I'm for helping. Fred, we need this flakes e-mail address.
Brad
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Mark Milotay wrote:
>
> Fellow Listers,
>
> Let's help Fred out on this. If he was to give us all the miscreants email
> address, we could all forward on the various junk emails that we find
> ourselves plagued with. This bombing of messages offering him XXX sites,
> and make money quick opportunities might be just the form of irritation to
> force him on to the straight and narrow. That is unless he turns out to be
> like the fellow that offered to sell a friend of mine an MGA TC engine, but
> turned out to be operating out of a Federal Pen at a payphone with a copy
> of Hemmings. I think that we owe it to maintaining the sanctity of the Net
> to abuse him into good behaviour.
>
> - Mark
>
> At 08:31 AM 15/10/1999 -0600, Fred Griffiths wrote:
> >
> >
> >Hi guys & Gals,
> > Don't know if this is what you call 'bombing'(if so, I apologize)
> the list, but
> >I want to warn you about a guy selling Spitfire parts. He's stung me so far.
> >
> > Guy named R. Nick Durham of Cincinnatti, OH (I have complete
> address & Phone No)
> >was introduced to me via a list member. (I'm not blaming anyone on the
> list.) We
> >corresponded via email for a week, and in June he was to send me a motor
> (or part of)
> >via a trucking company that I had arranged. I'd pay freight and all
> customs/clearances
> >etc.
> >
> > By July nothing had happened - all kinds of excuses, so I said
> wait till
> >September. I send a bank draft to the address he gave me. More emails,
> more phone
> >calls but no motor arrives. It is now October and even several phone
> calls haven't
> >nudged him into action. I'll have to admit I'm being 'had'.
> >
> > So, if Nick Durham (perhaps his alias is Bull Durham) wants to
> sell you any
> >Spitfire parts, particularly a 70/71 MK IV motor - get the motor first
> then worry about
> >paying. I've already paid for it.
> >
> > If anyone in Cincinatti wants to pay Mr. Durham a visit on my
> behalf, I'd make
> >some kind of compensation. Heck I'd even provide the persuader!
> >
> >Caveat Emptor,
> >Cheers, Fred
> >--
> >Fred & Wendy Griffiths
> >Calgary, Canada
> >mailto: griffco@cadvision.com
> >http://www.cadvision.com/griffco/index.htm
> >
> >
> >
> >
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