > 5158 W Forest Home Ave > Milwaukee, WI 53219 > 414-541-9111 > www.Bondedtv.com > we have thousands of tubes on the site > Webhosting from only 4.95 a month at Bondedhost.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/