Hoax?

[Don Champion]

Today I received an e-mail from offering to sell me a BC MILAM #4 Brass/GS casting reel at only 700$. Has e-bay & Western Union MoneyGram on it. Also some Japanese lettering. I believe this to be a hoax and have reported it to e-bay. Besides, I haven't bid on a reel like this. Stay alert!

[GeigerNY]

I have recieved two such emails from two different people the last couple of days for the same type of reel. Must be one of Santas helpers out early.
George

[drexelantiques]

I sell on eBay, and sell just about anything. I had fished a tournament and won a couple of Shimano baitcasters. I've never cared for Shimano reels, so put them for sale on eBay. I had someone contact me, obviously thinking I was a shimano dealer, and offer to buy 50 Shimano spinning reels from me, and they wanted to pay with a credit card and have them shipped to Indonesia. The reels they wanted to order retail for $900 apiece. So they only wanted to order $45,000 worth. They offered to pay for FedEx shipping, nice of them wasn't it. Of course the credit card would have been stolen. I may have fallen off a truck, but it sure wasn't a turnip truck, and I didn't depart from it yesterday.

[SWIM JIG]

to Don, and George and all others,The newest scam is ( the buyer will win a bid, then send the seller a cashiers check or money order, for a lot more than the purchase and the frieght, the buyer says to give whats ever left to their state side contact, now the seller takes the payment item be it the casiers check or money order to the sellers bank, they say its good, and are willing to advance $2000.00 to the holder and the bal in 10 days, So the seller has (for demo purpose) $6500.00 due him, the item paying for it is $7500.00 so the seller wraps up the item pays shipping on it and off it goes to a address in (for example) germany, then the seller sends the bal. after he takes out his cost to the mailing address in the states, (its only a drop box) you can rent them coledge kids use them all the time. Now the buyer has the goods, the shipper is paid the extra cash is gone, and then comes the call from the bank, ( sorry to tell you that money order is no good will you please bring in the $2000.00 we advanced you? and a $150.00 charge for the problem or shall we debit your account?) now the seller is out their merchndice, and their money and the person overseas is the winner, This happened here in OHIO and is now going on all over the states) Folks be carefull it may be attempted to be used on any of us! Your Ohio Conection Col. Milton Lorens aka SWIM JIG I will try to find that newspaper artical