From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Thu Aug 15 2002 - 00:54:28 EDT
David..
I have a brand new Rolls Royce, custom built for the King of Saudi..
it is the very LAST Crewe built Rolls ever to be produced and i will sell it
to you, for only $5000 wired to my bank account in romania..
why? the king did not like the color of the bumpers..
so this amazing bargain can be YOURS.. WOW, WOW, AMAZING..
my NAME..??
Osama binScrewU
in short, and with apologies, don't be an UTTER FOOL by actually falling for
that crap..!
the serial number, model number and so forth are all available on the
outside of the box..
take a look at http://www.thinkpads.com/T3092U.jpg if you want to see an
example..
this is for a new T30 i recently sold on ebay..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2043513064
read what i say in my auction about fraud..!
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Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
WEB page http://thinkpads.com
thinkpads.com Open Forum
http://www.afaonline.com:8080/webboard/$webb.exe/~2/login?
or go to thinkpads.com and link from there
E-Mail: bill at thinkpads dot com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave" <rdsims_at_odyssey.on.ca>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 10:31 PM
Subject: checking TP serial numbers
> Hi Group.. I've been offered a sealed top of the line loaded A31P
> Thinkpad at a screaming bargain price (read too-good-to-be-true)..
> Seller claims he can't give me model and serial numbers without opening
> the box, thereby eliminating the "sealed" from the equation... He won't
> open unless I guarentee to buy... I won't guarentee to buy until i can
> check the serial number..( I used to have a cat that chased her tail in
> the same never-ending circle!!)
>
> Question.. Assuming I can convince the seller to open the box and give
> the serial number, is there an IBM site I can log on to, to check
> whether this has been reported as stolen?
>
> Oh, and another piece of good news.. the seller is in ROMANIA..wants me
> to wire the money directly to him, and THEN he will ship the TP.. like
> that's gonna happen without some kind of escrow service!!!
>
> Anyway, thanks for the help.
>
> Regards.
>
> Dave
>
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