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I Want A Website Scam - Beware

billyghawaii

Published on June 1, 2017

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The Setup!

Yesterday I received a message from someone in California who wanted an e-commerce store for his business in LA. He dealt with imported goods for Salon businesses. Said he had a budget of 3-6K and wanted the site completed in 2 months. I asked him to send me the details in an email.

Received the email and as usual, a customer will not know all the elements of an e-commerce website that needed to be addressed and so I responded, requesting a SKYPE call and sent a list of about 20 items to be discussed.

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Before too long, I received the exact same email back, and he's telling me he had given me enough information and wanted a quote and personal telephone number to contact me. By then I knew this was scam so I politely said that if we didn't do the SKYPE call, I will not be providing a quote.
His Final Attempt

Early in the morning I was awaken by a call that the caller ID said was a 900 prefix... I rejected the call, a minute later, it rang again... and I rejected it again.

Scam Averted

So it looked like the goal of the caller was to get me to answer his 900 call which rack up a Hugh bill for me and hassle to clear it up..

The Rules

Rule #1: Never answer call from a 900 prefix...
Rule #2: If you pickup the call and the caller says is this "your name" Say NO They will record your "yes" and say, when asked to except the call, you said "YES"
Rule #3 Avoid clicking any links you receive in an email.
Rule #4 If you get any kind of email asking you to reconfirm you PayPal, Itunes, or similar accounts don't click to go and fix the account, Your logon info will be captured.

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