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Write You - Smart Tips to Beat Internet Scammers
You’ve probably heard about how much money can be made on eBay by regular people. With dreams of quick riches and easy money, you are probably ready to jump in with both feet – right now! The best thing you can do if you are serious about making money with eBay, however, is to slow down. In fact, just stop for a minute. Don’t rush straight in. Take your time, and do it right. It's not as easy as it seems.eBay has over 100 million members. Think about that number for just a minute or two. When you get your eBay business set up, that is how big your customer base will be – instantly. 100 million people - 100 million people w
In the world of business, marketing and sales always go hand in hand. If your marketing strategies are good, it could surely increase the number of successful sales. Marketing experts often determine which approach would be perfect in conveying to the consumers the product’s features and benefits without costing a bundle.One of the most popular marketing techniques is participating in exhibitions. These events allow consumers to interact with exhibitors directly, while exhibitors can address such questions immediately. It is true that you can do your own exhibition stand but having a professionally made exhibition stand would even generate more
1. If a scammer sent you a second chance offer directly to your email address on an item you didn’t win on EBay:
What to Do: Do not accept any offer outside EBay. Ensure all your communications are through EBay’s ‘Contact Seller’ form. That way, EBay keeps track of your communications with the seller.
2. An online seller provides you with a foreign phone number to call if you have any question:
What to Do: Foreign number is a red flag. Some scammers expect you may not call the number in order not to incur any long distance charges. Therefore, adopt a policy of “If I can’t reach you, I won’t do business with you”. Try and limit online transactions to your country of residency unless you are experienced in international business.
3. The Seller requests payment through either Western Union money transfer or Money Order.
What to Do: Do not make payment by Credit Card, Western Union or Money Order to foreign sellers. PayPal is better and a more secured option, at least for now. Anyone who does business on the Internet knows that once a scammer in a foreign country receives your Western Union money transfer, or Money Order, you absolutely have no way to get your money back. Unfortunately, some of the scammers in some foreign countries work closely with local bank staff in those countries. Do no expect any help from either the foreign bank or local officials there. All a scammer needs to receive Western Union money transfer is the code and an ID.
4. The Seller forwards a UPS’ Cash on Delivery (COD) form to you containing instructions, where you will fill in a Western Union Money Transfer Number (MTN), and shipping information. Normally, the form will instruct you to fill and submit the form and it will be sent directly to UPS’ database and not to the seller. It may further explain that a UPS staff will review the form and keep the Western Union code. A UPS staff will first inspect the item from the seller and receive it on your behalf for shipp
When you send a direct mail piece using the Addressed Admail reduced postage option, it can cost you anywhere from 60 cents to $1.25 or more for printing, mail production and postage. Items that cannot be delivered will be “recycled” by Canada Post resulting in your money going down the drain. Not only that, without updating your database you will continue to spend money on undeliverable advertising.It makes $ense for you to spend time analyzing your database to check delivery information before sending it out for data processing and to update your list regularly.How to Pre-Clean AddressesNo matter how large your list is
What to Do: Do not accept any offer outside EBay. Ensure all your communications are through EBay’s ‘Contact Seller’ form. That way, EBay keeps track of your communications with the seller.
2. An online seller provides you with a foreign phone number to call if you have any question:
What to Do: Foreign number is a red flag. Some scammers expect you may not call the number in order not to incur any long distance charges. Therefore, adopt a policy of “If I can’t reach you, I won’t do business with you”. Try and limit online transactions to your country of residency unless you are experienced in international business.
3. The Seller requests payment through either Western Union money transfer or Money Order.
What to Do: Do not make payment by Credit Card, Western Union or Money Order to foreign sellers. PayPal is better and a more secured option, at least for now. Anyone who does business on the Internet knows that once a scammer in a foreign country receives your Western Union money transfer, or Money Order, you absolutely have no way to get your money back. Unfortunately, some of the scammers in some foreign countries work closely with local bank staff in those countries. Do no expect any help from either the foreign bank or local officials there. All a scammer needs to receive Western Union money transfer is the code and an ID.
