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Hi Tom

Walk away for this.

You just have to ask yourself thequestion, who in there right mind would send their minimoog to a stranger without payment – if it’s too good to be true then it isn’t.

It’s possible that the seller ispart of an organized crime gang and would have your address and name and possiblyyou telephone number – that’s all you need to steal your identity. Stealing identities is the new and biggest problem in the UK and has some veryserious implications for private individuals so beware.  Alternately, theymight just assume you have other studio equipment and come round to your placeand steal it all.

So…walk away!

Regards

-----Original Message-----
From: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com [mailto:yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Quazimodo
Sent: 27 June 2005 18:39
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [yamahacs80] Couldsomeone please explain this one for me....?

HiGuys..

Here's one for you all. We all know the ebay scamsdon't we?

You bid on a Synth, but don't win it - then youget all the scam
emails telling you they are also ∗selling∗ a thesame synth at a
bargain price etc...

I replied to one such email asking if he was inthe UK.
(I'd just bid on a Mini Moog but was outbid.)
I told him I would only entertian these twooptions:

1. I could either go to his place, check out thesynth and then pay
cash before leaving with it.

Or 2. if he would be so kind as to send me thesynth I will check it
out and if it all works and I like it I will sendhim my payment,
telling him that he can trust me - I am not ascammer but an honest
guy etc...

He now emailed me to ask for my address, as he isgoing to "send me
the package"...

Something still doesn't seem right about this.Does this guy just
want my address for some reason? Should I send himmy address and
wait and see if he does send the Mini? Is this anew type of scam
that I don't know about yet?

I am slightly confused I must say.

Any advice, thoughts would be much appreciated.

Cheers.
TOM