Gone is the {your item} business...now we have more detailed messages. Granted, this was for one of my puppies, but the concept remains the same and I expect to be seeing this type of message for my boas before long:

hello seller
how are you?.........I am adams smith.....and estate agent .
please i was told by someone to visit this website should in case
i want to buy a dog . And getting here i found this your lovely
puppy.
i will like to buy this your lovely dog from you.
Please i will be resposible for the shipment of the dog
......... i will like you to give me the total amount and the
instruction for the dog and the kind of food he likes. and i will like to pay you with a certified check .i need your contact information such as your fullname,address including phone number
please if you want to sell to me please get back to me on this
e-mail address as soon as possible.so that i can arrange for the immidate payment
adamasuline9@yahoo.com

adams smith
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Delusions of Grandeur feed the EGO...

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• Scammers are getting more detailed... - LauraV, Thu Jan 12 10:24:00 2006
• RE: Scammers are getting more detailed... - bthacker, Thu Jan 12 10:47:40 2006
• If it looks like a duck and quacks likes a duck... - PGoss, Thu Jan 12 11:01:52 2006
• I wish this one the best of success... - mci, Thu Jan 12 23:27:18 2006