E mail request from company called instant Sales

A company called instant Sales want to buy from me. Here is the e mail and weird instructions they sent:

Thanks for your prompt response. The shipping company required shipping charge is handled by the merchant of the subject since it is a commercial based(which means you have to pay them directly after charging my card for the overall cost or merchandise plus shipping charge).So go ahead and contact shipper through email([email protected]) with the weight of the package and value of order along with your warehouse address to have the shipping charge .I await your email on the total cost of merchandise plus the shipping charge via Kay Freights so we can proceed with the order.

Warning signs for me:
- instant Sales have no website
- the freight company they mention has no website
- poor English in the message
- want me to pay them!

Has anyone else experienced this group?

[AlanJones]

It is a common scam.

The credit card details that the buyer gives you will be stolen. You will send the money to the "shipping company" (no legitimate company would use a Hotmail email address) by Western Union. The owner of the credit card will eventually notice your charge and dispute it with his bank, resulting in it being reversed and you being down the money that you forwarded to the shipper.

Could you post the details of the original email you received from the "buyer" and their email address as that will help others who are also targetted.

I just received this email today
.It suggests they want shipping to Australia but US CC.Also says the freight company they use is splendid. All sounds odd. I believe these are the same people looking to do a scam. Tami

Visitor's Info:m
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Name: Laura
Email: [email protected]
Phone:
Date Sent: March 19, 2014

Message
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This
email is to make inquiries on the below question.

1- Do you carry overseas? (though we already know of a freight forwarder that
will pick up the packages from you,since they ship less expensive than any other courier
and they are so effective in shipping our goods to us here in Victoria , Australia, which is estimated to be 3-4days). We have used their service in the past and it was splendid.

2- Do you accept credit card(s) for payment (U.S.A Master and Visa card to be precise)?

Kindly let us know your comments on these before we send the items we have interested in purchasing from you and please get back to us with your
inventory/price list as an attachment on your reply.

It is definitely the same scam. Whether it is the same group of scammers is hard to say, because scammers will buy, borrow, or even steal scam scripts from other scammers, so it could ba different group of scammers just trying the same thing.