[Boatanchors] Fw: intrested in buying the radio

[sdaitch at ibb.gov]

The scam, if this is one, is that the certified check is fake, and the 
refunded amount is the scam. 

See Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/carsale.asp

for more information on the way this scam works.

Sheldon
WA4MZZ

----- Original Message -----
From: Gerry Steffens <gsteffens at pitel.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2004 11:11 pm
Subject: RE: [Boatanchors] Fw: intrested in buying the radio

> I suggest that this spelling could be the result of some of the 
> translatorsavailable on the web.  In my radio collection 
> activities I frequently get
> messages in other languages which I put through the various 
> translators both
> in the "to English" direction and "from English" to some other 
> languagedirection.  Some of these translators are not good at 
> spelling at all in
> either direction.  Some of the French produced from English is 
> pretty bad.
> Then again maybe the messages aren't translated at all, who knows.
> 
> 
> Gerry
> 
> 
> Collecting & Restoring since 1959
> Gerald Steffens P.E.
> Oronoco, MN
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Duane Fischer,
> W8DBF 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 9:58 PM
> To: Greg Mijal; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Fw: intrested in buying the radio
> 
> One must wonder about a business with personal assistants, clients 
> with cash
> to
> burn and the inability to use a spell checker! I would love to 
> read their
> annual
> financial statement. I am curious if they can misuse the number 
> zero! I
> wonder
> what their reaction would be if an American turned down a 'safe as 
> cash'cashiers check certified by a bonified crook, and requested 
> cash from the
> country of the buyer in an amount of their currency equal to the 
> convertedamount in USA dollars? Said cash to be sent by overnight 
> courier direct to
> the
> seller's bank to be exchanged for the equivalent amount in USA 
> dollars.Probably
> print some right up on their state of the art color printer! Hard 
> to believe
> people really do fall for these scams, but sadly they do, and all 
> too often.
> 
>  
> 
> 
> ----------
> From: Greg Mijal <bluebirdtele at earthlink.net>
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Fw: intrested in buying the radio
> Date: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 10:30 PM
> 
> Here's an email I just received.  It's apparently a scam involving 
> radiogear and money. As you can see he hasn't quite sprung the 
> trap yet.
> At least it's not another get rich scheme  from Liberia.
> I'm starting to think the national product of Liberia is FRAUD.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "martins cave" <martinscave at fastermail.com>
> To: <bluebirdtele at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 5:23 PM
> Subject: intrested in buying the radio
> 
> 
> > Hello ,
> >     my mame is martins i reside in spian and i have big 
> enterprice in
> > which
> > i buy and resell eletronic.i saw your advart and i am willing to 
> buy and
> > the
> > price for the radio, $150  is okay by me .And my client confirm 
> there> is no problem about the price ,my client do pays with a 
> {USA}cashier> check,he has agreed to mail out as bank cashiers 
> check of $2500 . to
> > you
> > on my behalf to cover the shippment fees.About the shippment 
> ,that we
> > be
> > taken care by  me & my personal assistant,my personal assistant will
> > be
> > using his shipper to do the quick processing of the shipping of the
> > (radio) to my client. So all you are to do after you will 
> received the
> > check this week,Just take out your sale amount and send the remaning
> > to
> > my personal asistant Mr tola smith via western union , as soon 
> as you
> > get the check this week you will take the cashiers check to any
> > cashing
> > outlet and get it cash immediately  and split $100 for roning around
> > and
> > send the remaning money to mr tola smith via western union.&n bsp;
> >   I called my client to know when he will issue the payment to 
> you and
> > he said he will issue the payment to you as soon as he get your
> > contact
> > address and your phone number i will like you to mail me back with
> > your
> > contact address and your name as you want it on the check. I 
> will like
> > to hear from you so that we can complete this transaction as 
> soon as
> > possible.cos i will going on vacation and my client really needs it
> > urgently. martins
> >
> > --
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