[Jewelry making - Article 00382] - [Orchid] Another Scam?

[Jade Moran]

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Hi

    I haven't posted in awhile but I wanted to warn people about a new
    scam tactic. I got a call today from a customer (who I assumed was
    deaf because they were using the "relay" telephone service where an
    operator reads what they type and types your response back) asking
    about gold chains. I told them we should correspond through email
    since I had some questions about what they wanted in terms of width,
    style etc. and the relay service seemed to be taking a long time and
    was confusing to me. I sent them an email with a few styles and
    prices to get their feedback. Their response email was all in caps,
    they wanted nearly every chain I had quoted sent Express Mail to
    Nigeria. My alarm bells went off and I emailed them that they would
    be better off trying another source. Then, instead of emailing me
    back they called again using the "relay" service. I refused the call
    and asked to speak to a supervisor. 

    The ATT supervisor told me that if it happens again I should tell
    them that I don't accept Internet Relay calls and ask the caller to
    use the State Relay service instead. This screens out overseas
    calls, thus allowing legitimate people to still get through. Hope
    this helps people! 

Jade
www.jademoran.com
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