Just received a message to the munged e-mail address that I only use here. Its reproduced below.
Looks like a scam (no one in Norway wants a 20 year old Galaxy or any of the rest of my fleet -- Shirley.
Anyone else had it?
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Note to self -- why didn't the kill file get it?
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From: diana james [[email hidden]] Sent: 10 August 2004 18:51 To: [email hidden] Subject: bike
HI MR, THERE IS A CLIENT OF MINE WHO IS WILLING TO PURHASE YOUR BIKE HE BASED IN NORWAY AND HE WILL LIKE U TO GET BACK TO ME WITH FULL DETAILS OF AND UR TERMS OF PAYMEANT SO HOPE TO HEAR FROM U AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. DIANA. -- -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Special Tip from http://www.MailPuppy.com -*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Be aware of net scammers. Never take foreign money orders/checks and never wire the difference.
Just received a message to the munged e-mail address that I only use here. Its reproduced below.
Quoted message said:
HI MR, THERE IS A CLIENT OF MINE WHO IS WILLING TO PURHASE YOUR BIKE HE BASED IN NORWAY AND HE WILL LIKE U TO GET BACK TO ME WITH FULL DETAILS OF AND UR TERMS OF PAYMEANT SO HOPE TO HEAR FROM U AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. DIANA.
I send them a reply asking for cash, then I'll post it, or they can collect ... 😉
Sometimes I use strnoger language, intimating their perentage is .. er .. different .. and that I prefer to stick to usual eBay rules .. 😉
-- Paul ...
(8(|) ... Homer Rocks
"A [censored] is a [censored], no matter what mode of transport they're using."
Just received a message to the munged e-mail address that I only use here. Its reproduced below. Looks like a scam (no one in Norway wants a 20 year old Galaxy or any of the rest of my fleet -- Shirley.
Looks like a variant of an old scam to me - no doubt there is an advanced fee fraud behind it. Send it to the Plod.
Looks like a variant of an old scam to me - no doubt there is an advanced fee fraud behind it. Send it to the Plod.
Hi Guy
A few years ago I received an obvious scam which ran along lines of the famous Nigerian banking one. More in hope than expecting anything to happen, I sent a mail with the text of the one sent to me included to all the relevant bodies I could think of.
A few days later, and to my surprise, I received a call from a Sergent Somebody-Or-Other from the yard. He had heard about the scam but until he received my mail had not been aware of the full text/headers etc of the message.
So, sending it to plod is probably worth it in the long run.
What addresses did you send it to? I notice that my bank was keen to warn you of scams but didn't give any address to forward them to, but I guess the police would be a better place to send it anyway.
What addresses did you send it to? I notice that my bank was keen to warn you of scams but didn't give any address to forward them to, but I guess the police would be a better place to send it anyway.
The addresses I have for local reporting are:
[email hidden] [email hidden]
There will be other addresses local to you but it seems these days there is just too much of this junk for anyone to be really interested.
If you want some fun though go and visit http://www.419eater.com or better still join in with them.
Looks like a variant of an old scam to me - no doubt there is an advanced fee fraud behind it. Send it to the Plod.
Hi Guy
A few years ago I received an obvious scam which ran along lines of the famous Nigerian banking one. More in hope than expecting anything to happen, I sent a mail with the text of the one sent to me included to all the relevant bodies I could think of.
A few days later, and to my surprise, I received a call from a Sergent Somebody-Or-Other from the yard. He had heard about the scam but until he received my mail had not been aware of the full text/headers etc of the message.
So, sending it to plod is probably worth it in the long run.
So, sending it to plod is probably worth it in the long run.
What addresses did you send it to? I notice that my bank was keen to warn you of scams but didn't give any address to forward them to, but I guess the police would be a better place to send it anyway.
IIRC, Ambrose, I visited my local force's site (Sussex) and found a mailto:an.address buried in the HTML that sort of fitted the bill (sorry). I sent my e-mail there but was phoned both by Sussex and Scotland Yard. Presumably Sussex had forwarded my mail to the Met.
Incidentally, the Internet Watch Foundation didn't want to know as the scam didn't involve kiddle [censored].
Re your bank: in the old days, one could often find suitable action=mailto: tags buried within web page's forms. These days I find it harder to do so as many pages are database driven - at least I think that's the reason. My knowledge of HTML stalled at version 3.
