ATTN CAROL: Just to show you that there are wolves out there....even on the boards!!
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Some of you saw that I was selling alot of stuff on the BST. Anyway, after answering a few PM's about coins for sale I get this PM from a member who I will keep confidential.
Hi.
I saw u are online.I got a rare Morgan Dollar for sale.
Interested?
I responded with some large amount of doubt:
It all depends on price. What do you have?
They responded:
I have a raw 1893S Morgan Dollar,in F grade.
If u give me your e-mail,i will e-mail the scans.
I can accept even $600 for it(but in cash).
Now my bs meter was pegged but I thought that I would play along. I countered with:
Do you have any references?
They wrote me back with this:
I have done some trades with user: #####
But i can sell this coin for u on yahoo auctions(i am new user there) if u like that.
If u don't want with yahoo,i agree to receive first 50% of its price.
I have not written back and most likely will not.
For most of us out there this is a blatantly obvious scam. However, there are some newbies out there that might be solicited similarly and I wanted to point out some of the danger signs.
1. There are NO Santa Clauses in numismatics!! A nice fine 1893-S is nearly a 2000$ coin wholesale. If someone is offering you something too good to be true, it usually is.
2. Stay away from people selling raw coins for cash only that you dont know. Obvious? yes. Do people ignore common sense when they see dollar signs. Yes. Enough said.
3. Beware new users on ebay and yahoo. These auction companies DO NOT protect the buyer. Caveat emptor...
If someone has received a similar PM as this, pls PM me with the party who sent it. Perhaps we can get to the bottom of the dung heap and keep the boards a safe place to buy and sell.
Very respectfully,
John
Hi.
I saw u are online.I got a rare Morgan Dollar for sale.
Interested?
I responded with some large amount of doubt:
It all depends on price. What do you have?
They responded:
I have a raw 1893S Morgan Dollar,in F grade.
If u give me your e-mail,i will e-mail the scans.
I can accept even $600 for it(but in cash).
Now my bs meter was pegged but I thought that I would play along. I countered with:
Do you have any references?
They wrote me back with this:
I have done some trades with user: #####
But i can sell this coin for u on yahoo auctions(i am new user there) if u like that.
If u don't want with yahoo,i agree to receive first 50% of its price.
I have not written back and most likely will not.
For most of us out there this is a blatantly obvious scam. However, there are some newbies out there that might be solicited similarly and I wanted to point out some of the danger signs.
1. There are NO Santa Clauses in numismatics!! A nice fine 1893-S is nearly a 2000$ coin wholesale. If someone is offering you something too good to be true, it usually is.
2. Stay away from people selling raw coins for cash only that you dont know. Obvious? yes. Do people ignore common sense when they see dollar signs. Yes. Enough said.
3. Beware new users on ebay and yahoo. These auction companies DO NOT protect the buyer. Caveat emptor...
If someone has received a similar PM as this, pls PM me with the party who sent it. Perhaps we can get to the bottom of the dung heap and keep the boards a safe place to buy and sell.
Very respectfully,
John
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Thanks for the headsup.
"Senorita HepKitty"
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I saw that u are looking to buy US type coins.
Well,i got for a while now a Morgan Dollar,year
1893S(rare)in F for sale.
Available pics on request.I am in Europe.
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My reply, as always:
Hi,
Thanks for the offer. But, on coins of this
nature I only buy them certified.
Mike
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Russ, NCNE
Tom
<< <i>I stay away from people that can't write & talk right. >>
Something like the following?
<< <i>if I get a pm like that I'll out their name quit, >>
siliconvalleycoins.com
Offered to buy coin if shipped to us......would provide references....dealers/and collectors.
No go......only accepts Western Union money order.....DUH !!
We get these at least once a week.....just makes me wonder how many people fall for
scams like this ??? obvoiusly a few do or it wouldn't continue.
Be careful out there !!
