Hi Jim, I agree with you. I got the same message from them, and after visting the (alleged) escrow agent's website I told them I would prefer to deal with a market maker that I know and trust than an escrow agent that I do not trust. Furthermore, there were no savings in fees to be made for the transaction as a whole than simply to pay a competitive market maker. I suggested we should establish trust directly and we could save fees, but I did not hear back from them again. It does indeed sound suspicious when they say they "don't like" dealing with a market maker, but then go on to instruct us to deal with an unknown escrow agent, who, you have found out for us, is apparently not independent or arms-length from the person suggesting such a business relationship.
I hope no-one here (or anywhere else) has been scammed by this process! There are quite trustworthy market makers here (on this list), so why risk loss simply because someone claims to be an escrow agent? Ian Green http://two-cents-worth.com/?107242&EG e-gold estas monda mono! [Esperanto] e-gold is world money! [English] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Davidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "e-gold Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 4:04 PM Subject: [e-gold-list] fraud alert, folks <SNIP> > Not very long ago, a message was posted to the talk > e-gold list from [EMAIL PROTECTED] > to the effect that the person posting wanted to buy > e-gold, e-bullion, osgold, or evocash. There was also > a line to the effect that they did not like dealing > with exchange providers. Okay, you can hunt the > archive yourself. <SNIP> > Next, the reply suggested that the "escrow service" at > www.escrow4all.net was a service that they would prefer > to use for the exchange. So, being curious, I checked > it out. > > I did not like what I saw. <SNIP> > In my reply, I asked the buyer to send a certified check. <SNIP> > Am I paranoid? Perhaps. Perhaps just paranoid enough > that I haven't spent e-gold to an escrow agent that I > don't trust. <SNIP> --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
