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by 514000 Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:10 pm
hi, I want to buy Alienware Laptop from Alibaba.com B2B marketplace.
so i found this seller, Mr. HOWARD HILLS. HE ASKED FOR 600$ FOR THE ALIENWARE M17X PLUS 50$ SHIPPING.

TOTAL IS 650$ , SO I ASKED HIM SINCE YOU ARE A LEGITIMATE COMPAGNY DO YOU ACCEPT THAT I PAY 350$ AS 1st PAYMENT AND i WILL PAY THE 300$ AS 2nd PAYMENT ON ARRIVAL. hE ACCEPTED, SO HE SENT ME HIS PAYMENT INFO FOR MONEYGRAM, payment was requested to (PAUL BERG), I ask him who is this paul berg he answer he is my accountant, but if you want you could still send payment to me. I had this feeling of trust, so i contacted him on his cellphone(he had a British accent), everything was alright he sounded legitimate, meaning a guy that it isnt his first business deal. So after i send him the as aggreed upon amount 350$ , he sends me this email and wants the full payment cause of company policy modification. he has a website called hytechstore. this is his email [email protected], this is the last email he sent:



Hello Mr Hassan,

The payment as been picked up.. But there's a problem right now.. I already order the courier service to dispatch your the laptop. Only for the management to call the goods back. They stated that you have to make full payment before the goods can be shipped. I informed them about our agreement about the 50% payment then 50% balance after delivery, but they said the new company's policy as been changed.

Goods will only shipped upon arrival of full payment. I'm sorry for the inconvenience i must have caused you. You are requested to balance the payment before the goods can shipped.

I sincerely apologise.!

Regards, Howard
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by GomerPyle Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:15 am
If you send money by MoneyGram or Western Union to a private individual then you aren't dealing with a company, irrespective of whether or not they have a flashy website, and you have no means or redress if you aren't sent any goods.

Ignoring the likelihood of it being a scam, you don't have redress against the company at all because you didn't send them the money.

Non-EU citizens should go here to find out about obtaining a visa to work as an au pair in the UK
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/doineedvisa/
Whenever payment is requested by Western Union you're dealing with a scammer

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