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Charles Ballard
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On 28 Feb 2012, at 17:46, William G. Scott wrote:
> I thought it was some sort of allegory for tenure-track faculty positions.
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> -- Bill
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> On Feb 28, 2012, at 7:16 AM, Gerard Bricogne wrote:
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>> Dear Smita,
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>> For me, your story mostly illustrates the grave dangers of wanting to
>> own a BMW while still in high school ... ;-) .
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>> With best wishes,
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>> Gerard.
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>> --
>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 09:02:42AM -0600, Smita Mohanty wrote:
>>> Yes, this is of course a scam. My husband was almost duped by someone
>>> who wrote in the name of a close friend saying that he got mugged in
>>> Europe and to send money to return to USA. My husband of course was
>>> ready to send for his colleague but just gave a call to his friend to
>>> make this not a scam. Of course, it was a scam.
>>>
>>> Only last night we saved ourselves from another scam. I think it is
>>> good share with the group. My son (in high school) found a 2005 BMW X5
>>> on an internet site. The car's blue book price is $26,000 but the
>>> asking price by the seller is $2775. Sounds too good to be true. But
>>> when my son (who dreams to own a BMW) contacted the owner (Amanda
>>> Stone), she replied him immediately saying her son died two months back
>>> in an automobile accident hit by a drunk driver while riding his
>>> fiancee's car. She simply wants to sell the car so that someone else
>>> can use it and she is not interested in making money. She said that she
>>> has a deal with e-bay and that the car will be shipped by e-bay to the
>>> buyer once the buyer pays the price that will be hold by e-bay. The
>>> buyer has 5 days to check the car out and if decides not to buy, the car
>>> will be shipped back to e-bay at seller's cost and buyer gets back his
>>> money. She sent an invoice that was from e-bay with e-bay logo and
>>> exactly looking genuine.
>>>
>>> She sent car pictures and Vin and my husband checked the car out with
>>> car fax. She wanted the money to be sent to a e-bay financial expert
>>> through moneygram although she sent name and address of an e-bay expert.
>>> That is when my husband called up e-bay just to make sure before he
>>> send the moneygram out. That is when e-bay told him this is a scam and
>>> that e-bay never asks for moneygram. That all transactions are done on
>>> e-bay site only and that e-bay does not get any contract like the one we
>>> had. E-bay told us that their logo has/can be copied to make an invoice
>>> appears to have come from them. Of course, we went all communications
>>> and invoice to e-bay. We lost only $35 for car fax.
>>>
>>> Lesson: we need to be aware of any advertisements on internet or
>>> unsolicited e-mails. Here is a site to read about different scams-
>>>
>>> http://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/be_crime_smart
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Smita
>>>
>>>>>> Vellieux Frederic <[log in to unmask]> 2/28/2012 7:01 AM >>>
>>> From: regnicat@, reply to: regniica@...
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>>> Somehow I don't believe someone in such a situation would write to
>>> ccp4bb instead of calling the family back home. Using Skype since there
>>>
>>> is apparently internet access !
>>>
>>> And I rather view with my mind's eye someone sitting in an internet
>>> cafe
>>> in (say) Lagos, or the Paris suburbs or Kingston or...
>>>
>>> Fred
>>>
>>> Catherine Regni wrote:
>>>> I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,my family and I came over here
>>>
>>>> to Madrid,Spain for a short vacation. unfortunately,we were mugged
>>> at
>>>> the park of the hotel where we stayed,all cash and credit card were
>>>> stolen off us but luckily for us we still have our passports with
>>> us.
>>>>
>>>> We've been to the Embassy and the Police here but they're not
>>> helping
>>>> issues at all and our flight leaves in few hours from now but we're
>>>> having problems settling the hotel bills and the hotel manager won't
>>>
>>>> let us leave until we settle the bills. Well I really need your
>>>> financial assistance..Please, Let me know if you can help us out? Am
>>>
>>>> freaked out at the Moment.
>>>>
>>>> Catherine Regni......
>>>>
>>>> Catherine Regni, Ph.D.
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