Twist on the scam... relay call

[Bigdawg]

Just got an AT&T relay call for "Larry"...

his out-of-state parents bought him a 2006 escalade that he needs signage done on, but his poor, poor wife is in the hospital so they want to deliver it directly to us to get the graphics done.

Could we just go ahead and charge his card for the delivery charges (plus an appropriate markup for our trouble) and pay the shipping company?

We told the operator "Let him know we won't be refunding any overpayment, handing his driver cash or in any other way covering any shipping expense up front."

The other party then hung up

 

[cdiesel]

I've gotten a couple of these. The part that really pisses me off, is I was sitting there telling the relay operator it was a scam, and she's telling me she's not allowed to talk to me? ???

 

[Marlene]

we got these way back before the e-mail scam started. what tipped me off was the person had no answer for what size banner, what color or if it had a logo that needed to be on it. hearing or not, a customer knows that. if asked any of those questions, the caller would hang up.

 

[Finishline Signs]

I have gotten a couple like that with them shipping a large boat and wanting the name put on it.