AE CC 2014 TIF image sequence import issue

Hi all,
I'm trying to import a TIF sequence into AE CC 2014. I click on the first .tif in the sequence, tick "image sequence" in the import dialog and then click OK. It only brings in the first image.
I tried renaming the files to remove any underscores/characters that may be illegal. Now I get this error:
39 :: 44
After Effects error: Can't import as a sequence. Found no matches for the selected file name. (39 :: 44)
The file names are all identical (apart from the unique sequence number obviously). I've never had any problems with this before. Has anyone else experienced this?

What are the file names?

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edit.. an afterthought.. post 2 filenames that you think are sequential... and that way we can see how it is progressing re: numbers, dates, whatever.... and also someone could test it ( like I could create 2 files in ps using those names and see if it works to import as sequence.. and also see what renamer rules would work to fix it if it needs fixing ) ???

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