We are an internet retail company in California. We were scammed by a "Mr Renata" who said he was a buyer in Asia helping expatriate Americans buy goods. He bought nearly $3000 USD worth of goods and asked that we "add a $600 USD commission" and charge it to the credit card he gave us. The name on the card was "Timithy J. Hendrix".

The purchase went through fine and the card was approved.

I recognized this as a possible scam when details started looking iffy and he was being evasive via email and never giving us contact phone numbers. The bank information he gave us to wire him his "commission" amount is below (we never completed the transaction and refunded the card)
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Hello Sir or Madam,

I am a buying agent from Asia, we help expat customer, most of them don't really understand how to import to Asia, specially taxes & custom rule.
Our client interested to purchase your item and will complete the payment directly to you. What credit card are accepted for payment??
As an agent I will put agency commission fees on top of your price. Please let me know if this is workable with you.
Look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards, Robert Renata
Awhut Buying Agency
[email protected]
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Thank you for your confirmation.
Please write your address and phone number for preparing pickup.
Here's my bank account details, you could deduct all fees into our commission;

-Bank Name : DANAMON BANK
-Account Name : Bagio Sanusi
-Account Number : 76886811
-Swift Code : BDINIDJA
-Bank Address : Jl. Prapatan No. 50
-Bank City& : Jakarta
-Country : Indonesia

I need the wire transfer reference number to confirm your payment with our banker.
Thank you and keep me inform with your progress.