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[tarheeltom]

enragedcow, on Mar 21 2007, 07:13 PM, said:

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5 - Don't ship overseas, unless you can afford to lose the product. Again, this will vary by industry type, but in general, it's just not worth the risks. Not only is it generally impossible to verify the address, but Africa/SE Asia/Russia are massive hotbeds of fraudulent activity, and you'll never recover your goods or money if they nail you. It's just not worth the risk. I'm sorry if this sounds offensive and like you're punishing countries unfairly... but that's just the way it is.

6 - Be suspicious of new customers who order high priced goods and ask for expedited shipping. Use your head.

Tom is so right here. Don't have the article close at hand, but read a year or two ago that there are several websites, written in English, but located in Russia, which buy and sell credit card information. For a fairly small fee, they will sell you a pack of 50 credit card numbers, along with billing date, mother's maiden name, and billing address.

Tom

[Arctic Fox]

On my site I've designed a Forking/Filtering script that logs the visitor's IP & proxy IP, country, ISP, browser, installed languages and referring page. If any of that matches my blacklists the page is prevented from loading (sometimes I block Canada just for fun). I go through the logs almost daily. If I receive an order that I feel might be questionable, first I check PayPal to make sure the money is actually there, then check my logs to see what I can see.

So far I've had it up for almost a year and haven't had a problem yet. If I do see someone doing something they shouldn't be doing (like visiting my contact and error pages multiple times) I just add their info to the blacklist for next time. My contact forms also have scripts installed to keep spammers from sending mass messages or code injections. Again, never had a problem.

Edited by Arctic Fox, 30 November 2007, 22:15.

[Outdoorgirl]

toyicebear, on Jan 11 2006, 10:50 AM, said:

Here is a list of know high risk countries, If you know of more countries which should be included, please post them in this tread:

- Singapore (see note below)

- Malaysia (see note below)

Note on Singapore & Maylasia: People in Indonesia use Singapore or Maylasia as the destination Country name, and still get the package because Singapore/Maylasia Postal Service figures out where to send it.

First of all, I'm sorry to edit your post.

I've live in Singapore for a few year as well as KL Malaysia (only 1 year).

(Important) First thing to note. Singapore Address should not contain any state because Singapore is too small to has state. If the state is Singapore, it's fine.

As for Malaysia, please made sure the state is in Malaysia and not any part of Indonesia.

For Singapore Postal Code also known as Zipcode, it should be of 6 digits. You could verify the Postal Code at http://www.streetdirectory.com by typing in "Singapore XXXXXX" Please verify it is in Singapore.

Also try not to sent item, especially high price tag item to seaport especially fishing port. This is to prevent export of item. You could check if it is a port by using the above url also.

Edited by Outdoorgirl, 12 February 2008, 16:04.

[Outdoorgirl]

enragedcow, on Mar 22 2007, 05:13 AM, said:

5 - Don't ship overseas, unless you can afford to lose the product. Again, this will vary by industry type, but in general, it's just not worth the risks. Not only is it generally impossible to verify the address, but Africa/SE Asia/Russia are massive hotbeds of fraudulent activity, and you'll never recover your goods or money if they nail you. It's just not worth the risk. I'm sorry if this sounds offensive and like you're punishing countries unfairly... but that's just the way it is.

6 - Be suspicious of new customers who order high priced goods and ask for expedited shipping. Use your head.

Sorry again to edit your post to keep it neat.

When I'm working for a company in Singapore as Cashier, I even seen problem cards from Singapore Neighbor Country(Sorry but this is true. How I know? Their spoken slang is different) When I swipe the card, it say "Use Chip Reader" and the card do not have a chip. or a card issued by the few bank which provide Nets(a electronic Payment in Singapore) but on the card it did not show the Nets logo.

One thing I notice, quite a number of Singaporean did not sign on their card, especially debit card. These youngest who use them are not proper educated on the safety and risk of Cards usage. Which add to the risk of feud.

[inferno272]

im curious guys, ive shipped a product to a customer whose billing and shipping address do not match. the charge was refuted (stolen) and it looks like i am SOL out of $140 worth of COST items+shipping+etc etc. Is there anything i can do?