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Jodi_the_g
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Registered: 7th Aug 01
Location: Washington D.C
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16th Feb 08 at 00:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Subject: Jake LaMotta Autographed Boxing Glove RESPONSE TO THIS

MESSAGE SHOULD BE SENT TO (ellson_janice@yahoo.com) Hello I'm Ellson, I hail from Canada in Ottawa city, I came across your advert and am highly interested in Purchasing your ($120 - Jake LaMotta Autographed Boxing Glove) which you offer for sale.
I Due to the fact that its been a long time have been searching for it, Please Kindly get back to me as soon as possible with the necessary answers to the question in mind, Are you the first owner? The present condition? Your final asking price?And I will also like you to send me Pictures to enable me view what I intend to purchase and i will like you to know that my form of payment is through a Certified Check or a USPS Money Order .. I await your urgent response so that we can proceed further.
RESPONSE TO THIS MESSAGE SHOULD BE SENT TO (ellson_janice@yahoo.com)

RegardsEllson
Jay
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Registered: 26th Sep 04
Location: Liverpool
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16th Feb 08 at 00:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Its a textbook scam, it looks like its a copy and pasted text, with the item copy and pasted into it.
Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
Location: Howden
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16th Feb 08 at 00:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yep
drax
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Registered: 5th Feb 05
Location: Sittingbourne, Kent
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16th Feb 08 at 00:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
do you really have to ask?
Jodi_the_g
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Location: Washington D.C
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16th Feb 08 at 00:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
True, can't beleive they are even on facebook marketplace scamming now.

Is no where safe.

The do not have a picture or freinds either.
drax
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Registered: 5th Feb 05
Location: Sittingbourne, Kent
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16th Feb 08 at 00:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Most of them are bots
SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: pain
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16th Feb 08 at 00:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Bank of nigeria
Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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16th Feb 08 at 00:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
''so that WE can proceed further''

WE? scam all over it
Jodi_the_g
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Location: Washington D.C
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16th Feb 08 at 20:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I got another similar email but they are offered to pay via a verfied paypal account is it possable to scam this way?
Colin
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16th Feb 08 at 20:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah scamming people is not nice, neithers saying you'll buy something & then not bothering to
Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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16th Feb 08 at 20:38   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
No, seems genuine to me, I know plenty of people who have a first name for a surname and a surname for a first name, Ellson Janice obviously wants your item, go for it, you've got nothing to lose.
Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
Location: Im the real one!
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16th Feb 08 at 20:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Any email that ever contains 'I hail from...' is a scam

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strick206
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Wigan Drives:Integra DC5
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17th Feb 08 at 00:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I also will not deal with people that say

'What is your final price'

Classic scammer comment imo
Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Cottingham, East Riding
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17th Feb 08 at 09:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Go along with it in order to build the guy's hopes up .....but obviously dont pay anything
gooner_47
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Registered: 20th Jul 04
Location: Bexhill/Croydon
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17th Feb 08 at 15:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Aaron
Go along with it in order to build the guy's hopes up .....but obviously dont pay anything


there was a site like that wasn't there? people stringing along scammers for months at a time

 
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