It's a typical "advance fee" fraud probably - the object is to get you to send money in the belief of getting a BIG order, which will mysteriously vanish into thin air along with the s"shipper's" fee. The enthusiasm for the credit card could mean it is stolen, and so even if you could get the money it would be reversed, leaving you out of pocket and missing your prints if you got as far as sending them. Dan Mitchell danmdan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx On 4 Sep 2013, at 04:01, List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: art alert > Date: 3 September 2013 14:33:56 BST > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > For the past week or so an ‘art collector’ on the Isle of Man named Melvin Nickson has been trying to order prints from me and although many payment options were open, paying through PayPal was rejected, as was paying through my agent in the UK . He said he would give me his credit card number so I could key it in. This is his message: > Hi Jan, > i have already told you that i can only give you my credit card number, expiry and cvv security code to run manually. You can > download an application called PayPal Here through Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/credit-card-reader) OR you use Paypal Terminal through your smart phone or computer (https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/virtual-terminal) with your SMART PHONE or Computer it can allow you to input and process a card number, exp. date, csc, and zip. > Melvin > > He suggested I use a shipper called Parcelreadycourier, even though they have no US office or connections, demanded a bank draft for advance payment, and best of all, their fee was triple what UPS quoted.
