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Location: Upper Left USA | Have any of you had any problems with someone else posting your name or stuff in a "for Sale" area?
Here's part of a recent email conversation I just had:
-----Original Message-----
From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 2:58 PM
To: woodfordmichael@wavecable.com
Subject: ovation lx
what are the details on your lx?
model price etc.
thanks
From: "Mike Woodford"
woodfordmichael@wavecable.com>
To: XXXXXXXXXXX
Subject: RE: ovation lx
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:01:28 -0800
What are you making reference to?
One and a half years ago someone placed my name on an internet "Sale".
I think Harmony. It was a hoax.
Mike W
REsponse:
Mike
Sorry to hear that. They are still spoofing posts under your name then. I emailed you cuz there was a new post at harmony central for a guitar.
There are 3 recent posts under your name in the harmony central used gear postings.
2006-01-18 18:52:20 Post FS: Ovation Elite LX: God Bless You All!!!
2006-01-20 19:50:51 Post Ovation OP 20 Preamps!! Show me the money!
2006-01-23 06:17:59 Post FS: 10 Ovation Fan Club (OFC) Calendars
hope you can get it sorted out.
later
I suspect:
1. vengeful Martin Board Member.
2. Jealous OFC Member.
3. My ex wife (I suspect her of everything).
4. Spurious internet crossover.
5. Republicans.
6. Non-Republicans. |
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Location: Vermont USA | MWOODY posted I suspect:
1. vengeful Martin Board Member.
2. Jealous OFC Member.
3. My ex wife (I suspect her of everything).
4. Spurious internet crossover.
5. Republicans.
6. Non-Republicans. You forgot Big Brother
Paul |
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Location: North Idaho | Harmony Central will have log files with the posters IP address. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I have contacted them to see what they can do, especially removing the ads.
I hope this doesn't blow the deal I have with the Witness Protection Program.
Hey Cruster, Slipkid - were you guy's going to be at the reunion again this year? |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | Originally posted by Paulcc1:
You forgot Big Brother
Paul Nah - he only watches. Interestingly, my ex-ladyfriend used to call my old room at Mum's "Room 101" (in jest, I think) as that's where all my guitars are (still) living. She got jealous of them, so teased me that they her worst fear.
Mind you, she did listen to me play and sing, so it may have had a grain of truth... |
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Location: south east Michigan | Hey Cruster, Slipkid - were you guy's going to be at the reunion again this year?
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Well...yeah...I will be there and from what I understand Cruster will make it this year also. But Woody....I'm curious as to what brought that question suddenly to mind in a thread about internet frauds, Witness Protection, Martin Fans, and Republicans??? I am one of those four examples but your train of thought kind of creeps me out a bit. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | "but your train of thought kind of creeps me out a bit"
It was in line with the "Witness Protection Program Annual Reunion" thing. It makes a better T-shirt than a late night post. My stay focused button was in "off".
I thought it was funny about the UMG Fanclub discussing our posts and the timing was right. Being an Abstract-Sequencial thinker can have its down side.
The idea of someone posting my info is creeping me out more than I thought.
Sorry |
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Location: south east Michigan | Oh please don't be sorry. I just thought the train of thought was funny.
BTW...will Woody be able to make the pilgrimage this year??? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Although I'm a little creeped out answering questions in Third Person, Yes!! :D |
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Location: south east Michigan | Nice...Brad looks forward to meeting you. :D |
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Location: Midland, MI | Paul-
You forgot Big Brother
Paul Nah, he covered that with items #5 and #6. ;)
Woody-
Cruster has every intention of going. With Mrs. Cruster being in the family way, however, I'm going to have to arrange 'coverage.' She's dangerously close to permanent bed rest, per yesterday's appointment. Which is a bite, as she just ended two straight weeks of bed rest last Friday. :rolleyes: |
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Location: GA USA | 10 OFC Calendars? You know you've got a good idea when scammers go selling non-existing copies of your product. If anyone needs to get to the bottom of this, it's Slippy. |
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Location: south east Michigan | what???
fill me in please. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | The Harmony Webmeister pulled the ads but couldn't tell me who posted them. He did say he would restrict that user, which means they just go to Yahoo and make up another name or email address. |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | I saw those ads and found them odd, but now I know why. What is creepy to me is that the source is probably from this board. |
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Location: south east Michigan | I've never been to that website before. I can't tell if there is an ad for calenders or not.
A little photoshop thing can be fun but this kind of stuff is downright malicious. |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | I saw them because I buy and sell items there, and I read the ads every day. My initial response to the post was, "Cool; Mike found Harmony Central." But the prose and the content just seemed odd.
Sorry, Mike, that I didn't contact you and check it out. |
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Harmony Central Sale Hoax?