Hello,I am a Avon rep and I received an email from a random person that I have never met saying she wants to order around 800 dollars in products but she doesn t use a credit card that s why she is going directly through me and she will send me a check (I know to let it clear first ect) but she lives in CA.. This is exactly what she said in the email..you don t need to worry about the shipping and the pick up of the order from your location that will be handle through my Shipper after you have receive the funds for the order. i do live in Torrance CA, but the products would be shipping to Uk where my sister reside, that is why I don t want you to be worry about the shipping, the shipping company will schedule the pickup of the productsI said: I am not really understanding how they will be shipped to you? I need your address and I can have avon ship it directly to youThen she said: You don t need to worry about the shipment because i have a private shipper s that will come for the the pick up of the item, they are reliable and trustworthyOK am I missing something here? Unless she gives me a different address Avon ships the products directly to me.. and then I distribute them.. but she is confusing me? The only possible way for me to get them to her is for her to give me another address and I can have Avon ship them to her or me or for someone to come and pick them up from me and then send them to her? I live in Indiana so I don t think she is going to be having someone pick them up.. I just don t really understand what she is talking about her shipper and she seems to be getting irritated with me because I don t understand it.. Am I missing something.. can anyone else make since of this..THANKS
It is a well known scam.She will send you a check that is a forgery. You deposit the check, but the bank will take a few days to find out its a forgery.In the meantime, her carrier comes to your home and picks up the goods, and you never see then again.When the check bounces, you are out the goods.If you still believe that this is genuine, tell her that you will wait for 2 weeks before the check clears, and then you have to go to the bank to confirm the money is in your account - before you even order the goods. that will stop the scammer pretty quickly, and they will move to the next victim.
This is a scam. She will want you to pay the shipping out of the extra money she sends you in the check. It will take a couple of weeks for the check to come back as counterfeit or stolen. You will be out the shipping plus the merchandise.
There are plenty of Avon people in Ca. that she could be doing business with. She is one step ahead of you. Even if works out, she will be right back to you with some other request. Drop it like a hot potato!
