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I got this email from a craigslist ad I placed for my old wide screen TV.



[color="#2E8B57"]Hey

Thanks for your response to my mail. I hope it is in good condition like it states, I love to come view it but I'm not chanced to do that right now.

I'll like you to remove the advert from web and consider this item that its sold, I'll be paying via Certified check. I need your name and Physical Address along with your phone number to issue the payment I will like you to know that you will not be responsible for shipping i will have my mover come over as soon as you have the check,Pls notice that the payment for the items will be overnight to your address asap VIA UPS SERVICE and i will get back to you with tracking number once my secretary made the payment out to you. i would appreciate that you will help save this for me till the payment arrives to your address and as it will save me some extra cost ***********Please kindly keep others buyer off*********** Regards[/color]







Any ideas on how to best string this thing along. I hate these guys.

Perhaps giving them the address and phone number of your local police station might amuse them?

let the authorities handle it

http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98489



This posting on NSX Prime has long been considered the best PWND Thread of all time



Pwnd -An internet chat language variety/version of the word "owned", used in the sence of beating/defeating/outclassing someone. Usually used in games such as Counter-strike or on messageboards when a user posts arguments or insults that can't possibly be counter-argued.



Check it out,



Jay

Is it even worth wasting your time over?

Accept cash only.... especially if you are in no hurry to sell.



Cash is king!

[quote name='flash' post='61436' date='Oct 10 2008, 07:07 AM']let the authorities handle it[/quote]



I think this is too small for the cops and judging by the weak command of the English language, I'm guessing this is a out of country thing.





[quote name='DiREW0LF' post='61441' date='Oct 10 2008, 07:41 AM']Is it even worth wasting your time over?[/quote]



YES. These guys normally get away with scamming the elderly out of thousands of dollars. Wasting their time pursuing me could be saving someone else. Could be...

Every new ad I place of Craig's List elicits a scam email within an hour or so. I am soooo sick of these scumbags making what is probably a very good living screwing naive people.



Tom

I think there are web sites dedicated to coming up with creative ways to strings these lowlifes along. I called the authorities on a similar response I got to a Craigslist ad I placed about a year ago, and they had zero interest or resources to do anything about it. It depends on how much time you want to put into "getting back" at these guys. Could be fun (definitely not dangerous in any way), but could also turn into a real time sink.

a quick email here and there is no big deal on my end.

[quote name='94SilverCab' post='61438' date='Oct 10 2008, 08:36 AM']http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98489



This posting on NSX Prime has long been considered the best PWND Thread of all time



Pwnd -An internet chat language variety/version of the word "owned", used in the sence of beating/defeating/outclassing someone. Usually used in games such as Counter-strike or on messageboards when a user posts arguments or insults that can't possibly be counter-argued.



Check it out,



Jay[/quote]



I usually don't read this stuff, but I clicked and got drawn in. I had to google some of the acronymns to figure out what people were saying. Here are some of the NSX Prime thread "Cliff's Notes":



The first two pages are the stuff of legend. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/laugh.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> Must read. You just can't see it coming. The next ten pages or so are a lot of back-slapping, then it gets good again, with more "ownership" and some excellent "you've been owned" clip-art. So many different people jumped in and got a piece of the scammer, it was like a scammer "perfect storm". Great lesson to everyone to be truthful and not embellish too much. It's a small world....