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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 08:44 PM
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Hello,
Thanks for your mail, I 'm interested in purchasing it.Concerning the shipment,my shipper will come and pick it up from your location as soon as we seal this transaction. A client of mine is indebited to me( $ 9,400 ) I will instruct him to issue the Cheque or money order in your name and You will deduct the cost of the
1996_Audi_A4_Quattro_2.8_Manual ($ 5,000)
and send the leftover by western union money transfer for immediate shipping arrangment of your goods as well as many other goods in several other location. If this is okay with you do get back to me immediately with your information as listed below for me to instruct my client to issue the Cheque or money order in your name. so get back to me with the following details!!!

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
TEL NUMBER:

Best regards.

NB:I WILL COMPENSATE YOU WITH $20 TO GET THE ADVERT
REMOVED FROM THE INTERNET AND CONSIDER IT SOLD TO ME
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 08:46 PM
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Almost any request like that is a stolen check or something like that.They are not interested in your car at all.
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 08:47 PM
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it doesn't sound like the most kosher transaction to me, sorta looks like a scam.
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 08:52 PM
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ITS A SCAM! I swear... don't do it.
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 09:17 PM
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as everyone else has said, this is a VERY common scam.
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 10:06 PM
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skip.
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 02:36 AM
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Default ha, yeah scam written all over that...

anything that says western union... run, do not walk away...
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 06:15 AM
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HA! scam.. they get your address then come steal the car lol
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d'oh
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have him send you a deposit via pay pal or western union. Tell him your send back the payment fees.
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