On Feb 18, 2011, at 12:13 PM, Guy Smith wrote: > Would that be Manchester, Nigeria, by any chance...
His email included an address that actually seems to exist in the Manchester area. Which is not to say it's really his. The scammers may just be getting more sophisticated. > These days, almost anything for sale, even posted in obscure locations, > seems to generate bogus responses. > > Guy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Ken Brodkey > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:15 AM > To: howard posner > Cc: lute mailing list list > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Henry Williams, Manchester > > I'm not in the UK, but I received an email inquiry from this person > about a lute I'm selling and it looked really fishy. He asked for > pictures and the price. Funny, there are pictures with the posting and , > of course, the price is listed. He didn't ask anything other than this > and no specific questions that anyone buying a lute would ask. Also, the > 'from' name on the email header was not Henry Williams. > > Ken > > On 2/18/2011 9:58 AM, howard posner wrote: >> Do any UK listers know of a Henry Williams in the Manchester area? We've > been communicating about an instrument I'm selling, and I'm suspicious that > it may be a scam. >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > >
