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RE: [T3] Buyer scams?
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you will see this alot. first note that there interested in buying your "item" . It's like they dont know what your selling but they want to buy it. You could be selling a paperclip, everone knows what a paperclip looks like but they still want a picture of the "item" you are selling. Next they want to buy it for more than your selling it for. how absurd is that. then they want it on there terms as if they are in charge of the sale. And they Decided for you how you are going to handle this. Basically if you send a response to them (Dont Bother)whatever it may be, something like i dont have pics or where do you want me to mail it to? they will respond with more bull$#!+. in the end what they are trying to do is get some unsuspecting sucker to give up information like Full Name, Address and other things so they can continue the scam and try to steal your id and probably put you out a whole bunch of money.<BR>
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Have you posted anything for sale on craigslist.org or anything like that because thats where it usually originates from. i sell alot of items there and it never fails. you post an item for sale and 10 or 20 minutes later i will already have responses andthere usually these scams. I dont know what happened to originality but they have none. its almost always worded the same. i guess they have training camps for these goofballs. Most of the time its out of nigeria.<BR><BR>
<A href="http://www.fraudguides.com/internet-craigslist-scams.asp";>http://www.fraudguides.com/internet-craigslist-scams.asp</A><BR>
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read here if you like.<BR>
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<BR>> From: dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk<BR>> To: type3@vwtype3.org<BR>> Subject: Re: [T3] Buyer scams?<BR>> Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:07:10 +0100<BR>> <BR>> I would be surprised if anyone in the UK wrote "I am currently out of State" -<BR>> it doesn't make sense in the context of the UK. "I am currently out of cash"<BR>> is more likely. ;-)<BR>> <BR>> Definitely a scam, anyway, so delete and ignore.<BR>> <BR>> Unfortunately, our posts are all open to abuse, as you only have to reply to get<BR>> the personal e-mail address (see below), and it's all up on the web in archives<BR>> etc.<BR>> <BR>> Dave.<BR>> UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club<BR>> http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/<BR>> ------<BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: "james.candace" <E-MAIL address removed><BR>> To: <type3@vwtype3.org><BR>> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 9:44 AM<BR>> Subject: [T3] Buyer scams?<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I was sent this email yesterday, and it bugged me a bit. Just wondering if<BR>> anyone else out there has had one of these? My 67 Fastback, has never been<BR>> offered for sale by me. What bugs me is that this guy got my email address from<BR>> somewhere. The only place my email has been displayed, in connection with my t3,<BR>> is here. And Mr Mike Luke, if you are in fact a genuine buyer, then I am very<BR>> sorry for my response. Now I'm in NewZealand, and this was sent from UK, my<BR>> whole country is about as big as an American university, and I'm pretty sure<BR>> that there are a lot more t3's in UK than NZ. Read this and see what you think.<BR>> <BR>> James, NZ, 67 Fastback.<BR>> <BR>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>> List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org<BR>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>> <BR><BR></body>
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