[sdiy] way OT "e-mail Capacitor Order"

[Senso]

Well Harry, you've hit the jackpot indeed!

This customer being a "reverend" proves he's as legit as he is 
God-fearing, so you can't go wrong. This might be the deal of a 
lifetime.
300 electric motor capacitors at $ 89,50 each, makes US$ 26,850.00. 
Send him a quote!!
Plus the costs of the massive container to ship them in of course. :-))
I'd charge his credit card without hesitation. LOL

Seriously now, I've had one like that a short while ago. A guy from 
an "electronics company" who wanted me to ship 60 Pro-One 
transformers to Africa, together with some other - totally unrelated 
- stuff, like a few dozen Yamaha sound cartridges, MSX software packs 
etc. etc. He probably didn't have a clue what it all was, but just 
added them up to a nice total.
A quick Google brought me to a collector's site where he had shown 
interest in a big collection of dolls houses. Duh... electronic dolls 
houses?

With any of these kind of messages, I simply press the "forward" 
button and send them straight to : 
<scams at fraudwatchinternational.com>  Check out their site if you're 
interested.
Here they collect these things on an international scale and try to 
deal with them and locate and prosecute those *f.....s*
I advise anybody else to do exactly that. It should help a lot more 
than posting it ;-)

Senso

>Here's an e-mail I just recieved... possibly because
>of my paper "A field guide to capacitors" but maybe
>its
>just random luck...
>
><start>
>
>Capacitor Order
>
>I want to help get this buy this products
>
>PRODUCTS: ELECTRIC MOTOR CAPACITORS
>450-550UF
>120/150 . 50/60HZ
>QUANTITY: 300
>
>let me know the total price and the shipment to Lagos
>state in nigeria.
>
>i will send my credit card details for payment as soon
>as i receive your reply.i want the shipment via air
>cargo freight to muritala muhammad international
>airport Lagos, Nigeria. please let me hear from you as
>soon as possible.
>
>i am online waiting for your reply. Reply me now.
>
>yours customer
>REVEREND  OMOTAYO
>
><end>
>
>what do you think ? 419 scam with a twist ???
>
>I'm going to reply that I can't supply 50/60Hz
>capacitors... only 120Hz.  Can he use two in series
>???
>
>H^) harry  (gone, way gone, phishing :^)


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