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Date:         Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:02:50 -0800
Reply-To:     Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: EBay (NVC)
In-Reply-To:  <c803c1a70611161121nb594cb5ye1d1a9c5813604e0@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Jeff, How to you spell N-i-g-e-r-i-a?

The "buyer" is being vague in order to lead you on to believe you will be paid.

DO NOT RESPOND.

If the buyer is NARU that means ebay dumped this scammer.

Just look at his feedback profile. Is he a 0? for a month or less. (usually a day).

The next stage of this scam is to send you a bogus money order more than the value of the engine and shipping.

You are to refund the difference. The scam is that you send money to the buyer, not the other way around.

His money order or check bounces. You are out the money.

If someone actually comes to your home with cash that's a different story. If they have a foreign accent , if they call to come- have the police waiting there to greet them.

But these guys are clever. They never show up because they are in Africa with an e-mail address registered in UK or Germany.

I replied to scammer "Mama Bundo" in German. She wrote back in German, "I see that you speak German, but I prefer english".

I then asked her why she prefered english if she was in Germany? That was the last I heard from "her".

The wording of the email is classic Nigerian scam. "My client " is the dead give-away.

He's your client. How does he have a client?

DO NOT RESPOND to the POSTAL MAIL.

Contact the Police or the PO if mail comes. Forward that to the Postmaster General as this is more evidence to help them use mail fraud charges agaist them if it was mailed from the US.

If it's mailed from Nigeria, or the UK, etc- need I say more??

Robert

1982 Westfalia

--- Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Hey folks I need some advice here because this > sounds fishy. I have a > 1.8LGolf engine and I supposedly sold it on > EBay. The buyer used the > "Buy It > Now" feature and ended the auction. I tried > contacting the buyer and > received no replies - later I noticed that the > buyer was no longer a > registered EBay member. Naturally I was > disappointed and a bit ticked. So I > sent him a not so nice e-mail and re-posted the > item on EBay. End of story > right? Not quite, today I received the > following e-mail from him: > > HI, > My client did send the payment as promised. > Regarding shipping right, you > are not responsible for that OK. He enclosed > with the payment as instruction > on how to contact the shipper who will take > care of the shipping aspect. All > his info and how to contact him is enclosed > with the payment. After getting > across to him he will get back to you with the > time and date for the pick up > of the item in your garage, a convenient time > for both parties, so is more > or less a local pick up. Mind you it was mail > by regular mail. The payment > should be with you in matter of days if there > is no delay in your state > postal delivery. Get back to me immediately you > receive the payment. It > should be with you on Monday or Tuesday to the > best of my knowledge. Best > regard > > I haven't seen payment yet but we will see. I > have ended the auction just in > case. Does this sound scamish to any of you? I > mean I guess there is no harm > so far either I receive payment and he comes > and gets the engine or I don't > and I re-post it - but it is all so weird. > Especially the no contact and > then unsubscribing from EBay. Is there > something I'm missing here? Should I > be on the look out for some trouble? Any > thoughts and suggestions are > greatly appreciated. > > -- > Thanks, > > Jeff > 90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful, It needs > a lot of work) > 86' (Soon to be donating organs to the 90') > 85' GL (sidelined but to be resurrected in the > near future) >

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