Tattoos, Scammers & Honest Abe --Cagle

PRINTER BEWARE: Jason Deron at SG Printing in Waymart, PA, sent us a heads-up about an e-mail scam that targets printers. The scammers are our good friends from Nigeria who brought us the original 419 Nigerian Bank Scam.

Perhaps you’ve seen the ruse previously. The “print buyer” blindly e-mails you an RFQ with specs for a flyer job. The English in the e-mail is atrocious, but the sender’s name has a “Rev.” in front of it to prey on your soft side. Maybe it’s from the “Save the Children” organization or other charity that purports to aid youth. Once you give this person a quote, they will send you a check/credit card number for the payment. Except the customer overpays...oops! Kindly send back a check to refund the overage.