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| I just received the following email and was wondering if any of you received it as well? I didn't respond to it because I have no seeds to give, and also because I'm a very cautious person. Notice that there's no address to send seeds to anyway.
Delivered-To: gsmith@mvdsl.com
[This message originated at GardenWeb] Hi Dear Greg:I am a student of agriculture and living in Iran.I have to working on growing gourds for my thesis but unfortunately i did,nt find specialy ornamental ones in my country.I greatly apreciate if you kindly send me just a few seeds of your gourds.That is very kind of you.with my best wishesM.Reza.Rezai Greg
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| yeah, I got something very similar to what you posted. |
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- Posted by Sandhill_Farms 10 NV (My Page) on Fri, Feb 18, 05 at 19:22
| "yeah, I got something very similar to what you posted." So being the cautious one that I am, (and now curious), what do you feel the rub is on this? Greg |
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| I just received this email also. I was curious to see if anyone else had gotten it so I mozied on over here to the gourd forum and here you are with the same email. I don’t have any seeds but did notice there was no address. |
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| Probably harmless. The e-mail I got had no address,nothing sinister attached to it, and seemed to be generated from an on-line language translator. My guess would be that it was a sincere request for free gourd seeds. I wonder how gourds would grow in Iran? |
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- Posted by gourd_friends z5/6 IL (My Page) on Sat, Feb 19, 05 at 0:12
| I got the same email, and figured it was legit---but we don't grow any ornamentals and wouldn't have saved seed from them anyhow. As for how ornamentals would grow in Iran, I think they would have less a chance than hard shell gourds. Jan |
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| Beautiful, delicious melons are grown in Iran. Therefore, I think gourds would do very well. |
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| I noticed that the e-mail address is from the US, but anybody can sign up for one from there US or not. Whoever sent it may be trolling. You answer and he has a confirmed address to sell. |
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