"Harry" wrote in message
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If you were responding as to buying a scanner, why would they be sending
you a money order? This seems backwards!

It's an internet scam. The scammer sends you a MO, which you cash. You keep
a percentage and send the some, then it turns out the MO is fake. From what
the original poster is saying, there are people posting scanners for sale in
order to collect email addresses to send these scams to.