[meteorite-list] Odd customer - slightly off-topic
From: Impactika_at_aol.com <Impactika_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:06 2004 Message-ID: <9.2c11bf19.2a806cf7_at_aol.com> --part1_9.2c11bf19.2a806cf7_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I posted this a couple of days ago, but it did not go through. Since the LIS= T=20 is back, let me try =A0again. __________________________________________________________ Hello everybody, Did anyone of you do business with a Mr. Alexander R. Young, from Java,=20 Indonesia? =A0I am getting very leery of this customer, and I would like to=20 compare notes. Here is the story (since the List is quiet): A couple of weeks ago he showed up in my e-mails wanting to buy several of m= y=20 more expensive pieces, willing to pay for insurance, Express Mail, and askin= g=20 if I would accept his MasterCard. I have credit card customers in many=20 countries, so why not? He sent by e-mail 2 MasterCard numbers. One was declined (it happens) the=20 other one was good. The money showed-up in my bank account a few days later.= =20 So I packed up everything extra-well and shipped it.=20 One odd thing: he asked me to buy a lot of gold coins for him and charge the= m=20 on his card, plus a commission. I decided to pass on that and sent him to ou= r=20 favorite coin-dealer. He re-appeared a few days ago. The package had arrived in fine shape and he=20 wanted to buy an assortment of my jewelry pieces. =A0OK!, but this time both= of=20 his cards were declined =A0(too many gold coins????). I told him so, and he=20 sent right back 3 MasterCard numbers!. =A0The odd thing is that they have th= e=20 same expiration date, and the first 3 sets of 4 numbers are identical, only=20 the last 4 numbers are different. And all 3 cards were promptly declined! I haven't lost anything (except a nice sale) but I am getting worried. Would anyone of you know that person? Would anyone one of you be in the banking business and able to explain the=20 numbering system of MasterCard? I would be curious to know. And I suppose that other dealers might too. Anne Black IMCA #2356 www.IMPACTIKA.com e-mail: IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com --part1_9.2c11bf19.2a806cf7_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2>I posted this a couple of= days ago, but it did not go through. Since the LIST is back, let me try=20= =A0again. <BR>__________________________________________________________ <BR> <BR>Hello everybody, <BR> <BR>Did anyone of you do business with a Mr. Alexander R. Young, from Java,=20= Indonesia? =A0I am getting very leery of this customer, and I would like to=20= compare notes. <BR> <BR>Here is the story (since the List is quiet): <BR>A couple of weeks ago he showed up in my e-mails wanting to buy several=20= of my more expensive pieces, willing to pay for insurance, Express Mail, and= asking if I would accept his MasterCard. I have credit card customers in ma= ny countries, so why not? <BR>He sent by e-mail 2 MasterCard numbers. One was declined (it happens) th= e other one was good. The money showed-up in my bank account a few days late= r. So I packed up everything extra-well and shipped it.=20 <BR>One odd thing: he asked me to buy a lot of gold coins for him and charge= them on his card, plus a commission. I decided to pass on that and sent him= to our favorite coin-dealer. <BR> <BR>He re-appeared a few days ago. The package had arrived in fine shape and= he wanted to buy an assortment of my jewelry pieces. =A0OK!, but this time=20= both of his cards were declined =A0(too many gold coins????). I told him so,= and he sent right back 3 MasterCard numbers!. =A0The odd thing is that they= have the same expiration date, and the first 3 sets of 4 numbers are identi= cal, only the last 4 numbers are different. And all 3 cards were promptly de= clined! <BR> <BR>I haven't lost anything (except a nice sale) but I am getting worried. <BR>Would anyone of you know that person? <BR>Would anyone one of you be in the banking business and able to explain t= he numbering system of MasterCard? <BR> <BR>I would be curious to know. And I suppose that other dealers might too. <BR> <BR> <BR>Anne Black <BR>IMCA #2356 <BR>www.IMPACTIKA.com <BR>e-mail: IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com</FONT></HTML> --part1_9.2c11bf19.2a806cf7_boundary-- Received on Mon 05 Aug 2002 08:06:15 PM PDT |
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