[Jewelry making - Article 00235] - Re: [Orchid] Another Scam?

[Kathy Johnson]

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>     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. 

    I got one of those relay calls a couple weeks back. I was surprised
    because the call came in asking for my business name on my personal
    cell phone (I do not have a business phone number.) 

    According to the operator, the person, "Mary" wanted gold chains for
    "her" family. I don't even sell gold chains, and told her so. She
    asked if I could get them. I said yes. She said she wanted to order
    $500 worth of gold chains for her family as gifts. My husband, who
    was in the room and couldn't help overhearing, laughed and asked me
    if the caller was in Nigeria. So I asked "Mary" where I would be
    shipping the chains. Her reply was "I told you that already, Lagos,
    Nigeria! And I would like a sample of each of your heaviest gold
    chains in every style sent before I pay for the rest of the order." 

    I have answered legitimate relay calls from deaf people before at a
    previous job. I have been told by various relay operators that the
    hearing-enabled person being called is not supposed to speak to the
    operator directly. You are only supposed to say what you would say
    to the caller if you were actually speaking to them. I couldn't help
    it. I told the operator to please tell "Mary" that I don't ship to
    scammers in Nigeria, to tell Mary to go to h*ll, and that I was going
    to hang up now. The operator burst out laughing...I told HER to have
    a nice day, and shut off the phone. 

    I'm still trying to figure out how they found my cell phone number
    and linked it to my micro-business. 

Kathy Johnson
Feathered Gems Jewelry
http://www.fgemz.com
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