Check out my PQ selection of Morgan & Peace Dollars, and more at:
WWW.PQDOLLARS.COM or WWW.GILBERTCOINS.COM
there is a simple way to respectfully tell who he is. just ask in another thread if anyone is familiar with member ______ and explain the situation. why would you feel compelled to protect the "sanctity of the PM function" for someone you feel is a blatant scammer?? in that fashion, you actually protect him which runs contrary to common sense. it seems clear what he is doing, cruising the various forums and hoping to find a member naive enough to take the bait.
whoever he is, he should at the very least be reported to the administrator who oversees the forums. there's always talk of the forum family, would you let someone take advantage of a sibling just to protect the offenders anonymity?? i think not!!! reason says to tell us who it is and end the hoax.
al h.
If this person is really running a scam, out the name and maybe the mods will do away with this person....
I do think we are a 'forum family' and I don't want anybody getting took........
"Senorita HepKitty"
"I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
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Geeze, if you don't want to buy my coin just say so. No need to post it here
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Yeah, I hate when that happens. >>
pm me with that garbaaage.........
i'll list your name and make this board aware of it quick......
"Senorita HepKitty"
"I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
scammer number #1 just offered me 20 bucks for my tbird... some stman fellow........
"Senorita HepKitty"
"I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
he told me what he thought about my frankies..
the pm was signed NCNE????
"Senorita HepKitty"
"I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
heh heh, can't share thise one!
"Senorita HepKitty"
"I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
I AM going to do something about it and told Kranky via PM that I am going to contact Carol about it.
I just want to give everyone the benefit of the doubt before I act or slander someones name.
I got the info I needed via PM and now feel very comfortable releasing the name since numerous people have PM'd me about it.
BEWARE of mihaiinforcoins. That is the user and member that I got the note from. It was validated by many people.
I also feel like this is a family here on the boards and will do the necessary tasks to protect it.
V.r,
John
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"Senorita HepKitty"
"I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
Hi.
I saw u are online.I got a rare Morgan Dollar for sale.
Interested?"
I know who the culprit (guilty party) is. He has PM'd me the same. But I told him I hated 93-S Morgans
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.....From: "Mihai" <mihaiforgod@yahoo.com>
.....Date: Tue, February 10, 2004 10:49 pm
.....
.....U buy US coins?
(I added the dots to make the indentation.)
I told him/her that I wasn't interested...
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<< <i>BEWARE of mihaiinforcoins. That is the user and member that I got the note >>
I have had many good dealings with them.
Russ, NCNE
Is this a joke?
Joe.
<< <i>Is this a joke? >>
Joe,
Read Joe.
Russ, NCNE
1. "Hi there
Got a 1893S Morgan Dollar for sale.Grade: F
Interested?"
2. "What about a half cent,1794,in VF?"
3. "I found in my collection a nice 1893-CC Morgan,grade AU 55+.
Price is not high.
Mihai"
I asked him to send me scans of the 93-CC and his asking price. He has yet to respond.
Lucy, tell these guys you did that on purpose!
Doug
<<Name: mihaiforgod@yahoo.com
Remote Name: ##.##.##.###
Date: 02/10/2004
Time: 08:16:45 PM
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Got a 1893s MORGAN DOLLAR,in Fine.
If interested,let me know.
Mihai>>
42/92
Must have been carrying it in his pocket since then.
Russ, NCNE
V.r,
John"
Thank you John. I've had an uneasy feeling about him for a long time. He used to ask me by PM if I was interested in buying Bulgarian coins. He's from Bulgaria.
" Isn't this the same guy that was soliciting by PM in the past from India or something like that? He was told to put it on the BST and said he didn't know? Then people were sending him free coins and such. Perhaps I have the wrong person in mind, but I got the same Pm about the 93s and some PM's way back from the same person." --stman
I do believe you're talking about a member by the name of Nanda, who always enters giveaways on the Darkside, and although his/her light is frequently on, rarely ever posts for any other purpose. A group of us sent Nanda a bunch of coins last year for free, and I read a few months ago a thread by him where he was thanking people in this forum for helping him nearly complete his US type set from the mid 1850s. All for free. However, I have no reason to suspect Nanda is involved in any scams.
Mihaiiforcoins, on the other hand, is a different story.
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