[SEL] Another Scam ?

[bill at antique-engines.com]

Yeah, purchase with a credit card, then the means they will want shipment
will allow them to divert.
Geesh, the reason these still exist/happen is that people still fall for
this.

Bill

> Hi Guys,
>          I thought you'd like to see this.
>          One of our older collectors was selling his stuff off so I put a
> page and pics on my webpage so that interested people could have a look
> and
> mailed the address to my list of "local collectors". This was about a
> month
> ago.
>          I got the following eMail today:
> ****************
> From: tope fagunwa <segfagdvd2000 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: i will like to purchase this goods
> To: jerrye at cyberserv.co.za
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>
>
> Dear Sir,
>               I am the purchasing manager of Kesobi Associate Limited here
> in Nigeria,our office is located at 2 eyo street.palm-grove Lagos,Nigeria.
>               I found your address on the website,i will like to purchase
> (1954 Massey Harris 744 tractor,Southern Cross AC 5hp tank cooled,Listers
> Machine model A,Armstrong Siddeley aircooled diesel) from you.
>                Fisrtly,i will like to know if those items are in good
> condition,moreover i will like to know the last price.Which i will come
> with my chief engineer to inspect those goods and to purchase it.
>
>                 I will look forwrd to hear back from you soonest.
>
> Thanks
>
> Temitope .S. Fagunwa
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?
> Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos.
> ****************
>          I think the Yahoo address is the biggest giveaway! I think I'll
> play along with this one and have some fun (don't worry, I'm not stupid).
>          Maybe I should get myself a bunch of Yahoo addresses and flood
> his
> mailbox with offers of vintage tractors and engines from across the world
> (all fictitious of course).
>          I've answered him asking for details of his "company" and a copy
> of the company registration as well as a copy of his Identification
> Document and how he proposes to pay - just to get the thing going.
>          Why would someone want to fly himself and his chief engineer
> halfway across Africa from Nigeria (I have no doubt that he is nowhere
> near
> Nigeria) to inspect (and buy) a few "common" vintage engines whose total
> value would be a fraction of the price of air tickets? I'm also pretty
> sure
> that he does not have a clue as to what these engines are or what they
> were
> used for.
>
> Keep the revs up (or down)
> Jerry Evans
> Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
> Tel. (016) 365-5787
> Intntl.: +2716 365-5787
> Cell: 083 293 7191
> Visit our website for old engines in South Africa.
> www.oldengine.org/members/evans
>
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