This e-mail sounds fishy. anybody else got one?

Terry Sneed · Post by **Terry Sneed** » 15 Jul 2005 12:48 pm

I 'm interested in purchasing your Hwy 1 Strat . .I will like to know your last price and the present condition of it and also i will want you to attach the picture.payment will be made by Money Order.So i will be waiting to hear from you soonest.
Thanks
Peter

Is this ligit, or is this some kind of scam? what do ya'll think?
Terry

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Mullen D10 /8x5 / session 500rd/ American Strat Highway 1 model
steelin for my Lord

Kyle Aaron · Post by **Kyle Aaron** » 15 Jul 2005 12:57 pm

I just got one of those for my Dobro. I sent it to Bobby Hunter.

Was it a Yahoo address?

Willie Crisel · Post by **Willie Crisel** » 15 Jul 2005 1:29 pm

I got one also,must be a scam,unless it's cash or a postal money order forget it,

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1977 Emmons SD10 push pull 3 and 4, 1990 ,Emmons Legrand II 8 and 4 Peavey LTD Peavey Session 400 Ibanez analog delay

Howard Tate · Post by **Howard Tate** » 15 Jul 2005 1:51 pm

Terry, I got one with the exact same words, except it said Sierra Session instead of Hwy 1 Strat. This guy sends a lot of these using the name Peter Anderson. Wish there was a way to catch him, I guess let every one know about him.

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Howard, 'Les Paul Recording, Zum S12U, Vegas 400, Boss ME-5, Boss DM-3, DD-3, Sierra Session D-10
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Keith Cordell · Post by **Keith Cordell** » 15 Jul 2005 2:00 pm

Yeah I was dumb enough to respond thinking it was a European Forum bro. He sent me this after-
Thanks for your mail, I 'm interested in purchasing it.Concerning the shipment,my shipper will come and pick it up from your location as soon as we seal this transaction. A client of mine is owing me some funds ($5000)I will instruct him to issue the money order in your name and You will deduct the cost of the (Rickenbacker B6 ($1000) and send the leftover by western union money transfer for immediate shipping arrangment of your goods as well as many other goods in several other location. If this is okay with you do get back to me immediately with your information as listed below for me to instruct my client to issue the money order or cheque in your name. so get back to me with the following details!!!
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
TEL NUMBER:
So i will be waiting to hear from you asap.
Best regards.
Peter

Terry Sneed · Post by **Terry Sneed** » 15 Jul 2005 2:09 pm

Ok thanks guys. I had gotten one similar to this one about a year ago, so I figured it was a scam. If these guys could half way spell they would come closer to pullin it off.LOL!

Terry

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Mullen D10 /8x5 / session 500rd/ American Strat Highway 1 model
steelin for my Lord

Joey Gaskins · Post by **Joey Gaskins** » 15 Jul 2005 2:10 pm

I also got one, and forwarded it to "wizardo"

Bobby D. Hunter · Post by **Bobby D. Hunter** » 15 Jul 2005 2:47 pm

Guys;
The emails you are getting from "Peter Anderson" and "Tim Peter" are all from the same person, a "Guyman" in Lagos, Nigeria. Please do not respond to him.

Those of you who Forwarded his scams to me AS ATTACHMENTS did the right thing. I have tracked down his location in Lagos, Nigeria. He either is, or gets his Internet Service from this person, in case any of you want to complain to him/them:

419 Scammer ISP: 81.199.6.0 - 81.199.6.255
Company: Ezu Communications Ltd, Nigeria
Person: Emeka Nwokike
Address-1: 33 Ezu drive Aguda Surulere
Address-2: Lagos, Nigeria
Phone: +234 803 7275249
Email: Ezucomm@yahoo.com
Notify: lir@ipplanet.net

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Bobby D. Hunter
Security for SGF
Hunting down Slimeball Game
Reporting member of SpamCop
[This message was edited by Bobby D. Hunter on 15 July 2005 at 03:48 PM.]

JOZEF SMITH · Post by **JOZEF SMITH** » 15 Jul 2005 3:27 pm

I got one from the same Peter wanting to buy my PSG.The wording of the message is the same as mentioned above. Forwarded E-mail to Bobby Lee.

