19 Aug
2011
19 Aug
'11
12:46 p.m.
One way to find out. Phone the number and ask about a completely different
and highly implausible computer situation. e.g. "I hear that you have an
original Commodore PET with the built-in tape drive". If they say "Yes!"
then it's highly probable that it's fraud. :)
Jim
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From: "g_kurico.com" <g at kurico.com>
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Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: Scam?
On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:56:07 -0500, Mark Tapley
<mtapley at swri.edu> wrote:
All,
This looks so fictitious, I just have to ask:
Anyone know "Zephyr"?
Anyone else get a similar offer?
If no and no, be careful. I have a Mac Plus and don't need a NIB
newton. Been scammed once, so I'm highly tempted to drive up to Austin
and try to arrange a face-to-face meeting. Not tempted enough, though.
A quick search online shows a "Zephyr Carroll" as being a graduate of
Westwood High in 89, so it's certainly possible that this is a real
person. The email doesn't seem too fictitious to me, but maybe I'm just
to trusting :)