> Does anyone know the name, or ben conatcted by a Giles Grace in regards to > purchasing your kayak??? > > I have recently ben contacted by this individual about buying one of the > kayaks I have listed and It had all the markings of a scam. In a rush to > send a check, no questions asked, and directions about contacting his > shiping agent for pickup, and then all comunications suddenly cease. Most > strange indeed. Old scheme/scam. Different names, same method. The cheque will bounce later. Sometimes they sned you a cheque on much higher amount, with attached crap about their overly sophisticated and confused channels of cash flow as an excuse, asking you to pay them the difference. and telling that you may ship a kayak later 9they trust you that much). You, being honest, pay from real account, of course (and then again have their bounced cheque on hands). Very old joke. Probably, older than "millions from Nigeria" (Zimbabwe, Burundi, you name it) - I think, many of you received such an e-mail, - about some millions that got stuck in Nigeria and they need your account information to transfer those millions to you (and then to share it generously with you). At some moment they ask about very little amount to bribe local Nigerian authorities, like $150 or 250, - saying that this is the very last obstacle between you and millions. Then all communications suddenly ceaze :-) ... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 25 2005 - 22:31:27 PDT
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