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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000037.txt from 2005/11

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] A scam?
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 04:27:45 -0500

I received a scam wherein I was asked to provide 1000 bassoon reeds at full
price. His "agent" would then come to pick up the order and give me a postal
money order. Oh yeah?
Herb

On 11/17/05 9:43 PM, "Morgul" <Morgul@-----.net> wrote:

> Jackie,
>
> I'm not sure where I saw it, but I received an email from another listserv
> from a guy who revceived an obvious scam such as this. I think his was a
> variation of the Nigerian oil ministry scam. Rather than delete this email
> and ignore it, he decided to have some fun with it. He wrote back to the
> sender asking for clarification of a few items mentioned in the original
> email, and when the sender responded, he asked for further clarification,
> etc. The conversation, which ran wildly far afield, continued for about a
> dozen exchanges and was posted on the listserv when it ended. The
> correspondence -- from both sides -- was hilarious!
>
> If you have the time and the inclination, you may want to try this. It's
> reasonably safe since the bad guys are most likely overseas and unable to
> reach you.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Stan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jackie Kovach" <jl.kovach@-----.net>
> To: "IDRS list" <idrs-l@-----.edu>; "Charette DR-L"
> <doublereed@-----.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 7:09 PM
> Subject: [DR-L] A scam?
>
>
>> Are we in agreement that the following is another example of the scams
>> we've been chatting about and should not be responded to?
>>
>> Jackie
>
>
>
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