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Topic: Another Scam???? Maybe, or not. |
Bobby Boggs
From:
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Posted 21 Feb 2005 12:55 pm |
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I received this from a guy who wants to buy my power amp or so he say's.Sounds fishy to me.
Thanks for your email, i send my shipping agent for the pick up at your location no need of fedex shipping it for me ,once the postal money order has been mail to you i will let you know asap.
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 21 Feb 2005 1:01 pm
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| I have never encountered the term "shipping agent" until the appearance of these scams. Inform him that his 'agent' should arrive at your door with cash--US dollars. Money talks, or his agent walks (or crawls). |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2005 1:09 pm
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Sounds bad to me, there are a lot of counterfeit money orders used now. If he is not a member of the Forum, be careful!!!
[This message was edited by Ken Fox on 21 February 2005 at 01:09 PM.] |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2005 1:15 pm
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Also notice the broken English! Probably has his agent pick them up, give you a bogus money order and everybody is happy, but you!
I have had trouble cashing my own American Express money orders on trips. The place said they are to easy to counterfeit.
The thing about using "his agent" to pickup is there is no way to track where it goes.
[This message was edited by Ken Fox on 21 February 2005 at 01:25 PM.] |
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 21 Feb 2005 1:40 pm
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| That's what I thought.Regards.......bb |
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Mark Herrick
From:
Bakersfield, CA
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Posted 21 Feb 2005 1:53 pm
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Tell him his agent can talk to your agents...agent Smith and agent Wesson...
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Lefty
From:
Grayson, Ga.
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Posted 21 Feb 2005 3:28 pm
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It is also possible to put a "stop payment" on certain money orders. This might be the scam. It does not sound Kosher to me.
Lefty |
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Geoff Brown
From:
Nashvegas
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Posted 21 Feb 2005 4:30 pm
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| Scam. |
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 21 Feb 2005 4:52 pm
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Here's the latest E-mail.
Hello Bobby,
Thanks for your email, i send my shipping agent for the pick up at your location no need of fedex shipping it for me ,once the postal money order has been mail to you i will let you know asap.
Regards,
The strange part.The guy wants to mail the US PO Money Order 1st. Then send his shipping agent to pick it up.
I figure his agent will show up.Say he found $50.000 on the way to my house. Offer to split it with me if I'll give him the Power amp and 2 grand in good faith money.  [This message was edited by Bobby Boggs on 22 February 2005 at 06:28 AM.] |
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Doyle Mitchell
From:
Loraine, Texas
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Posted 23 Feb 2005 7:29 am
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| Bobby , i live in a small comunity, we have one bank here, yesterday I went in to the bank and believe it or not one of our locals here had fallen for that same scheme and was taken for 2500.00 in cash right here in this small unheard of town of 400 people, but we are right on the interstate with millions of people passing every day so they pray on the small town of unsuspecting people here now. This man lost 2500.00 that is gone forever and no one will ever be prosecuted!! If it sounds too good to be true..... it is!!! The thought of FREE and Fast money makes SMART people do STUPID things..that was proven here yesterday.. dont fall for it. |
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Bobby D. Hunter
From:
USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2005 10:44 pm
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Bobby;
If you still have the original email(s) from this person would you please FORWARD it/them to me, AS ATTACHMENTS?
Thanks
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Bobby D. Hunter
Security for SGF
Hunting down Slimeball Game
Reporting member of SpamCop
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 1 Mar 2005 11:25 pm
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The FBI is VERY interested in these goings on as well. Notify them right away if this happens to you.
The scam is rampant on Craig's List and auto sales sites in particular - they (usually some clever Nigerians but often operating from Germany or England) arrange to send you more than your sales price and you are to give the balance to their "agent" when they come to pick up the goods. The "agent is then long gone when the (forged) cashiers check or money order bounces back on you and you are stuck with the loss.
Honest folks will NEVER go to such lengths to make a simple deal complicated. |
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