It never fails to amaze me what people will do to attempt to get money - amazing!
What amazes me is that there are actually people stupid enough to fall for the really obvious scams at all. Were they raised by wolves? On Mars? Dumb as a rock! Who in their right mind would send their life savings to some emailer from Nigera who can't even put a proper sentence together! Sorry if I seem harsh, but COME ON, WAKE UP! 
I had no idea that my little old post would generate such buzz. I hope it helps some people out. Incidentally, I never did respond to the email I received from that no good scammer, and I never received anything more from her. I did report it to ebay and all the other forums so no one else would become a "victim". It's sad that people don't want to take the time to make $$ honestly so they prey on others. Thanks to all the Auctiva members out there who "got my back" so to speak. I really do appreciate it. I'm new at this but I try to follow the old adage "If it looks too good, it probably is" and I came to the place where I knew I would get sound advice. 
Hi Buff! - Rest easy, don't think I was talking about you. You immediately recognized that something didn't seem right. I was referring to those folks who will gladly send $50K off to someone they don't know on the promise of making a few easy bucks, you know the ones I mean. They are in the news all the time. I like this forum because the more we talk about this the more we all become educated against this stuff. 