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Just when you think you’ve heard it all, there is a new email version of an old Internet scam.

“Scam artists have now gravitated from the mails to the Internet,” said FBI Director Robert Mueller.

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Mueller was in Indianapolis just last week, warning Hoosiers about the potential dangers lurking in cyberspace. The latest scam involves email responses to ads posted on eBay, the popular on-line auction site.

The scam works like this: you post an ad on eBay trying to sell something and you get a response that meets your price. If the buyer says he’ll send you a cashiers check or money order that’s over the amount of your asking price, watch out, it’s likely a scam.