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"Hi, How are you doing? Am writing you in regards to your advert and i'm interested in your room apartment, Am from Australia and i will be having some seminars coming up soon in US. Right now am working for a Non Government Organization on a program on children with orphans and heart related probs.My next program/seminars will be in US and I will need a room to stay for these seminars, so I want to secure a room before my arrival to the states. I can't wait to arrive to US cause I've heard a lot about US.Moreso I will be staying for the period of 12-13 months, Pls do get back to me with the room description, move in rent fees for the first month,Utilities and deposit if included. And if any picture of the room is available, kindly attach it with your reply please.Hope to read from you. Have a wonderful and productive day. Thanks... Lizzy"

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"I'm only looking for short term leasers, for no more than a couple months. Sorry! Jessica"

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"Hi, Thanks for the response to my introductory mail,i will like you to know the full information about me. I was born and razed in Australia,i am quiet and easy going person to live with. I'm 26 years of age, I am extremely clean,quiet and respectful, I am a sensitive, intelligent, patient and caring person, have a good sense of humor and am easy to get on with. I am a faithful and committed person, who is very considerate of other people's feelings. I don't drug, I don't smoke and i don't drink.. I enjoy going out with my friends to movies, plays, parks, hikes, anything to do with the ocean and horses but i'm cool living with people.I really do appreciate the breakdown details of the room.I must confess i'm comfortable with the cost of the room and its quite reasonable and affordable . I will like to make the payment for the first month ahead of my arrival, and then i will make subsequent payment thereafter as i plan to stay for more than 3months,'ve told my boss about this and he promised to make sure that he will meet up with the payment so that I can depart from here as scheduled.He also said I will have the advantage to make payment for deposit .I should arrive to US on or before the 25th of January, so pls keep room for me till my arrival.He also said my mode of payment will be the Most acceptable,safer and reliable means of payment which is United state certified money order,so get back to me with your name and address so that i can send you the payment as early as possible. Kindest Regards, Lizzy"

1/11/2007 6:26:35 PM

I'm thinking its a scam, simply because of the atrocious spelling and grammar, but can money orders be faked easily?

1/11/2007 6:27:21 PM

how can you not tell that's a scam?

1/11/2007 6:27:26 PM

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"how can you not tell that's a scam?"

1/11/2007 6:27:53 PM

hey, she said certified money order, so I was just makin sure.

1/11/2007 6:29:25 PM

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"can money orders be faked easily?"

yes

1/11/2007 6:45:17 PM

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"Right now am working for a Non Government Organization on a program on children with orphans and heart related probs."

do what now?

1/11/2007 6:55:22 PM

they speak english in australia...

1/11/2007 6:58:14 PM

Do you remember that kid last semester who got a check from three Nigerian kids who said they wanted to share an apartment with him?

1/11/2007 6:59:53 PM

lol, you never know... maybe Lizzy is actually chinese and moved to australia and adopted an english name and that's why she can't type english very well.... or she could have flunked elementary grammar or be dyslexic, lol

1/11/2007 7:11:23 PM

or the other option is you're an idiot

1/11/2007 7:11:46 PM

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"they speak english in australia..."

I was going to post that if you didn't.

1/11/2007 7:45:28 PM

If reading it makes you wonder whether or not its a scam, theres a very good chance it is.

1/11/2007 8:27:56 PM

Absolutely a scam. If you played along you'd get a money order and, oops looks like she accidently included more money that you needed in the money order. Plz to send back the difference after subtracting the fees........and after you did that a few weeks later you would find out that the money order was a fake and you owed x amount back to the bank.

'certified' money order doesn't mean shit, they have been faked just like the rest.

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1/11/2007 8:58:12 PM

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"I was born and razed in Australia"

1/11/2007 8:58:38 PM