Received the following email from this scammer:

From: Robert Woodson <woodsonventures@gmail.com>
Received: 01/21/2015 2:56:59 PM CST
To: Jesse W
Subject: Re: Re: Order Requisition (Chess Tables)

Hello Jesse,

Thanks and I will like to proceed with the total cost of $7,883.61. And i will recommend a freight company for the pick up of the items to (Denmark). Now i want you to contact them with the total weight of the items and find out the freight quote to Denmark for me. The delivery address is below:

Shipping Address:
Woodson Ventures Inc
Trangravsvej 8
1436 København K
Denmark

Freight Company Name:  Dolphin Logistics Freight Company
Freight Company Email Address: Info@dolphinlogisticsfreight.com
Contact Person Name:  Matt Williams

And including the pick-up location and they will surely get you a freight quote .As soon as you her from them let me know so that i can proceed with the transaction. I will make payment with my Credit Card. Also CC me a cop of what you will be sending to the shipping company. Am located in Holladay, UT 84117  USA
Thanks and God Bless You
Robert Woodson
Woodson Ventures Inc
2098 E Donelson Ln
Holladay, UT 84117  USA
(801) 212-9688

We just had an order placed for $5000, they wanted to ship to US, then to Denmark!!  I smelled a rat and did some research and I busted his [***]:)  Notice no server on email> Robert Woodson <woodsonventures@gmail.com> - anyone can get a gmail account and not be found.
The only Woodson Adventures, Inc is in TX and has nothing to do with anything fitness (which is what we are in).
Look up US address -  it's a 1,500,000 property, phone number does not exist. Nothing in Denmark either.
BEWARE and DONT SHIP!!  

Robert Woodson
Woodson Ventures Inc
Trangravsvej 8
1436 København K
Denmark

Thanks and God Bless You (aint this a joke from a theif?)
Robert Woodson
Woodson Ventures Inc
2098 E Donelson Ln
Holladay, UT 84117  USA
(801) 212-9688

This scammer attempted to purchase $5,000 worth of goods from my company.  Luckily we did some research before setting up a transaction and called the scammer out on his game.

"Thanks and I will like to proceed with the cost of $5,095.00. And i will recommend a freight company for the pick up of the items to (Denmark). Now i want you to contact them with the total weight of the items and find out the freight quote to Denmark for me. The delivery address is below:

Shipping Address:
Woodson Ventures Inc
Trangravsvej 8
1436 København K
Denmark

Freight Company Name:  Falcon Freight Company
Freight Company Email Address: Quote@falconfreightcompany.com
Contact Person Name:  Matt Williams

And including the pick-up location and they will surely get you a freight quote .As soon as you her from them let me know so that i can proceed with the transaction. I will make payment with my Credit Card. Also CC me a cop of what you will be sending to the shipping company. Am located in Holladay, UT 84117  USA

Thanks and God Bless You
Robert Woodson
Woodson Ventures Inc
2098 E Donelson Ln
Holladay, UT 84117  USA
(801) 212-9688"

In comparison to the amounts of these scams, mine seems to be minor. I just got an order for $2000 for door hardware and if at the beginning it looked normal, I started to get concerned about the process requested and decided to investigate. Company does not exists, freight company is a ghost, phone number never answers..

It seems that the scammers are changing tactics slightly. Change of names but  keeping the identical addresses as you provided. The new names to recognize and  avoid now are:

James Moore,
JM Ventures Inc,
info@dolphinlogisticsfreight.com

HOw can we get these crooks busted?

So glad I came across this site.  I also almost fell victim to this scam.  From the onset it just felt different but I kept giving them the benefit of the doubt.  They just confirmed an order for over $7,000 worth of product but then asked us to organize the shipping.  

Here is the first confirmation email:

______________________________________________

Thanks and I will like to proceed with the total cost of $7,649.40. And i will recommend a freight company for the pick up of the items to (Denmark). Now i want you to contact them with the total weight of the items and find out the freight quote to Denmark for me. The delivery address is below:

Shipping Address:
Woodson Ventures Inc
Trangravsvej 8
1436 København K
Denmark

Freight Company Name:  Falcon Freight Company
Freight Company Email Address: Quote@falconfreightcompany.com
Contact Person Name:  Matt Williams

And including the pick-up location and they will surely get you a freight quote .As soon as you her from them let me know so that i can proceed with the transaction. I will make payment with my Credit Card. Also CC me a cop of what you will be sending to the shipping company. Am located in Holladay, UT 84117  USA

Thanks and God Bless You
Robert Woodson
Woodson Ventures Inc
2098 E Donelson Ln
Holladay, UT 84117  USA
(801) 212-9688




And here is a follow-up email:


Thank you for your assistance regards to my order. As soon as you hear back from them with the freight quote, kindly email me back with the entire total cost as follows and let me know if there will be any credit card processing fee when making payment with my credit card.

Order Cost =
Dolphin Logistics Freight Cost  =
Credit Card Processing Fee =
Grand Total Cost =