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Scammer emails. Time to have some fun?
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Dangling something in the water… of the Arabian Sea
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This is the SECOND scammer to email me for this deal.
Hi
am craig matins, an interested in your PowerBook + Samsung LCD i
want to buy it for my son studying in abroad, i will pay you $1900 for it
and i am going to make your payment through BIDPAY western money order,
so let me know if you are interested so that i can know next step to
take
Note that $1900 is more than I advertised it for.
hi
i reside in belgium but i want to buy the PowerBook + Samsung LCD for
son as a gift for his birthday because i'v promise him to get him
something good.
pls let me know if uyou will sell for me hanks
Hmmm...
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jun 2000
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Originally Posted by bradoesch
PPPPPowerBook time!
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Dangling something in the water… of the Arabian Sea
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Did someone send a fake PPPPowerBook to scammer?
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: 888500128
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Banned
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Dagnabit! I read the whole thing and it didn't tell what happened!!!
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: 888500128
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"Dagnabit"? 
Don't you mean "dangly bits?"
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Dangling something in the water… of the Arabian Sea
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Is bidpay popular with scammers?
I got a third email from someone else, this time offering to use bidpay, but it seems to me like bidpay would be easily faked too.
I'm done with Craig's list for now. Three scammers is such a short period of time.
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Addicted to MacNN  Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Cooperstown '09
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Have you tried the 'NN Marketplace Eug?
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Banned
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You've never heard "Dagnabit"?
You gotta admit, it's better than "frick". 
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Dangling something in the water… of the Arabian Sea
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Originally Posted by rickey939
Have you tried the 'NN Marketplace Eug?
No. Too late, the stuff is on eBhey now.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: midwest
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It's kind of strange that the scammer is actually interested in the merchandise. I'm used to the usual suspects from Nigeria trying to get cashier's check refunds and such, but this was a little more thought out. I'm curious if the scammer responds.
I was trying to sell a vehicle for 6,000.00 on AutoTrader and received several offers and all from Nigerian scam attempts. About 8 of 'em. They would give you some bull about how they are interested in purchasing the vehicle and that their "client" (who actually has people buy their cars for them???) is in London on business. This person paid $10,000.00 for another car, that deal fell through and they'd like to send me the $10,000.00 cashier's check for which I'm to cash and promptly return $4000.00. It takes up to 48 hours for a bank to be verified, but cashier's checks are often taken at face value without verifying host bank so... you sign and cash the check and they'll come back for you in two to three days for that full amount. Since you endorsed the check, they come for you. I wanted to go through with it and line up someone at the PO box much like the scheme above, but was not as resourceful as our friend. This ROCKS!!!
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ebuddy
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Originally Posted by ebuddy
(who actually has people buy their cars for them???)
*cough*
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Addicted to MacNN Join Date: Jul 2005
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Originally Posted by Eug Wanker
No. Too late, the stuff is on eBhey now.
You can still post an "FA" (For Auction) thread to get people's attention...
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: midwest
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Originally Posted by Doofy
*cough*
I'll buy your cars for you and I'll even charge you less than your current vehicular consultant.
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ebuddy
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Dangling something in the water… of the Arabian Sea
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So am I right to think we should avoid bidpay?
Also, a couple of the scams came from people with email addresses at fastermail.com (which I don't know anything about). Is that a sign too?
Originally Posted by rickey939
You can still post an "FA" (For Auction) thread to get people's attention...
Thanks. I've posted the auction for the iPod mini here.
I'll post on the PowerBook today or tomorrow.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Toronto, ON
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Originally Posted by Eug Wanker
pls let me know if uyou will sell for me hanks
Hey Hanks! Somebody in Belgium loooves you!
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