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chad-tanner
Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 217 Location: New Madrid,MO
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:56 pm Post subject: Strange P.M. |
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Quote: | I am interested in buying the 14x6 8 spoke wheel that you have placed for sell now, and I would want to enquire about the present condition of the above mentioned, as well as some detail about you. I expect this timely enough.
As for the payment, I would need you to get back in touch with the last asking price as I will be paying with a certified cheque.
Lastly, please forward to me your full company's (or house address, telephone and fax) details as I will subsequently prefer reaching you through these facilities.
Yours interestingly,
Raymond Griffiths
Forward a Reply through email to my confidential email address @ "cus52@yahoo.com" for confidential purposes. |
I got this PM today from a member "relly"I thought it was funny,they wanted so much info,without making an offer on the wheel,the ad says"please make me an offer"
then I get to the part about the "confidential email address".All this smells really funny to me,so I check the memberlist,and find that this "relly" from texas joined today.The email on the profile does not match the one in the pm.
If this is on the "up and up",,It's still very strange to me.
I just thought someone should know about it. _________________ 77.5 Porsche 924/4.9L cadillac swap
Inspector: These brakes look completely inadequate.
Burt Munro: Well, I'm planning on going, not stopping. |
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924turbo_sout_africa
Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 215 Location: Sout africa
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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mmmmm internet...love and hsye it but that sounds fishy!! to me _________________ Porsche ...where dreams are a reality
'79 924 turbo canada spec
'98 Formula Vee (M3 eater)
Time in the 931 is a dream come true !! |
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PwrGTOGuy
Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 194 Location: Middletown, PA
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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Very interesting as well... I got one from this guy too... I thought it a bit strange that someone wanted my life story with a zero post count. I did a search on his email address... it is all over the place as "questionable"
Quote: | Hello
I am interested in buying the 931 Hood that you have placed for sell now, and I would want to enquire about the present condition of the above mentioned, as well as some detail about you. I expect this timely enough.
As for the payment, I would need you to get back in touch with the last asking price as I will be paying with a certified cheque.
Lastly, please forward to me your full company's (or house address, telephone and fax) details as I will subsequently prefer reaching you through these facilities.
Yours interestingly,
Raymond Griffiths
Forward a Reply through email to my confidential email address @ "cus52@yahoo.com" for confidential purposes.
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924turbo_sout_africa
Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 215 Location: Sout africa
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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well now will be the time to leave him alone delete the pm...maybe .....
i dont like these kinda things at all _________________ Porsche ...where dreams are a reality
'79 924 turbo canada spec
'98 Formula Vee (M3 eater)
Time in the 931 is a dream come true !! |
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admin
Joined: 29 Jul 2001 Posts: 66 Location: Everywhere
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Petrovich got an identical PM. I've banned the guy (the scammer, not Petrovich).
One thing to check if you get a PM like that - look up the sender's profile and if they haven't posted anything then be suspicious. _________________ Remember; This is a democracy, one man, one vote. I'm that man and this is my vote. |
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ideola
Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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FYI, I got one of these messages too. I sent a cryptic reply but didn't disclose any personal info... _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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Rasta Monsta
Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11724 Location: PacNW
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:38 am Post subject: |
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"yours interestingly"
Hilarious. Overseas IP, I'd wager. . .I got a similar one from a Craigslist posting. Someone has undoubtedly developed a bot that churns these out in an effort to collect personal info. _________________ Toofah King Bad
- WeiBe (1987 924S 2.5t) - 931 S3
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Martijnus
Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 2019 Location: Netherlands
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Peter_in_AU
Joined: 29 Jul 2001 Posts: 2743 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:56 am Post subject: |
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Unfortunately he didn't post anything so I can't get his IP and ban the entire network. _________________ 1979 924 (Gone to a better place)
1974 Lotus 7 S4 "Big Valve" Twin-cam (waiting)
1982 924 (As featured on Wikipedia)
Learn to love your multimeter and may the search be with you |
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saturn800
Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 12 Location: Milton Keynes England
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:09 am Post subject: |
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Most of these dodgy e-mail scams originate in Africa or from people of African origin in particular Nigeria. _________________ 924 THE SAVIOR OF PORSCHE |
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tom!
Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Posts: 66 Location: Central NL
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:01 am Post subject: |
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Classic 419 scam, hilarious messages BTW... _________________ 1980 924 2.0, Saturn metallic |
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deborah5123
Joined: 03 Aug 2014 Posts: 20 Location: Waterford, MI 48328
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 5:18 pm Post subject: only spammers do |
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I got also one saying that they need information about me and be registered free with their website and will have freebies. For me it is just spam and advertisements. |
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Fasteddie313
Joined: 29 Sep 2013 Posts: 2596 Location: MI
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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yeah i was disappointed when that Arabian sheik’s daughter didnt really want to move to america with me along with all her millions...
oh well, win some, loose some
_________________ 80 Turbo - Slightly Modified |
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