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Response to an Ad ...

kunstleji@yahoo.com>
To: s...........@
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 08:22:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: INTERESTED Casio PG380 SYNTH/MIDI GUITAR
Message-ID: <20060510152249.29783.qmail@web38304.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Dear Seller, i am interest in purchasing your item with no delay,but first? What is the final price of the item? Is the price firm? Will you be accepting a US money order, Contact me with the present state of the item and your contact information to mail out the payment to you as soon as possible. Name you want on payment: Home Address: City: State: Country: Phone Number/Office Number:

Regards



Response to an Ad ...

From: fefe dede <fefededeowooyinbo@gmail.com>
To: .s..................@
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:59:47 +0100
Subject: awesome 12channel yorkville audio pro mixing
Message-ID: <2d94a6140601310259n377ea117y7dd382b9050da1e8@mail.gmail.com>

i am interested in your awesome 12channel yorkville audio pro mixing[$650].i will like to pay with a check payable in america fund.i will like you to send the pics via e-mail. am located in switzerland.don't worry about the shipping,i have a shipping agent that will take care of it. as long as the deal is on i will like you to send down your name and address in which you will use in receiving the check in american fund. waiting for your quick response.
regards;;;;
fefe dede;;;;;;



Response to an Ad ...

From: collins dave
To: b...... @tampabay.rr.com
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 11:58 PM
Subject: hartke bass amp combo $300

Hello,
I am Mr Collins Dave and am highly interested in your advert am based here in the UK and I will be responsible for the shippment down to my location, so please kindly write me back with your last offering price.I will also need some of its recent pics,and will like to know its present condition. I am Looking forward to your soonest reply.
MY REGARDS



Response to an Ad ...

----- Original Message -----
From: charles george
To: k.....
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:03 AM
Subject: Music Items for sale

I am interested buying your Music Items may i know the condition
Also give me the last prices
thank
charles



Response to an Ad ...

is this guy legit? something in his grammer is suspisious..

Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 7:28 PM
Subject: Music Items For Sale

Hello Seller,
I am Marthins Craig i will like to buy your (Music Items For Sale ) which you place on the net i will like you to get back to me with the full condition,pics and the last price of it now.
Thanks...alot....



AD POSTED ...

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NAME: Make 1,000's Using Paypal
Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2005

MESSAGE
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What Pinellas County Justice & Consumer Services has to say about this ....

I am responding to your inquiry to Pinellas County of a possible pyramid scheme being promulgated on the Internet. The person who is Markohio330 uses a free web-hosting site through Yahoo.com. The information presented describes how to create an email list business by posting letters at various newsgroup and message board sites. The procedures are similar to the well-known chain letter scam that was commonly conducted through the mail. The Internet now enables these types of scams to reach many people at little cost. The following is a quote from the United States Postal Inspection Service's site:

"There's at least one problem with chain letters. They're illegal if they request money or other items of value and promise a substantial return to the participants. Chain letters are a form of gambling, and sending them through the mail (or delivering them in person or by computer, but mailing money to participate) violates Title 18, United States Code, Section 1302, the Postal Lottery Statute. (Chain letters that ask for items of minor value, like picture postcards or recipes, may be mailed, since such items are not things of value within the meaning of the law.) Recently, high-tech chain letters have begun surfacing. They may be disseminated over the Internet, or may require the copying and mailing of computer disks rather than paper. Regardless of what technology is used to advance the scheme, if the mail is used at any step along the
way, it is still illegal. "

The email list business offered by Markohio330 instructs the person to request that payment be sent to a PayPal account. I can only assume that the intent of paying online is to evade postal regulation.

Several years ago in response to the increase of Internet related crimes, The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) was established as a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center. The IC3 monitors Internet complaint activity and refers criminal complaints to law enforcement agencies for investigation. An online complaint form is provided at www.ic3.gov <http://www.ic3.gov/> . One of the challenges of investigating Internet crime is that the perpetrator can reside anywhere in the world.

please contact me if you have additional questions.
Deborah Berry
Chief Investigator
Pinellas County Justice & Consumer Services
15251 Roosevelt Blvd., Suite 209
Clearwater, FL 33760
727-464-6200
FAX 727-464-6129



Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:39 PM
Subject: Music Items For Sale

HELLO SELLER,
I AM scot , AM INTERESTED IN YOUR <Music Items For Sale > WHICH I SAW IN YOUR ADVET THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO SELL , I REALLY LIKE AND REALLY INTERESTED IN BUYING.ALSO, I WILL LIKE YOU INFORM ME MORE ABOUT IT AND THE SELLING PRICE , IF PICTURES ARE AVAILABE,DON'T HESITATE TO SEND SOME TO ME.MY MODE OF PAYMENT IS BY MONEY ORDER.................. MONEY ORDER ....... GET BACK TO ME FAST I LOOK FORWARD TO READ FROM YOU SOON .
scot .......



SCAM ALERT SCAM ALERT SCAM ALERT....

Submitted 09/10/05 ... Music Items For Sale St Pete beware of this scam reply to my ad

.Hello, thanks for getting back to me this time.i will pay the amount you want for the van. but i will have to pay you with a cheque drawn on an American Bank through my client who owes me the sum of $4000 and he has agreed to send the cheque out in your name in which you will cash it and deduct your own $350 and help me send the rest back to my shipper through WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.this remaining money will be used for the shipping of what am buying from you. i want you to get back to me if you think you can help me out with my proposal. if you are alright with my method of payment,i want you to give me the following informations that i will use in making sure the cheque gets to you on time:> YOUR FULL NAME THAT WILL BE WRITTEN ON THE CHEQUE,> YOUR ADDRESS WHERE THE CHEQUE WILL BE SENT TO,> YOUR CITY AS WELL AS THE ZIP CODE> AND COUNTRY> YOUR PHONE NUMBERS.> I want you to know that shipping of this van is not a problem to me.i have my own shipping company that will handle this for me.all i want is if you can help me to cash this cheque and send the rest of the money to my shipper that will come and pick the van for me.if you have any more pictures that you can send to me,please send them.thank you and i will be expecting your mail as soon as possible.Regards bob f

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