Date:         Sun, 3 Oct 2010 14:41:00 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: New scam on Vanagon for sale.
Comments: To: Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
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  Got this scam on a couple of other lists to which I subscribe.

John

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com


On 10/3/2010 12:47 PM, Jeff Schwaia wrote:
> Here's a new for me.  I have a '90 Westy Weekender for sale on the samba,
> and received the following email yesterday:
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>> Is your weekender still available? If so can I come take a look sometime?
>> Where in sacramento do you live. I will be visiting in Lodi in a
>> couple of weeks. Let me know.
>> JIM
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> After sending an email back telling him to contact me when he would like to
> take a look, I received this email:
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> Hello Jeff,
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> I'm sorry I didn't inform anyone about my short vacation with my family to
> London, England. Unfortunately we were mugged at the park of the hotel we
> lodged. Our cell phones,cash and credit cards were stolen off us, but
> luckily we still have our passports with us.
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> We were able to make contact with the UK Police and directed to the US
> Consulate, but they seems to be taking things too slow. We need a quick loan
> to settle the hotel bills and our transport to the airport.
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> I promise to reimburse immediately we arrive back home safely. We already
> suggested to postpone the bills but the hotel management insisted we should
> contact our friends at home to send funds our way to settle the bills and
> also have extra money to return home. We are anxiously waiting for your
> reply.
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> Thanks,
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> Are people really stupid enough to fall for this crap?  Unbelievable!
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> BTW:  If anyone is looking for a nice late model Weekender:
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1033404 , and no. it
> doesn't come with a loan to get you back from England.
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> Cheers,
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> Jeff
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