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did any of you here with ads either on this site or
triathlete.com or duathlon.com received something like this:

"I AM INTERESTED IN BUYING YOUR Extreme
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR LAST,
OFFERING PRICE AND THE PIC SO
THAT PAYMENT WILL BE REMITTED TO YOU IMMEDIATELY BY MY
CLIENT.
REGARDS,
james......."

I got 3 today. two for my "extreme" (the dude forgot the word wheels) and one for a front zipp...I answered, "try your scam elsewhere"
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Re: Scam crap [Francois] [ In reply to ]
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I got one for my bike case that sold in early jan and a softride I sold last june. didn't reply and haven't heard back for the bike case and played with the guy for the softride. he didn't seem to want to send me the $ before I shipped.

Brian Stover USAT LII
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Re: Scam crap [Francois] [ In reply to ]
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Did it come from Nigeria? It sounds very familiar to a scam I turned in to the FBI. OK, first I just turned it in to the bank...the nut sent me a check for almost 10,000.00 for a bike. Really. I was supposed to ship the bike to him and send him a wire for the extra money. I had to laugh. He went to the trouble to fed-ex the forged check to my door...all the way from Nigeria. The bank told me to contact the police, who sent me to the CIA, who sent me to the FBI. Nobody did anything, but the check was written off of an account at a small university in the midwest. Anyway, apparently lots of these scams originate there....the language sounds very similar.



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Re: Scam crap [yaquicarbo] [ In reply to ]
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what's really funny is that it's phrased in such a way that you have the impression it's a multi million dollar deal "my client blah blah..." like you need a lawyer to sell a pair of wheels ;-)
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Re: Scam crap [Francois] [ In reply to ]
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exactly. The guy was supposedly buying the bike for his client, etc. I'll bet it's another Nigerian-originated scam.



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Re: Scam crap [yaquicarbo] [ In reply to ]
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nothing related to this...but no pvc or pac since late nov...feel better!
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Re: Scam crap [Francois] [ In reply to ]
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attaboy! hopefully, that's all behind you...



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(That which is said in Latin sounds profound)
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Re: Scam crap [Francois] [ In reply to ]
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Hey Francois---you got some wheels for sale do ya??? Can you give me some more info on what you have and $$$ amount?

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Re: Scam crap [runningmanrick] [ In reply to ]
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Yeah Francois, I have this client ......
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Re: Scam crap [runningmanrick] [ In reply to ]
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sorry mate, they're all gone
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