4. The Seller forwards a UPS’ Cash on Delivery (COD) form to you containing instructions, where you will fill in a Western Union Money Transfer Number (MTN), and shipping information. Normally, the form will instruct you to fill and submit the form and it will be sent directly to UPS’ database and not to the seller. It may further explain that a UPS staff will review the form and keep the Western Union code. A UPS staff will first inspect the item from the seller and receive it on your behalf for ship
Not so long ago I was in the middle of a sales call when a prospect spoke up and said the words: "I always buy based on lowest price. Period."In response I explained that it's very rare that my price would be the lowest and that it probably wouldn't make sense for us to try to work together given his strict buying criteria.He seemed quite shocked that I would openly admit to being higher priced than some of my competitors and further that I would not agree to simply match the price of the lowest priced supplier.I went on to explain that my goal in working with clients was more focused on meeting their objectives and delivering on
3. The Seller requests payment through either Western Union money transfer or Money Order.
What to Do: Do not make payment by Credit Card, Western Union or Money Order to foreign sellers. PayPal is better and a more secured option, at least for now. Anyone who does business on the Internet knows that once a scammer in a foreign country receives your Western Union money transfer, or Money Order, you absolutely have no way to get your money back. Unfortunately, some of the scammers in some foreign countries work closely with local bank staff in those countries. Do no expect any help from either the foreign bank or local officials there. All a scammer needs to receive Western Union money transfer is the code and an ID.
4. The Seller forwards a UPS’ Cash on Delivery (COD) form to you containing instructions, where you will fill in a Western Union Money Transfer Number (MTN), and shipping information. Normally, the form will instruct you to fill and submit the form and it will be sent directly to UPS’ database and not to the seller. It may further explain that a UPS staff will review the form and keep the Western Union code. A UPS staff will first inspect the item from the seller and receive it on your behalf for ship
What do you need to be doing to succeed in life? What traps await you on your path? How much are goals really important? Is it true you can succeed the most in conducting the business you enjoy the most, or is it perhaps better to be doing something else? How to deal with people so that they love you, respect you and at the same time listen to you and follow you? These are just some of the questions most people ask themselves when it comes to success.And every question requires a clear answer if you wish to avoid doubting in your success and so making your path more difficult. But, is it at all possible to find the answers to these q
4. The Seller forwards a UPS’ Cash on Delivery (COD) form to you containing instructions, where you will fill in a Western Union Money Transfer Number (MTN), and shipping information. Normally, the form will instruct you to fill and submit the form and it will be sent directly to UPS’ database and not to the seller. It may further explain that a UPS staff will review the form and keep the Western Union code. A UPS staff will first inspect the item from the seller and receive it on your behalf for ship
Sweepstakes are promotions where prizes are given away for free. They differ from a lottery or most contests because you are not required to purchase anything to enter. However, you are required to fill out a registration form and in many cases answer survey or poll questions.To publicize the sweepstakes, companies use various modes of distribution to the consumer including direct mail, the internet and the telephone. These are all costly forms of marketing and when you add an expensive sweepstakes prize, one might wonder what the company gets in return. Usually, the sponsoring company is so successful in their marketing tactics that substantia
What to Do: According to UPS, they hardly do COD on international shipments. Therefore, this type of online UPS form is fake, and does not originate from UPS. If you receive a similar form by email do any of the following.
Cross-check The Web address:
Look for underscores, hyphens, extra letters, or numbers added to the web address to mimic an official website. For instance ‘www.ups.com’ is definitely not same as ‘www.ups1.com’. Also ‘www.westernunion.com’ is not same as ‘www.westernunionn.com’ (notice the extra ‘n’ added to ‘union’). If you are suspicious of the web address call the toll-free number listed on official website the scammer is trying to mimic to confirm if the forwarded web address belongs to them.
Find Out Where The Form Is Submitting:
Every web-based form you fill out submits the information either to a database or email address. You can check where the information is submitting as follows:
• Right-click on the form
• Click on ‘View Source’ (the HTLM code will appear, don’t be intimidated)
• If you are Techie look at the form header to see where the form is submitting. If the form is submitting to one of the free email clients like hotmail, yahoo, etc, treat as suspect. A reputable company cannot use free email addresses to receive customer orders and personal information.
If the email address belongs to a private company, say ‘yoyo@blabla.com’
• Take out the ‘yoyo@’ and replace it with ‘www’.
• Type the web address, example ‘www.blabla.com’ on your address bar, and pull up the website.
• Write down the IP address of the website.
• Go to www.dnsstuff.com and type in either t
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