On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:

> Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes:
>
> > the ad has the typical earmarks of the common 'nigerian scam' .
> >
> > notice, they always start out with an explantion of the seller's
> difficult
> > circumstances - reasons why you are going to get a killer deal.
>
> Also notice they refer to "my car" and "the car" never anything specific
> like a make or model... in this case it stands out even more because
> this is a van not a car.  This is a boilerplate email that is used on
> probably hundreds of fake ads in different local craigslist sites.
>

Maybe we should see how many of us "she" will agree to ship it to...

:)

mike

>
> Allan
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> 1991 Vanagon GL
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