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Topic: Scam alert for forum members |
T. C. Furlong
From:
Lake County, Illinois, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 5:35 am |
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I got the following email after I replied to an ad on the forum. I wasn't even the seller. I gotta think this is a scam. Do they use the word "advert" in Oklahoma? Do they say "Hope to read from you soon"?
This is what I got:
Hello,
I am Michael taylor,a manager at Hilton Agency (an insurance firm )in Roland,Oklahoma.I am interested in your advert (Gibson EH-275)and would love to know if this is still available for sale.Please,if available i will like to know the price and more details about it,send pics if available.Hope to read from you soon.
Thanks,
Michael taylor
Hilton Agency
Roland,Oklahoma,
USA.
As Louis Jordan would sing "Beware, Brother Beware"!
TC
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Gary Ball
From:
Lapwai, Idaho, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 6:17 am
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| Hey TC I got the exact same email. I fowarded it to bOb and he said there is no registered member with that name. |
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Ron !
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 6:21 am
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Copy the headers in your e-mail and mail them to Bobby D Hunter.Maybe he can tell you where it came from and if the man is a scammer or not.
Ron |
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Glenn Dawson
From:
StephensCity ,Virginia, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 7:00 am
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| I also received the same reply. |
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Ron Victoria
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 9:25 am
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| same here |
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Mike Archer
From:
church hill tn
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 10:10 am
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i got the same junk are they trying to
make us think they are here in the USA?? |
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Dan Beller-McKenna
From:
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 10:16 am
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Yup, got it too!
Dan
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Dan Beller-McKenna
Durham, NH
Dekley s-10, Telecaster, Guild D-35
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Charles Tilley
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 11:04 am
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T.C.
I got basically the same email in response to my Cougar I listed. I found out that there is a company in Roland, Okla. by that name. I am having a friend that lives there check on it. He is gonna go by and ask to speak to this Michael. Bet he don't find one though.
Charles Tilley |
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Rex Thomas
From:
Thompson's Station, TN
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 11:10 am
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I got it too, T.C.
Thing is I'd really like to keep my e-mail on here for my friends at SGF, but when stuff like this starts happening I end up pulling it off of here for awhile.
What's funny is this happened after I asked b0b to close my thread since I needed to keep the Derb for now.
Here's the bubbahead's e-mail. Bye bye.
mike_tay26@yahoo.com
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Tracy Sheehan
From:
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 12:17 pm
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Shortly after offering my steel and amp for sale i recieved two e mails.
One claiming to be from my credit card company saying my card would be cancelled if i did not upgrade my info.(A scam of course.) Another claimimg to be from pay pal of wich i am not a member.I hope all know now this is a scam.Tracy |
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Charles Dempsey
From:
Shongaloo, LA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 12:24 pm
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I notice that anyone can see a members e-mail by clicking on the link in their post. Is there an issue to making the members e-mail addresses private?
IMHO, it would be a good idea to have the e-mail address private, since any non-forum viewer can see our real names and city/state.
If this is a FAQ I'm sorry. I searched and couldn't find it.
Charlie |
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Rex Thomas
From:
Thompson's Station, TN
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 12:39 pm
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| Charlie, what you do is click "Your profile", submit your user name & password, then on the next page you can choose to have your e-mail address shown or not shown like I've decided to do for awhile. |
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Ron Simpson
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 12:40 pm
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Hi TC,
I'm happy to say I didn't get that email, but I did find the a map to FitzGerald's.
Ron
[This message was edited by Ron Simpson on 02 June 2005 at 01:41 PM.] |
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Charles Dempsey
From:
Shongaloo, LA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 12:55 pm
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Rex,
I just did that, but if I'm correct about what it does, then forum members can't see my e-mail address either.
I want to get e-mail from forum members, but not from scammers, e-mail harvesters, male enhancement drug purveyors and other non-forum lowlifes.
Charlie[This message was edited by Charles Dempsey on 02 June 2005 at 01:57 PM.] |
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Farris Currie
From:
Ona, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 1:35 pm
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Don't believe everything you read,i sent email to BOBBY HUNTER, DIDn't do it right,i guess, he said go ahead let them steel all your stuff and some more choice words. piss on him don't count on him to help you
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Tracy Sheehan
From:
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 1:53 pm
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| Hope this is the correct place to put this.As is said,there are two sides to every coin.I delete an mail i do not want or do not respond.The other side of the coin.Musicians i worked with or knew many years ago and i have made contact due to this forum.As one i recieved an e mail from just today said,isn't the internet and this forum great? You bet.Tracy |
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George King
From:
Woodlawn,Illinois
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 2:09 pm
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| I too received an email from Michael Taylor.Either it's a scam or he just wants to buy everything ....George |
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Ron Frederiksen
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 2:17 pm
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Hey guys, I just got off the phone with Mr. J. Roberts, The owner of the Hilton agency in Roland, Ok. which is about 7 miles from me and he told me there is no one by that name at his agency...just another dummy trying to make a quick buck.. Don't take any wooden nickles and if you bite the coin make sure there are no teeth marks. Ron
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Jack Goodson
From:
new brockton,alabama (deceased)
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 2:41 pm
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| I got the same exact thing from michael taylor, he wanted to buy my pro 3. so i just politely asked him for a phone number and never heard from him again. thanks jack goodson |
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Ron Victoria
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 3:16 pm
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| Maybe he's a buying scout for The Guitar Center!!! |
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Rex Thomas
From:
Thompson's Station, TN
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Posted 2 Jun 2005 3:49 pm
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Yeah, it's all or nothing, Charlie.
Good thing is you can always put it back up there.
I usually delete it when stuff like this happens. That's about as "moving target" as I care to be. |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 3 Jun 2005 1:05 am
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i find it essential & a great service to mention these scammers here
alleviates a bunch of grief...
we're lucky to have Bobby D Hunter / Wizardo who get down on this nerds purty darn good.
as Ron suggests, send him either the whole email or the Internet header.
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Ron !
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Posted 3 Jun 2005 3:20 am
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CB...If you forward the mail to Bobby the headers will get lost.You have to copy them in YOUR mail.
Ron |
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 3 Jun 2005 4:41 am
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This crap is easy to spot.. I get it constantly..
be very afraid of anyone that doesn't give you his home phone#... I usually try to have a few phone conversations with an unknown buyer or seller...
The forum is different.. after seeing a guy post for several years and conversing with many people that know him personally, you usually know he/she is not out to rip you off... I think thats why most stuff sells so quick here... people trust the buyers and sellers... bob |
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Ron !
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Posted 3 Jun 2005 5:04 am
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| I usually try to have a few phone conversations with an unknown buyer or seller... |
What if this buyer or seller lives in Europe Bob.That will cost you big-time.How do you solve such a problem?Do you call anyway and face a big phone-bill?
Ron
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