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 15 Jul 2005 5:09 pm

According to my bank, the bad guys are getting very good at counterfiting POSTAL MONEY ORDERS as well as CASHIERS CHECKS. My bank sees about $6000 a month in counterfit checks come through. Wire transfer seems the safest, or just a personal check. Don't ship until ANY check clears the bank. If the bad guy's postal money order or cashiers check bounces, the bank will cover themselves out of YOUR account. So, don't ship OR spend that money until the bank clears the check. Anyone honest won't mind a few days for things to clear.

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 15 Jul 2005 5:13 pm

Ditto.... I did a Forum search and found nobody named Peter listed, so a quick Deleto! steve t

Jon den Boer · Post by **Jon den Boer** » 15 Jul 2005 6:32 pm

I just got the same message exactly, concerning my Tut Taylor... should have forwarded to B0b I guess, but deleted it. I HATE SCAMS, I love this forum.

Jon

Curt Langston · Post by **Curt Langston** » 15 Jul 2005 6:46 pm

Heys Guys, remember this? This is from "Peter Anderson" Don't fall for it.

<a href='http://usera.imagecave.com/steelplayer/Bek063.jpg'><img src='http://usera.imagecave.com/steelplayer/ ... g.jpg'></a>

Curt Langston · Post by **Curt Langston** » 15 Jul 2005 6:49 pm

Oh, and here is the way he mailed them..........Pathetic...............

<a href='http://usera.imagecave.com/steelplayer/Bek053.jpg'><img src='http://usera.imagecave.com/steelplayer/ ... g.jpg'></a>

J PARKER · Post by **J PARKER** » 15 Jul 2005 8:54 pm

I got a email from him peter anderson as well. I believe its a scam or something. He was wanting to buy my Rains guitar. Jim

Bobby D. Hunter · Post by **Bobby D. Hunter** » 15 Jul 2005 9:21 pm

People, Just to clarify things again, do NOT send your scam emails to b0b Lee - the Forum Administrator, rather, send them to me, Bobby D. Hunter. I am the security officer for the SGF. I track down Slimeball Game on your behalf. b0b is busy keeping the Forum online and has no time for dealing with tracking down scammers. I do. Send them to me as attachments so I can read the full original headers.

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Bobby D. Hunter
Security for SGF
Hunting down Slimeball Game
Reporting member of SpamCop
[This message was edited by Bobby D. Hunter on 15 July 2005 at 10:22 PM.]

Billy Carr · Post by **Billy Carr** » 16 Jul 2005 12:42 am

I wonder where ole Pete,Peter,Tim or whatever his name was planning on putting all his instruments. I got a message from him also. Matter of fact, four in a row. No deal!

Michael Weaver · Post by **Michael Weaver** » 16 Jul 2005 2:24 am

I also received one from him trying to buy my MSA. I told him that that there is no way I would sell him anything, and that I knew it was a scam.

Michael Weaver · Post by **Michael Weaver** » 16 Jul 2005 2:26 am

Bobby,
Since you already have this sleezeball tracked down, would you still like me to send you the message I received?

Ernie Pollock · Post by **Ernie Pollock** » 16 Jul 2005 3:48 am

I got those same emails for a GFI Economy I have for sale, I 'smelled' a rat right off & new it had to be a scam. Be careful who you try & sell your things to, theres plenty of 'crooks' out there looking for the unsuspecting soul!!

Ernie Pollock http://www.hereintown.net/~shobud75/stock.htm

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Bobby D. Hunter · Post by **Bobby D. Hunter** » 16 Jul 2005 12:45 pm

There is no need to forward Peter Anderson or Tim Peters emails that arrived between July 12 through 15, as I have tracked the source and taken action already. I would be interested in any with a timestamp of July 16 (PDT), or later, as they might lead me to a new ISP to block.

Remember that the headers are more important than the message body (for my purposes), so either forward the originals as attachments, or copy and paste the full headers only into a new message to me. My email address can be found from the Send Email link.

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Bobby D. Hunter
Security for SGF
Hunting down Slimeball Game
Reporting member of SpamCop