Monkeyleg
Member.
Late last night, the following email was sent to ten shops on my website:
"Hello,
I'm Mr. ______, I live in France in Strasbourg and I wish to
acquire a firearm. I want the SMITH & WESSON MODEL 910S PISTOL, I can pay up to 1000 USD but at this price I want that the gun is new and are recorded in the name of a private individual.
I have a relatively modest budget, I'm ready to pay 750 EUR per WESTERN UNION with the expenses of transfer of money include. In France it's difficult to obtain a weapon in spite of the omnipresence of the insecurity which reigns here. I wish to buy a handgun to ensure my safety, that the law doesn't grant and ain't a basic right in my country.
I'm a french authentic, a person in charge and I can send an identity paper.
On standby of a positive response of your share.
Better greeting.
Edouard"
Ok, I get emails like this all the time from people in foreign countries.
Here's the weird part. At about 5 pm CST today, I got a call from a guy claiming to live in Paris, France. He wanted to know how he could buy a Smith and Wesson pistol from one of the shops on my site. Given the emails I'd seen to my subscribing shops earlier in the day, I was more than suspicious, and told the guy as much. He denied being the author of the email (yeah, right).
I explained that he would need to talk to the owner of a gun business that had a federal import/export license, that I didn't know the legalities, and couldn't help him any further.
I get emails like these very frequently.
If this is all a joke, that's fine. If it's a fishing or sting operation by the ATF, though, it's not funny. (NOTE TO ATF: I do not sell guns, nor do I broker gun sales).
Sheesh.
"Hello,
I'm Mr. ______, I live in France in Strasbourg and I wish to
acquire a firearm. I want the SMITH & WESSON MODEL 910S PISTOL, I can pay up to 1000 USD but at this price I want that the gun is new and are recorded in the name of a private individual.
I have a relatively modest budget, I'm ready to pay 750 EUR per WESTERN UNION with the expenses of transfer of money include. In France it's difficult to obtain a weapon in spite of the omnipresence of the insecurity which reigns here. I wish to buy a handgun to ensure my safety, that the law doesn't grant and ain't a basic right in my country.
I'm a french authentic, a person in charge and I can send an identity paper.
On standby of a positive response of your share.
Better greeting.
Edouard"
Ok, I get emails like this all the time from people in foreign countries.
Here's the weird part. At about 5 pm CST today, I got a call from a guy claiming to live in Paris, France. He wanted to know how he could buy a Smith and Wesson pistol from one of the shops on my site. Given the emails I'd seen to my subscribing shops earlier in the day, I was more than suspicious, and told the guy as much. He denied being the author of the email (yeah, right).
I explained that he would need to talk to the owner of a gun business that had a federal import/export license, that I didn't know the legalities, and couldn't help him any further.
I get emails like these very frequently.
If this is all a joke, that's fine. If it's a fishing or sting operation by the ATF, though, it's not funny. (NOTE TO ATF: I do not sell guns, nor do I broker gun sales).
Sheesh.
