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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 3181679, member: 20480&quot;]He&#039;s pretty darned crafty.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My spidey-senses went off when I read that he would only accept a wire transfer, but I desperately wanted to own the coins.&nbsp; Curiously, I now cannot remember exactly what they were, but they were very scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because he was in Europe, and because there would be no protection from eBay / PayPal / AMEX, I wanted to know he really had them, so I asked him to shoot and send me a new photo of the coins held together with a different background of my specification - something I was sure could not be effectively photo-shopped.&nbsp; The next day he produced the requested photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Convinced, I wired him the money.</p><p><br /></p><p>I turns out he had contacted the true owners of the coins and asked them to do exactly the same for him.&nbsp; They did, and he sent me the photo they sent to him.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I know this because I eventually found those coins advertised in the inventory of a prominent US coin dealer.&nbsp; Same coins, holders, grades and serial numbers.&nbsp; I contacted them, and sure enough, they&#039;d been asked for that photo.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This guy is devious, and will stop at nothing to steal your hard-earned money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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