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Here is a classic example of the scam emails, received by my sister in N.H.
a couple of days ago right after she posted an ad for a horse for sale.
These aren't written by the brightest bulbs:

"Hello,
   I am interest in your horse and mode of payment will be by certified
check ,so give me the price and the picture of the car. Get back to me as
soon as possible."

> -----Original Message-----
> From: RHONDA LEVINSON [mailto:rhndlev@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 8:48 AM
> To: maryann.spencer@xxxxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [RC] [RC] horse ads responses....how does one 
> know what is
> legit??
>
>
> I reply to all responses to my ads with a standard e-mail 
> that states if the 
> buyer decides to purchase my horse, trailer, whatever, that 
> my bank requires 
> that a copy of all cashiers checks or money orders be faxed 
> to them ahead of 
> time so that the check can be verified.  Further, I do not 
> intend to forward 
> any funds from any check anywhere until the funds are 
> actually sitting in 
> the brand new account that I have opened for the sole purpose 
> of depositing 
> this check.  If these requirements meet with the buyer's 
> approval, please 
> e-mail me back.
>
> Out of the many initial responses I have gotten, I have 
> gotten ONE reply 
> after sending my little statement of my requirements.  That 
> person did, 
> indeed, fax me the copy of the cashiers check and waited for 
> my bank to 
> verify it before they came and picked up the trailer.  
> Legitimate buyers 
> won't mind letting you do this.
>
> Rhonda
>
> "...when the last individual of a race of living things 
> breathes no more, 
> another Heaven and another Earth must pass before such a one 
> can be again."  
> William Beebe
>
>
>
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