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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wally, thanks. This is a modified version of
the older "my partners and I have arranged to transfer XX$$ out of my country
due to internal unrest..." email scam. It's being used now in just about
any "for sale" venue.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oldest advice is best..."If it sounds too good to
be true..."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>#276 <FONT face="Book Antiqua"><EM>"Mary
Ann"</EM></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Wally Moran" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:helm@georgianbaysailing.ca"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>helm@georgianbaysailing.ca</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 4:47
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: [Alberg30] BOAT BUYING SCAM - BE
CAREFUL</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>> Hello all - please pass the following on to every boater you
know.<BR>> I was contacted two weeks ago by someone wanting to buy a boat I
had <BR>> advertised on the net, which I sold about two years ago.<BR>> He
offered about double what I had wanted - $4000 US. I suggested <BR>> that I
knew of another boat he could buy if interested. He replied ok <BR>> and
asked for a price, which I gave him.<BR>> He was allegedly buying this boat
for a client in South Africa and <BR>> would have a client here in North
America send me a bank draft for an <BR>> amount about $1200 more than the
price of the boat. I would then send <BR>> the balance back to him via
Western Union to an address in Nigeria <BR>> which he gave me, and his
shipper would pick up the boat.<BR>> When the bank draft finally arrived, it
was in US dollars rather than <BR>> Canadian dollars as he had advised me it
would be, and considerably <BR>> more than the cost of the boat. I took the
draft to the correspondent <BR>> Canadian bank (the Royal) to have them check
the authenticity of the <BR>> draft, as this deal had all along seemed to
good to be true.<BR>> Sure enough, it was bogus.<BR>> Had I not checked on
it and cashed this through my regular bank, <BR>> where I am trusted, I would
have sent these people $6300 US, plus <BR>> bought a boat that I doubt would
have been picked up by them, putting <BR>> me out $14,500. I might also have
been accused of and/or arrested for <BR>> fraud for attempting to cash this
draft.<BR>> So be warned if someone wants to buy a boat you have for sale and
the <BR>> deal sounds funny.<BR>> The name of the scammer was Dean Olawale
and his e-mail address is <BR>> </FONT><A
href="mailto:deanautofares@yahoo.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>deanautofares@yahoo.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>.<BR>> If
you have come across anything like this, contact your local police <BR>> and
give them my e-mail, or have them contact Const. Kerry Graham of <BR>> the
Ontario Provincial Police, at 705-326-3536.<BR>> Also, keep in mind that this
sort of scam could be used for nearly <BR>> any piece of equipment - cars,
planes, whatever. Pass the word along <BR>> to everyone you know and your
local media.<BR>> <BR>> Yours truly,<BR>> <BR>> Wally Moran<BR>>
<BR>> -- <BR>> The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours
spent in <BR>> sailing. Anon<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.georgianbaysailing.ca"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>www.georgianbaysailing.ca</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> for
interesting reading for sailors<BR>>
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