Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/29

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Palpal scam
From: mail at gpsy.com (Karen Nakamura)
Date: Sat Jan 29 20:48:13 2005
References: <200501242100.j0OL0ORh001870@server1.waverley.reid.org> <61ADE7F8-6E51-11D9-A645-0003931D0740@mindspring.com>

At 4:46 PM -0500 05.1.24, Jeff Sumner wrote:
>When I'm behind a firewall and am bored, I'll usually fill in the 
>blocks on those phish sites with "YOU ARE GOING TO JAIL" entries, or 
>worse, depending on how aggrivated. I placed a bid on a new Nikon S3 
>(and to lose, it was a silly-low bid, I was just playing around) and 
>got dozens of requests for my account from all sorts of places I 
>didn't even have accounts. Then the offers from Russia, and several 
>other easter European countries suggesting I send THEM what I bid 
>Western Union ASAP, and I'll have a camera from them pronto.

I get the same e-mails too. I e-mail them back saying I'm interested 
in the Nikon S3 with Nikop anamorphic anastigmatic protocor 50mm 
f/0.3 lens, do they have it? They usually do. :-)

Karen

-- 
Karen Nakamura
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/
http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/

Replies: Reply from jdos2 at mindspring.com (Jeff Sumner) ([Leica] OT: Palpal scam)
In reply to: Message from lew at speakeasy.net (Lew Schwartz) ([Leica] OT: Palpal scam)
Message from jdos2 at mindspring.com (Jeff Sumner) ([Leica] OT: Palpal scam)