Hi everyone. Those with commercial wineries beware of shipping scams.
I've got a live one on the line right now and I'm teasing them a bit. The scam is they place a big order from out of the country. My fish is from Fiji. They want to use a credit card and they have to use their own shipping contact. They place an order. A credit card usually looks like it goes through. But they say you have to wire the shipper cash. It looks like you've been paid for it by CC, but that usually falls through later or it's a stolen number. If you ship and send money you are out twice.
Anyway, Jason Borowiskia is the name the guy is using. He wrote to me a week ago asking if he could order using a credit card and use his shipping. And claimed he had a retail store in Fiji that he wanted to sell my products at. It was very vague. They didn't indicate what they wanted or that they knew it was wine.
I responded: Let me know what products you are interested.
He responded: Send me an inventory list
I sent him a generic description of wines and various prices. I also asked if he know what the laws were for importing alcohol and that I needed his tax ID number.
He responded: We want cabernet, pinot, shiraz, rose.
Trying to decide how to respond - with a list of my wines?
I may tease him along until he sends more detailed credit card and address information and then contact the authorities.
BEWARE - this guy and similar scams have been perpetrated against some Napa wineries in the last few months.
I've got a live one on the line right now and I'm teasing them a bit. The scam is they place a big order from out of the country. My fish is from Fiji. They want to use a credit card and they have to use their own shipping contact. They place an order. A credit card usually looks like it goes through. But they say you have to wire the shipper cash. It looks like you've been paid for it by CC, but that usually falls through later or it's a stolen number. If you ship and send money you are out twice.
Anyway, Jason Borowiskia is the name the guy is using. He wrote to me a week ago asking if he could order using a credit card and use his shipping. And claimed he had a retail store in Fiji that he wanted to sell my products at. It was very vague. They didn't indicate what they wanted or that they knew it was wine.
I responded: Let me know what products you are interested.
He responded: Send me an inventory list
I sent him a generic description of wines and various prices. I also asked if he know what the laws were for importing alcohol and that I needed his tax ID number.
He responded: We want cabernet, pinot, shiraz, rose.
Trying to decide how to respond - with a list of my wines?
I may tease him along until he sends more detailed credit card and address information and then contact the authorities.
BEWARE - this guy and similar scams have been perpetrated against some Napa wineries in the last few months.