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garbare

08-06-2003 17:57:52

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Just wanted to let you guys know that I got an email from someone offering to buy my tractor from an internet ad I placed 2 years ago. The email writer said that he was from Tansania and wanted to write me a certified check for the tractor. All he wanted was my name, address, and home phone. Some unnamed person in the US that owed him money would mail me the check.

I pushed about who was the US contact was, and the email writer told me that he would give me $5500 (asking price in the ad was $1200) and I could pay the freight company. Uhh Huh.

This is an old scam, usually it involves millions of dollars and bank account numbers. But I think this minor scale scam is to get info for identity theft.

I looked up the email writer's name and found it in a Candian obituary from jan 03.

Maybe everyone knows this by now, but just in case.

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bob

08-06-2003 20:21:58

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Re: African email scam in reply to garbare, 08-06-2003 17:57:52

Just got one this morn about a tractor i listed yesterday. Suppose to be shipped to southern england and wanted a shipping cost to a undisclosed point. HMMM lets see wanted no pics never gave a place to ship too and the DUDES NAME WAS MIKE SMITH Maybe i should snap a pic of my horse's bussiness end and send it to him. Maybe he thought since my email addy says hillbily he thought i was dumb inbreed heck. When atre they going to understand everyone knows the drill just ignores them now.
Bob

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