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by mongi83 Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:15 pm
This is a professionally done website which lists products at what they call "Chinese Wholesale Prices" well below US prices. Upon placing an order they send you an email stating they can't accept credit cards currently and request you Western Union payment to them. So not only are you out of the money you Western Union but you've also just compromised your credit card.

we can't processed online payment at the moment, because our credit card merchant account is currently not active.
NOTE : Your credit card was not charged for the order and it is 100% secured with us

PAYMENT INFORMATION
You are to make the payment via western union money transfer to our accountant details stated below

Accountant Receivers Name : Earl Comber
City: Charlotte
State: North Carolina
Zip Code: 28205
Country: USA

so once you have the payment send,do get back to us with the details below for confirmation..

MTCN Number :
Sender's Name :
Amount Sent :

Thanking you in anticipation and looking forward to doing long term
business with you.

Regards
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by Bubbles Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:41 am
Welcome to ScamWarners mongi83, thank you for posting this information and explanation about how it works. No real company would require payment through Western Union. Scammers do it because there is no way to get your money back.

Again, thank you.

Bubbles, former Scamwarners moderator.

Rest in Peace 24 June 2015.

Gone, but never forgotten.
by jolly_roger Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:56 am
Thank-you mongi83. Many scamming companies make their money from people who send them “payments” via Western Union. If you are being asked by a company to send them money through Western Union, stay away from that company, and do not send them any money whatsoever. If you feel that you are not in any danger of being scammed, then go ahead and move through with the transaction. Western Union can be a great way to send and receive money, as long as people are smart about it.
When it comes to sending money via Western Union, many people get sucked into a scam, and their money is stolen. If you need to pay a bill of some sort, do not do it with Western Union, any real and legitimate company is not going to ask you to send money through Western Union, it simply makes no sense at all. Stay away from this sort of transaction if a company is asking you to send them money via Western Union.
If it was my order, cancelling it would be the only option.

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