Man this is some scary stuff. A fedex guy came this morning to pick up the "thinkpad" and three emails came from the scammers. Their grammar is the worst. The "moneygram" confirmations come from moneygram.name- lol! Who ever falls for this?
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Hi ,
We are a procurement concern and we specialise in purchasing preowned goods on behalf of our clients worldwide. We however have and order for IBM Thinkpad T43 266876U. Our client has offered to pay $1,900
Please, We will arrange to remit payment for purchase to you . a prepaid shipper will come to your home for pickup.
Best Regards,
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Thanks for the respond ,
SInce you have agree with the condtion we are also glad to let you know that we will proceed with the payment rigth away .
so we will like you to mail us back immediately you receive the payment approval confirmation from the bank
thanks and hope to hear back soonest
mr cubegrey and family @aolfamily .us
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-----Original Message-----
From:
confirmations@moneygram.name [mailto:confirmations@moneygram.name]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 8:45 AM
To:
Subject: MoneyGram®Order Pending**
Dear xxxx,
Thanks for using MoneyGram®. We have received your order to have a
$350.00 Western Union® Money Order sent to you from Cubegrey for the auction item IBM Thinkpad T43 266876U .An email has also been sent to him, to notify him of your Pending order.Upon approval, both you and the buyer will receive an Order Approved email informing you that the money order is being processed and sent.
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Below is the information entered by the buyer
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Your order is PENDING APPROVAL. Most of our orders are approved within 24 hours of being placed; however, there may be exceptions. Some items may be considered high risk because of the item cost or description. These types of orders are subject to additional verification and may take longer to approve.
Thank you for using MoneyGram. We look forward to serving your online auction payment needs in the future.
Sincerely
MoneyGram
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-----Original Message-----
From:
confirmations@moneygram.name [mailto:confirmations@moneygram.name]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 9:06 AM
To:
Subject: MoneyGram®***Approval Confirmation***
Dear xxxx,
Congratulations! The order placed by the buyer of your item: CubeGrey has consequently been Approved.The Order will be send by the close of the next business day after you receive this email. Below are the order details.
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Your order number: 24700195
Auction Item Amount: $1750
Includes shipping of auction item.
Payment Delivery Method: Upon approval, a money order delivered via
First Class® Mail will be received in approximately 5-7 business days, but may take up to 10 business days.
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***ATTENTION***
The order has been APPROVED, you can now ship the merchandise to the buyer's shipping address. You are expected to make the shipment with 48 hours of recieving this Payment Approval Notification and get to our Costumer/Technical Dept. with the tracking number for Shippment Verification.
If the buyer has requested that the item be sent to any address other than the one provided above, please ship the item OUT and notify us immediately .Be sure to include the Western Moneygram Auction Payments order number and the change of address the buyer has requested. Also, include change of addressâ?? has the subject of your email.
***PLEASE NOTE***
The Money OrderSM will NOT be dispatched or get to your resident until the shipment has been verified. This measure is taken in order to protect both seller and buyer interests and to reduce the occurrence of fraudulent activities.
*SHIPMENT VERIFICATION*
You can have the shipment confirmed/verified in any of the following ways: 1. Contact us back with the shipment tracking number.
***PLEASE NOTE***
Due to the fact that Moneygram processes thousands of orders daily, MONEYGRAM RECOMMENDS contacting the Customer Support Representative that has been assigned to this particular Order directly. This ensures speedy verification of shipment as well as prompt dispatch the Money OrderSM. Send shippment tracking details to:confirmations@moneygram.name
2. You can give the buyer of your auction item the TRACKING NUMBER of the shipment and once he/she verifies the shipment, he/she will also notify us immediately.
Please do not let your buyer gain access to this Payment Approval Notication.
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Once shipment has been verified, You will receive a " ORDER
CONFIRMATION" email from Moneygram® informing you that the Money OrderSM has been dispatched. You will also receive a ""10 DIGIT MoneyGram® PIN" in this email.
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*CUSTOMER SUPPORT*
If you have any questions, Please feel free to contact the Customer Support Representative that has been assigned to this particular Order at:
confirmations@moneygram.name
If the buyer has requested that the item be sent to any address other
than the one provided above, please do ship the item and notify the
buyer immediately.
Thank you for using MoneyGram. We look forward serving you online auction payment needs in the future.
Sincerely,
MoneyGram
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