Besides being a serious outdoor enthusiast, I'm also a photography freak. In order to get my hands on the equipment I want I use ebay for trading. I recently decided to downsize my equipment and put up on ebay a lot of some cameras and lenses. Every day I receive about 2-3 emails saying:

I would love to buy your cameras and I'm willing to pay more than you are asking, I'm also willing to pay more than enough for fedex overnight shipping. I don't have Paypal account so I hoped that you can arrange to take a credit card payment directly. I live in Indonesia. Thank you.

Now this is scam of the scams. Sounds tempting but I did small research on that and called my bank as well as a friend of mine that works in the bank. He said that they are flooded with stolen credid card charges which originated in Indonesia. So if you are a merchant please be aware. If you are a regular Joe like me and you have an access or possibility of charging credit cards (thru a friends store or else) please excercise caution. Even if the charge was approved you will still loose the money.

Matt