From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Thu Nov 10 2005 - 14:06:28 PST
Say over and over and over, "if you have to ask, it's a scam"
You wonder if it could be shady? And it's a Nigerian?
Go to Google, and put in "419". There are 33 million ( I say again,
A P B
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33,000,000) references to the Nigerian scam industry.
From: "Stephen Grammont" <islander@midmaine.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] FW: [MV] Protecting Yourself from Counterfit Checks
> Interestingly enough, today I got an email from a guy in Nigeria
> wanting to put a bid on something of mine on eBay. He wanted to check
> to see if I took BidPay (a Western Union version of PayPal in a way)
> and if I could ship to Nigeria. Always suspicious of Nigerians (I've
> had major problems with them using stolen credit cards) I'm trying to
> figure out what the possible ripoff angle might be. As Glenn said, I
> am the Seller and that puts me in a different position. I hate like
> heck to stereotype and discriminate, but I can't help the feeling that
> there is an angle here that I just don't see. Any thoughts what it
> might be?
>
> Steve
>
> On Nov 9, 2005, at 11:30 AM, G Shaw wrote:
>
> > Hi Nige
> > The reason they say that to *** BUYERS *** is that you can not reverse
> > the
> > charge if you have a dispute with the seller. (And of course they are
> > pushing Paypal to make money). Once you pay the money it is gone.
> >
> > But if you are the *** SELLER *** and want to make sure that your
> > payment is
> > not a rip off then you would want Western Union or cash not Paypal.
> > So I
> > guess it depends on which end of the transaction you are :) Then act
> > accordingly with all due caution of course.
> >
> > Glenn
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nigel Hay MILWEB [mailto:nigel@milweb.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:37 AM
> > To: G Shaw; Military Vehicles Mailing List
> > Subject: RE: [MV] FW: [MV] Protecting Yourself from Counterfit Checks
> >
> >
> > Western Union is one method of payment that the UK authorities as well
> > as E
> > Bay tell people NEVER to trust....
> >
> >
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