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Old 07-10-2004, 12:59 PM   #7
Larry_OHF
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Join Date: March 1, 2001
Location: Midlands, South Carolina
Age: 48
Posts: 14,759
I have something to add to this warning.

My brother-in-law tried to buy an expensive sowing machine from a lady in Britian. He paid through paypal. When the time elapsed and no machine was sent, he called her and she claimed that she no longer had a paypal account. She asked him to send a money order, which he refused. She then asked him to go to Western Union, create an account, then change the name to her name so she can withdrawl the cash...then change it back to his name again after the money was withdrawn. He refused that too, and called paypal to report her and get his money back from the account deposit. The person he spoke to said that the Western Union trick was a popular one, and that it was a scam to get him to create an account that she could have access to, even after he changed the name back.
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