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[leon]

Hi Guys I have received a PM from some member with zero post asking for an item that I don't have, and have never posted here, as a for sale item.

Should I open this PM, as I don't even know of him, and he dose supply his E-Mail address.

just need your suggestion.

Thanks Leon

[h0ughy (David)]

report the PM by selecting the cross on the right

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Obviously I'm not a moderator Leon but here's my 2 cents worth...

Read the PM (can't do any harm) - respond to or ignore it as necessary, but all 'on forum' ie PMs only - no need to give out your email address.

All the best
Doug

[h0ughy (David)]

Leon dont report my post but the PM that was sent to you IE from your inbox if you open the pm then there will be the same report cross in the top right

[Octane (Humayun)]

Could be a variation on one of the Nigerian 419 scams. They send these out via emails; I get them quite often. They get in contact with you saying that they want to buy stuff from your web site. Then, they ask you for an item and price list as well as your web site URL! Does not compute! They email you wanting to buy stuff from your site and then ask you what your site is!

The people who get suckered into this end up getting involved in a sophisticated dodgy cheque scam.

Once all the nonsense in-between is sorted out and the dollar signs start appearing: the scammer will offer to send more money (in the form of a cheque) than what your items are worth, by a considerable amount.

Example: you're selling stuff for $100, they'll send you a cheque for $10,000, ask you to keep $2,500 (for your trouble), and send the other $7,400 back to him.

Once you've done that, and the cheque shows up as a dodgy, you, as the depositer are liable for a criminal offense, while the scammer gets away.

H

[leon]

Thanks Guys, I have been there before, and now that I think about it it was with the same item as this chap is suggesting i sell to him, although I don't have that anymore.

Opp's sorry Houghy, thanks for your help

Catch ya later H.

Leon

By the way guys we are relaxing at a place called Balingup, which is somewhere in the South West corner of WA, we will be here for three days and then move to errrr,

[renormalised (Carl)]

I'd have a look at it, then report it.

There's lots of places over WA with "up" at the end of their names. Seems everything in WA is "up"

[MrB (Simon)]

Originally Posted by Octane

Example: you're selling stuff for $100, they'll send you a cheque for $10,000, ask you to keep $2,500 (for your trouble), and send the other $7,400 back to him.

Still amazes me that people get fooled by these.. It just seems so obvious

Originally Posted by leon

By the way guys we are relaxing at a place called Balingup, which is somewhere in the South West corner of WA, we will be here for three days and then move to errrr,

Nice part of the world tho a bit dry this time of the year. In the wetter months it is great.
I'm there once or twice a year due to ARC and state rallies.

Originally Posted by renormalised

There's lots of places over WA with "up" at the end of their names. Seems everything in WA is "up"

A lot of the naming around the South West comes from the 'Noongar' language.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noongar

"Visitors to Western Australia invariably notice the many placenames ending in -up, such as Joondalup, Nannup and Manjimup. This is because in the Noongar language, -up means "place of". For example the name Ongerup means "place of the male kangaroo"

[MrB (Simon)]

Leon..
Has anyone told you about the "Astrofest" event?
March 12th at Curtin University
http://www.astronomywa.net.au/whats-happening/astrofest

Seems to be directed more toward the general public than us astro tragics.
Might be a tad out-of-the-way too if you're down Balingup way!

[leon]

From what the locals tell me the UP bit stands for water.

Thanks Simon i will look into that, there is no such thing as "out of the way" for us, we go where we want to, or the wind blows.

Leon