Latvian scam?

[undyingking]

While I was away we had an inquiry from a person in Latvia who wanted to buy a game. He asked for our bank details so he could BACS the money across to us directly. My esteemed business partner, who was looking after this sort of thing in my absence, responded by asking why he couldn't use a credit / debit card / Paypal like everyone else? We've not heard back from that yet...

Maybe I'm being paranoid, but this screamed "SCAM!" to me. Not sure exactly what use our bank details would be to a scammer, though? After all we have the bank details of all our authors / affiliates etc, so we can BACS them their royalties and whatever, and I've not yet thought of a way to use that information to fleece them?

Comments

[adamsmithjr.livejournal.com]

I would say scam. Check out some of the Internet sites on the 419er scams. I forget what they can do with your bank details but they can have a go... If this guy is legit he should be able to produce another way of paying. Not worth the risk - in my humble opinion.