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Sidney Ralph Penton
From:
Moberly, Missouri, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2005 11:57 pm |
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the jerks are back wanting to purchase things using phoney cashiers checks. you don't need to worry about shipping they have a reliable shipping company that will pick up merchandice. if you ever get this type of e mail send it by forward mail to bob. this was going on last summer and he is back again. thanks doc
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zum SD10 peavy vegas 400 peavy session 400 steelseats they are great at sales@steelseats.com
if its not a zum steel it isn't real
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Roger Kelly
From:
Bristol,Tennessee
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 7:19 am
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You are exactly right. Here is one I got yesterday wanting to buy my Laptop. You can tell by the sentence structure it is a Phoney!
Seller BEWARE!!
Hello ,
How are you today,I saw your advert on steelguitarforum.com,Am highly interested in purchasing your {Toshiba Satellite Laptop} for $200.00ok.which the condition is okay by me ok,Dont worry about the shipmen t i have a reliable shipping company that will take care of the pick -up for my,anywhere in the world and my mode of payment is through Money order or Cashiers check ,i want you to forward me with your full information for the payment such as your full name that will be printed on the cheque, your full address where the check will be send to ok.get back to me as soon as possible.
Expecting your mail back,
My Regards to you and your family,
Thanks.
Jason.
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Evan Elkin
From:
Portland Oregon
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 7:29 am
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He sure is back, I just got one...I wish there was a way to prosecute these jerks
Here is the email I got:
Hello ,
How are you today,I saw your advert on steelguitarforum.com,Am highly interested in purchasing your {GFI S-10 SM } for $900.00 ok.which the condition is okay by me ok,Dont worry about the shipmen t i have a reliable shipping company that will take care of the pick -up for my,anywhere in the world and my mode of payment is through Money order or Cashiers check ,i want you to forward me with your full information for the payment such as your full name that will be printed on the cheque, your full address where the check will be send to ok.get back to me as soon as possible.
Expecting your mail back,
My Regards to you and your family,
Thanks.
Mason.
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Sidney Ralph Penton
From:
Moberly, Missouri, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2005 11:06 am
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i sent a e mail to yahoo explaining what this jerk does and requested information on his where a bouts real name etc and see what we get back i feel he can be punished for the things he has done even if he lives in another country. this guy is trash, a looser and will never amount to anything. and if at all possable i am going to squish him like a bug that he is. doc
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zum SD10 peavy vegas 400 peavy session 400 steelseats they are great at sales@steelseats.com
if its not a zum steel it isn't real
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John Hobaugh
From:
Farmington, NM, USA (deceased)
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Posted 21 Mar 2005 1:29 pm
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| you have to be careful. I didnt have any trouble on the forum, but I am trying to sell a car over the net and you cant believe jerks that send messages just the same as you are recieving now. I turned most of mine over to the FBI. I dont know if it done any good. |
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 21 Mar 2005 4:49 pm
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The FBI is highly interested in any such dealings, they have a task force dedicated to this one setup. You get any of these emails call the FBI right away. If you move fast enough they may get caught.
BTW, even though the email messages are identical, they are all from the same operation, which has a number of people working for them.
In case you were wondering, internet fraud is one of the three largest industries in Nigeria. |
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Bobby D. Hunter
From:
USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2005 8:34 pm
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In case anybody missed my renewed thread on this subject, look here for more info and what you can do to assist the SGF in ridding the boards of these vermin... http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum9/HTML/000950.html
PS: When forwarding scam emails please Forward As An Attachment. Simply copying and pasting the text does no good. I need the invisible headers which are revealed by viewing the source code. Forwarding as an attachment preserves the headers by sending the original message intact.
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Bobby D. Hunter
Security for SGF
Hunting down Slimeball Game
Reporting member of SpamCop
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Mark Ardito
From:
Chicago, IL, USA
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 6:41 am
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I don't know about you guys, but if I ever got an email like that I would guess it was some stupid spammer right away. Who the hell talks like that! Give me a break...that entire email is one long sentence. The thing just looks fishy right away.
Mark
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Sho~Bud Pro I, Fender D-8 (C6&E13) http://www.darkmagneto.com
http://www.arditotech.com
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Chuck Fisher
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 11:19 am
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These guys just tried this re my lap steel listed here 4 days ago, approx 2-18-05
i tried the FBI on a scam like this earlier this year, they literally were not interested in catching the culprit, I was ready to help, they dont care...
This time I just ignored the obvious scam message...
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 22 Mar 2005 2:24 pm
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| Don't forward these emails to me. Send them to Bobby D. Hunter at wizardodelasteel@hotmail.com as an attachment. He knows what to do with them, I don't. |
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Andrew Portz
From:
Macungie, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2005 7:07 pm
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They are hitting everyone. I got hit on the sale of a 122.50 item on eBay in which they were the high bidder. They sent me the response worded just like the two of you had above. Using words like "interested in your advert (you fill in the blank)"
Then they wanted to send me a 3500 cashiers check and asked me to send them the balance via Western Union. I reported this to eBay and have not heard back.
Andy
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Tom Olson
From:
Spokane, WA
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Posted 31 Mar 2005 8:49 am
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I think if everyone who gets one of these messages would just play along and tell the guy to send the check (make up a false address if you want to), he'd eventually use up so much money on printing checks and international postage that he may quit bothing us.
If you use a real address and you get the check, just rip it up, throw it away, and tell the guy you never got it and ask him to send another one -- repeat as necessary til the guy decides to go pound sand. |
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 31 Mar 2005 9:24 am
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I got one on my Les Paul SG which is currently on eBay, reads like this:
Hello There I am from US and i want buy this guitar.I need you ship it via DHL to indonesia.How much is
total cost to indonesia.I will pay by credit card only.Please reply me back. Best Regards. CARLOS.
My listing expressly and repeatedly states "Payment will be accepted via PayPal ONLY. Please do not bid if you cannot make payment in a timely fashion using this medium.
PLEASE do not inquire about shipping to non-US locations or to arrange other billing options, I'm telling you now cause it just ain't gonna happen."
You can read my response at the bottom of the listing.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7311813170&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
They may call it "civilization" but it sure looks like it's "every man for himself"
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 Dave Grafe - email: dg@pdxaudio.com
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