received an email this a.m. from a seemingly legitimate business concern in detroit, mi. - to my business acct. looking to source aprx. $10,000.00 worth of hp product.  very suspicious, of course.  i mean, who sends out this type of request blindly to people they've never done business w/ before?!?!?!  big red flag!  i played along & replied to the email w/ an attached quote.  sure enough, w/in 15 mins., i received a positive reply w/ a note that they will call me w/ c/c info (most likely a series of cards - all stolen or pilfered)  to process the transaction.  well lo & behold, i receive a call from a gentleman from this # trying to place the order.  i, of course, began to question him hard as to why they would conduct buisness in this manner & why he was calling from nyc when all previous correspondence was to a co. in detroit.  needless to say, nothing was ever transacted.

I received the same scam.  Wanted 8 laptops.  I quoted $400.00 high on all 8 ($3,200.00 extra) and he said that was fine.  I think they need to keep the total under $10,000.00.

The email came from Matthew Arbuckle out of Detroit.  The credit card was from a Jim Davis out of Durango, CO and they wanted the laptops shipped to Darling Phillips in Barboursville, VA.

I just contacted him back and raised the price to $12,300.00 to see what he says.