"i have a made a solid arrangement
on how my shipping agent will come to your location and make the
arrangement with you to pick the BVM BOBCAT up." (Nigerian scam)

Is this a joke? The guy can barely speak the English language! He also probably doesn't even know what a Bobcat is...except for the fact that it's worth a lot of money. I agree, it's a shame that these scumbags have weeded themselves into the RC genre. It just goes to show, you always have to keep your guard up...even on a lazy Sunday afternoon.
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Hi Gordon,

I respectfully disagree. The tone and grammer of the scam in question is distinctly Nigerian. If you read enough of these, they begin to stick out like sore thumbs. I agree that many jet and RC modelers have serious problems with spelling and composition. However, I wouldn't hesitate to buy a NIB Byron F16 from "Billy Bob in Nebraska" just because "he don't spell his English too good". Re-read the top sentence; "I have made a SOLID arrangement ON HOW my shipping agent...." Billy Bob would never write like this. The scam is obviously written by a non-native English speaker, who's attempting to sound more intelligent than he really is. However, if Billy Bob kept emails going with me, bad grammer and all, fully intending to deceive me, then yes, I'd probably be taken for a ride. But, it'd be in the manner of him not sending the plane or a crashed plane etc... Billy Bob from the good ol' US of A isn't the type to say," Uhhh, I have a friend who's going to meet with you after I get your bank account number, which I'm going to deposit a large sum that you can hold for me in exchange for your BVM model aircraft representing the General Dynamics Corporation, that I intend to return to my country blah, blah, blah. " Next thing you know, your entire bank account is wiped out. In my opinion, these kinds of statements have NIGERIAN written all over them. -Steve