I also received a message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: "I learnt that you want to sell your Holton MerkerMatic H275,that bids for $2500.In the advert you made on net. And i'm interested in buying it.Also don't worry about the shipping of the Holton MerkerMatic H275,cos" i have a shipper that will come for the pick up of Holton MerkerMatic H275,in your place. Hope payment with certified cheque is okay by you.in order for me to the church,that ask me to get it for them. regards."
I certainly hope this person does not succeed in scamming any sellers on hornplayer.net Cordially, Nancy --- David K McCurley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is timely information indeed. I have a horn for > sale on > Hornplayer.net, a Finke double descant. I got an > email a couple of days > back and I thought it was strange, but here are some > of the things I > picked up on that raised red flags. > > 1. Buyer claimed to be from England, but was > shipping to Nigeria. > (classic) > 2. He would send a cashiers check. (bogus checks are > easily devised using > a laser printer) > 3. He would arrange to have the horn picked up. > 4. The text of the email was odd, it looked like the > potential buyer had > done a sloppy job of cutting/pasting in info from my > ad *or* they were > using some sort of computer program to copy/paste > things into a form > letter type of email. The grammar was odd and it > just looked and read > strange. > 5. He stated that the church was paying for the horn > (he was on some sort > of mission - somehow, I don't think this was a > heavenly mission). > > I replied to the first email stating that I thought > we should use an > escrow service and described how it worked. I > received a reply that > basically reiterated the original offer. I have not > responded to this. If > he sends another, I think I will send the original > post from this thread. > > Just so everyone will be aware, the potential > buyer's email address is: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I don't know for certain that this person is a > crook, but it seemed > obvious to me that this could be an opportunity for > my wallet to be > relieved of more than I wanted to part with. > > BTW, there is an info page on Hornplayer.net that > warns sellers about > fraudulent buyers, a nice educational fearture, no > doubt made necessary > by dishonest slime taking advantage of good people. > > Good luck in all your business dealings. > David McCurley > Woodstock, GA > Paxman 25 > _______________________________________________ > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/fhorn1126%40yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
