Teach Soap

hi everyone!

i currently do not sell overseas. i just recently got this email from someone in norway:

Comments: Hello,
How're you?I want to purchase an order from your company to our store in The bergen Norway .I want to know if you can ship international and also your form of payment?e:g...Credit card.
Await your reply back asap.
Thank you and God bless you.

they DID give me their email address and their name. some questions i have are:

1 - does this sound legit
2 - what do i have to do to sell overseas, anything different than the states?

i appreciate any help you guys can give.

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~Shell

It's written like some of the spam letters I get in my email.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

I would be leary.

thanks guys. i sent a reply back asking for more information. we shall see what they send back if anything.

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~Shell

Did you google their name? If they email you back and ask for your web site, your PP info or they will have a shipper pick up the merchandise, just delete. Something isn't right with this. Since you emailed them back, they now have your email address.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

This sounds just like what AriaGirl posted a couple of weeks ago:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9635

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Linda
I know the voices in my head aren't real, but they sure have some great ideas!

yes. judging what everyone has posted this is definately a scam. however, i replied using my info@ email address, so it's not too bad since that is a catch all anyway. in my case, someone actually took the time to fill out a web comment. though that may have been done programatically as well.

here's a kute little thread on the subject. they guy/gal "chris miller" is mentioned a way down the page:

http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewto ... f=6&t=5648

and from the HSMG I got this email:

It appears that once again the Nigerian spammers are at work sending "feeler" emails in an attempt to fraudulently purchase products, and that some email addresses may have been harvested from the HSMG Online Soapmaker Listings. (Thanks to member Shannon DeVaul from bringing this to our attention.)


With our Find a Soapmaker and Soap Gallery pages getting over views 7,000 per month, it's not surprising that the spammers have noticed!


In order to at least make it harder for email addresses to be harvested, I've added additional "cloaking" of email addresses displayed. Spammers won't be able to get email addresses automatically with a robot, but potential customers can still go to your listing and see or click on an email address.


Even so, spammers can be resourceful. Be alert for any "feeler" emails asking for prices on products or checking to see whether you ship to foreign countries - especially if they are written in poor English. The delete button is a powerful tool!


For more information, we've republished an article from a 2010 issue of the Journal, Beware of Internet Fraud, which contains a number of tips and tricks for detecting and eliminating fraudulent orders.


If you don't yet have an online listing, you can set up your Online Soapmaker Listing quickly and easily in the Member Area of the website.


Marie Gale, Webmaster
Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild

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~Shell