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Scamming the Scammer - Watch me do it.....

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Old Nov 25, 2004 | 10:27 PM
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I have a feeling he's too cheap to FedEx it overnight.
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 12:34 AM
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But I'm really going to give you $7000!!!
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Old Nov 28, 2004 | 05:35 PM
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Well....Here it is. Below is the response from that scammer. The damn idiot doesn't know how to turn the freaking CAPS key off.

I told him if I do not get a FedEx overnight tracking number within the next 24 hours then the deal is OFF, and I will sell the car to local buyers. I'll keep you guys updated as soon as I hear back from him.

-Tuan


----Original Message Follows----
From: david walters <Address Removed>
To: Tuan Le <Address Removed>
Subject: UPDATE
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 06:22:19 -0800 (PST)
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DEAR TUAN,
SORRY FOR MY LATE RESPONCE. I WAS OUT OF TOWN ON VEHICLE INSPECTION TRIP. I HAVE ALREADY FORWARDED YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION TO MY CLIENT,AND AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH HIM, HE ADVISED THAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT YOUR PAYMENT PACKAGE VIA COURIER SERVICES ON OR BEFORE THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, PLEASE BEAR WITH US. MY CLIENT ALSO INSTRUCTED THAT YOU MAKE THE VEHICLE READY AS SOON AS PAYMENT GETS TO YOU. HE FURTHER ADVISED THAT YOU REMOVE THE AD. FROM THE INTERNET TO AVOID HAVING PROBLEMS WITH OTHER INTENDING BUYERS SINCE YOUR PAYMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN CONFIRMED. I EXPECT YOU TO KEEP ME INFORMED AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE PAYMENT, SO THAT I WILL INSTRUCT YOU ON WHAT TO DO AND ALSO THE APPROVED SHIPPER TO SEND THE BALANCE TO. PLEASE GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL TO CONFIRM THAT YOU GOT MY MAIL AND ALSO CONSIDER YOUR VEHILCE SOLD TO MY CLIENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED PATIENCE,UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION.
HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
BEST REGARDS
DAVID


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Old Nov 28, 2004 | 06:37 PM
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So what did you saend back to him?
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Old Nov 28, 2004 | 07:07 PM
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PAYMENT PACKAGE VIA COURIER SERVICES ON OR BEFORE THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK
Guess he never heard of Fedex
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Old Nov 28, 2004 | 08:39 PM
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The IP address their email originated from (81.199.85.150) or was proxied from is in Nigerea. You're wasting your time, even though it might be fun to screw with them a bit.

person: Tech Supernet300
address: 21 Mobolaji Bank
address: Anthony Way Ikeja
address: Lagos
address: Nigeria
phone: + 234 1 4976493
e-mail: admin@supernet300.com
nic-hdl: TECH7-RIPE
changed: lir@ipplanet.net 20040902
source: RIPE
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Old Nov 28, 2004 | 09:26 PM
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Why does all the bad crap come from Nigeria?!
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 06:56 AM
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http://www.419eater.com/

You can spend hours on that site. It's fricken hilarious.
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Old Dec 5, 2004 | 06:50 PM
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Any more news with the scammer?
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Old Dec 5, 2004 | 09:28 PM
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there was some dude scammer the scammer with an imac powerbook a few month back.

i wanna see how much $$$ that sucka is gonna do fedex to you. ^_^
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