Maybe it’s a seasonal thing. I and several other newsagents with their contact details online have received “orders” by email in the last couple of weeks from scammers wanting to purchase products to be paid for by credit card. What is interesting is that the items they have requested we do usually carry. They have some some homework on our range.
My advice to any newsagent approached to ship goods overseas with payment via a credit card is don’t engage. Odds on it is a scam.
Last weeks local paper bought this to the community’s attention. Tried to scam the local door fitting company with the exact same tactics. Fell down when the shop owner asked them to fax a copy of driver’s licence and credit card details. Funny how you can obtain a West Australian driver’s licence while living in Nigeria
I periodically have similar emails arriving. A very convincing one wanted to inkjet cartridges. After swapping an email or two it was lear that they were bogus. The most recent ones have wanted to order machinery and truck parts. Gi figure.