Anyone else get this scam Email?????

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From:Purchasing Department <coventrycitystore@googlemail.com>
Hello,

Good day to you, I will like to make an Inquiry on your hand made Knife as I want to know if you have any in stock for sale, let me know if you have any available for purchase I want you to inform me of the price when listing the item in your reply or forward your Website link to me so as to make my selection, this is an urgent order as it is required for sale at our store and display at the coming Knife Exhibition in China and this is an opportunity to have your work displayed at the exhibition.

Get back to me as soon as possible, presently I am in Bangkok Thailand on a business trip and will be back in few weeks you can reach me via my email address. I will also want you to inform me of your mode of payment in your reply.

I await your immediate response.

Best regards,

Mr. Oliver Thompson
For the Company

Store Address:

Coventry City Store
27 Goring Road
Stoke
Coventry
West Midlands
CV2 4LU
Tel: 02476120101
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Thank you very much for this post I.G.! I just got back from teaching for a week in NC and I have a PILE of e-mail messages to sort out and I came across this one this morning. It sort of had the feel of spam to it but I was still thinking of how I was going to answer so as not to risk offending any possible customers around the world (language barriers often mistakenly make things seem questionable). The knowledge that this "urgent business" was also urgent to a few others makes it much easier for me to sort my backed up mail. Thanks:thumbup:
 
Thank you very much for this post I.G.! I just got back from teaching for a week in NC and I have a PILE of e-mail messages to sort out and I came across this one this morning. It sort of had the feel of spam to it but I was still thinking of how I was going to answer so as not to risk offending any possible customers around the world (language barriers often mistakenly make things seem questionable). The knowledge that this "urgent business" was also urgent to a few others makes it much easier for me to sort my backed up mail. Thanks:thumbup:

No problem.:thumbup::D
 
I bet what they want is to make cheap replicas of custom knives and sell them cheap just like they've done with everything else.
 
I love how the want your price as well, probably so they can advertise "normally priced $xxx.xx" as they rip you off.

--nathan
 
I got it this morning.

It would be nice if they would upgrade them a little and not be quite so obvious.
 
It's just another intro letter followed by wanting to send you 20 billion in money orders, keep the $20 you're charging and wire the rest to their 'shipping agent'. Same as any other scam.
 
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