I go chop your dollar

[zoom man]

Lolita, firstly, when you sober up, don't do this. Everyone here is right.

I received an e-mail from 'Pay-Pal' once
asking me to confirm my account status
and this was, of course, shortly after my old bank, Wachovia, was bought out by Wells Fargo,
so I was believing it
but something seemed fishy (I don't remember what, sorry... maybe the reply e-mail addy)
and I forwarded it to spoof@paypal.com
like mjp told you to do,
and that was the end of it... it was a scam, and
thate e-mail, asking for my account info looked exactly like it was from Pay-Pal

Secondly, and honest to God,
I talked to my Mother today
(after 1 of the Most Hiedeous Days I've Had (start that thread Gerard and I'll be all over it :eek:)
and, knowing how I like to play on e-Bay,
asked me to look into selling my late Grandfather's Large Grand Baldwin,
bought new in 1963 for $20k+
and truly in immaculate condition
(he was a music professor at University and loved to play and tune her often,
behind closed doors and alone).

I couldn't believe it.....

now thinking maybe 'local pickup only.'

Ok, good luck, and keep us updated

 

[nervas]

I find all of this very hard to believe? I really thought anyone under 80 in America understood these things were fake? No one, NO ONE would ever send someone money FIRST, to sell something? I just thought, Lolita, you were not sober again, and talking shit about something. But the way you have persisted makes me think you're really trying to tell a story here, or have been seriously scammed? Like the stranger I met the other day who had a $4,800.00 really nice looking check from someone he did not know. Nor did he know why it was sent to him? Or the guy I knew that had a $5000.00 really good looking check from someone who was buying the $200.00 worth of merchandise he was selling on craigslist. You know, they just wanted him to send $200.00 back and the merchandise he was selling!

But I would not in any way be surprised if you come back and say, nope, no scam, it was all legit and me and my significant other are sitting here with $13,000.00 for a piano we only wanted 10K for! Because, you're Lolita Twist.

 

[Lolita Twist]

Lookie! Lolita!
Piano sellers, beware of piano buyer scams!
http://www.pianoworld.com/scams.html

:| Oh dear.

Oh, and nervas. I'd like it very well to all work out, because I am Lolita Twist. But... now that I hear all you guys say this. I am incredibly nervous. Especially for Ken (significant other), and do not know how to explain any of this to him. Oh shit.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Damn, the irony of this thread. Well, at least someone in Nigeria is having a great day.

That's the way to pull it all together Stavrogin.

although we're paying her an awful lot of attention (she even got her own thread out of it!) so maybe we're the ones getting scammed...

Lol!

Lolita, firstly, when you sober up, don't do this. Everyone here is right.
(after 1 of the Most Hideous Days I've Had (start that thread Gerard and I'll be all over it :eek:)

In a Bukowski Forum, that would be an appropriate thread, Thanks for the suggestion and I'm curious about your day.

 

[number6horse]

Lolita: Has anything been straightened out about the piano situation ? Please post when you find out, OK ?

 

[Lolita Twist]

I PM'd you.

And for everyone here I'll update you:

I forwarded the e-mails from paypal to spoof, and they've yet to get back to me. Though when forwarding them I noticed something... the font was different, and the e-mail address was slightly different from when I've used paypal before. Instead of being just plain "service", the e-mail said "service@paypal.com". And as I said, the font was almost unnoticeable, but undoubtedly different. Now I am nervous about sending Don Juan's $500 on the 3rd...

 

[mjp]

You are a colossal fucking moron who deserves to be robbed if you are still considering it. So that's the end of this. We have wasted enough time on your empty headed bullshit.