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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 09:36 PM
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Yeah so, apparently the only people actually willing to buy things on Craigslist are Nigerian Scammers.

I was thinking it would be hilarious to block the entire country of Nigeria from accessing the US realm of the internet. Wouldn't that be awesome? New WWW police says: Shape up your scammers or no more internet for you Nigeria.
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 10:37 PM
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lol ban a whole country; i luv it.
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Old Apr 21, 2011 | 11:42 AM
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Im all for enforcing or teaching common sense too, if someone wants to pay you 10x you asking price because they are the prince of nigeria then the idiots deserve it.

Even craigslist says cash in person is the best bet to avoid a scam, meet in a well lit and public area.
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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 06:47 AM
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Since all Nigerian scams come from Nigeria?
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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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I saw a guy on cops/real cops or one of those shows where they were issuing a warrant for check fraud and this man claimed he was doing business over seas and the check he got was bad but cashed it...you could tell he fell victim to a Nigerian scam; and you know the judge probably won't have any pity for his stupidity. Tupac spoke about this thing, in school we need classes about scams and such, not gym...
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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 05:03 PM
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Anyone who writes a cashier check or wires money in lieu of holding costs to someone halfway across the world, deserves to have their money taken.
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 07:23 AM
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark355
I remember that one..that was epic.

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Old Apr 25, 2011 | 12:51 PM
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I don't get the pic reference! Somebody explain!
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Old Apr 25, 2011 | 02:11 PM
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^^^
http://blog.nj.com/digitallife/2007/...ricked_in.html
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