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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numismania, post: 1121115, member: 28971&quot;]There is a &#039;person&#039; claiming to be French (she never answered on CU whether she was IN France or not), using the name &#039;Colette&#039;, who just joined CU and NGC on Friday, and was trying to sell a raw 1915-S $20 Saint. For a total newbie, &#039;she&#039; knew how to post a link to a picture hosting site (which set off anti-virus protection for a number of users). Now, on the many sites I&#039;m on, even those that have been around for awhile don&#039;t know how to do this (not knocking anyone, but for some it&#039;s difficult, or they just don&#039;t know). This person also knew enough to &#039;bump&#039; &#039;her&#039; BST thread on CU. A new member doesn&#039;t know these things.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also, &#039;she&#039; is unwilling to say whether Paypal is accepted. &#039;She&#039; is unwilling to send the coin first (noone in their right mind would send a brand new member, with NO referrences, $1,300 for a coin) for fear of being ripped off....yet &#039;she&#039; expects long-standing members to trust &#039;her&#039; and send payment first....she refuses to send coin first for fear of being ripped off.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There has been much discussion about it in this thread on CU <a href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&amp;threadid=808532" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&amp;threadid=808532" rel="nofollow">http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&amp;threadid=808532</a> . The writing style is that of a half (quarter?) literate Craigslister, and can be nothing more than a scam. The claim that &#039;she&#039; could find noone to give her an idea of a price on it (has to be bull...certainly, there could have been at LEAST one person to tell her how much it&#039;s worth in France....U.S. coins ARE sold overseas, as World coins are sold here in the U.S.....certainly someone there could have an idea...but as I said, she would not say whether she was IN France or not). &#039;She&#039; claims &#039;she&#039; went to a few websites to try to get a value on it, but it appears &#039;she&#039; only went to CU and NGC (here&#039;s the NGC post <a href="http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&amp;Number=4642893#Post4642893" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&amp;Number=4642893#Post4642893" rel="nofollow">http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&amp;Number=4642893#Post4642893</a>. )</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, after the red flags, joining both CU and NGC on the same day, just to sell it, this looks to be a classic scammer. So, just giving a heads-up, as once this person gets no action on CU &#039;BST&#039;, or the NGC &#039;Money Marketplace&#039; boards (certainly noone in their right mind will buy it at either site), I&#039;m guessing &#039;Colette&#039; will try it here. So, just be on the lookout....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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