[Coco] Color Computer Stuff for sale and tornadoes

[Neil Morrison]

This is a classic fraud. What will happen is, they will send a forged Money
Order for $200 and will ask you to send them a MO for the difference. Then
you will eat the lot, including costs. Since they are "Not a registered
user" they will probably try to do an off eBay deal.

The all caps is a dead give away, see http://j-walk.com/other/conf/index.htm
for more:-

"Attend  a lively debate between Lady Mariam Abacha and Mr. Godwin
Oyathelem. Topic: "The effectiveness of using all UPPERCASE characters."

I would go ahead, take the MO, take it to a bank and warn them that you
suspect it is forged. Make sure they can check it out without it costing you
a fee. Don't send anything until you are sure it is all OK which it won't
be.

If the 'buyer' pressures you, tell them you are working with the RCMP and
can't do anything until they give you the all clear.

Neil


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Bathory-Kitsz" <bathory at maltedmedia.com>


> >From: "Leighty, Grant (UMKC-Student)" <ggla44 at umkc.edu>
> >
> >Hey guys,
> >
> >
> >
> >It has been a while since I have wrote to you guys.  I just wanted to say
> thanks a lot for your help a couple of weeks ago.  It was nice to see a
lot
> of you at the COCO fest in Chicago.  I have finally got through all of the
> stuff I bought at the auctions at the fest.  It has taken me 2 week to get
> through it all.  I have so much stuff now.  I have my systems all up and
> running and beginning to load program and play the old games from my
> childhood.  I have been having so much fun.  I am glad I made some good
> friends at the fest, I will be needing a lot of help shortly.  I have
never
> used OS-9 or anything other than BASIC and I will be teaching myself it
> over the next month or so..
> >
> >
> >
> >I just wanted to let you all know that I have over 30 items for sale on
> EBay.  Most of it, is the stuff I have gotten from EBay in the past and do
> not need since I went to the coco fest and won most of the auctions.  I do
> want to ask one question, I do not know if this is a scam or what.
> Yesterday, I put up an action for a Tandy DMP-134 Printer and got a
> question emailed to my saying they want to bid on it for $200.00 and ship
> it Canada and they in return will it to Africa.  The name of the company
is
> Skyway.  Have you heard of them or anything like this.  As we all know
> $200.00 is a lot of money for this printer.  Here is the actual message:
> >
> >Dear grantkcmo75,
> >
> > HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH YOU? FIRST I WILL
> LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR COMPANY TO YOU WE ARE THE SKYWAY TRADING CO.WE BASED
> IN CANADA ALTHOUGH WE HAVE BRACHES IN AFRICA WHERE WE ARE PLANING TO SHIP
> THIS ITEM TO IF OUR REQUEST IS ACCEPTED.WE LIKE TO PURCHASE THIS ITEM WE
> KNOW IS STILL ON BID,WE ARE GOING TO BID THIS ITEM $2OO USD WE ARE GOING
TO
> MAKE PAYMENT VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY ORDER BIDPAY.PLS KINDLY REPLY TO THIS
> MAIL SO WE CAN PROCEED ON THIS TRANSACTIONS ASAP.
> >
> > To view the item, go to:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3484201140
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> > skywaystore