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Scamming the Craigslist Scammer

First off, sorry for the week of no posts. I have been extremily busy, plus THIS should make up for that week.

So some of you have probaly seen some websites where people "scam the scammers" with the common 419 Nigerian Scams. Well here is a scammer I have gotten on craigstlist. These people who scam scammers can usually get them to take pictures with signs. These signs can say anything from famous 4chan quotes to a simple "im gay". Sometimes they will photoshop a very poor attempt at there face on an indian body.

Recently I put up my Diamondback Nitrus BMX bike for sale. Its a very nice bmx bike and I put the priace at $150. I got MANY emails. Most of them scams, each one written in practically the same outline with the same bullshit story. I got about 10 of these. Its incredibal how many people try this. And its stupid. So I decided to mess with one.

I made up a fake adress, but in my town so it wouldnt seem sketchy on my part (as I did make the listing in atlanta, so I gave my "adress" an atlanta area code).

Lets see if I can eventually get a picture of this guy doing something stupid.

Edit: Unforutnetly I dont have the first few original emails but I will explain what happened. I got a VERY crappy email written in broken english from a guy, Yolaine Frazier who wants to buy my bike. Unfortunetly he does not live in Georgia. But his "mover" will come and pick up the bike. Thats..very weird. Why would go way out of your way to buy a bike in another state, its not THAT good of a bike. And second of all, who has a full-time "mover" that goes and picks up stuff for you, and drives it all the way back to you.He says something about sending me a check of some sort, and I just deduct the price of the bike from it, then give his mover the remaining money.

Some how I guess if I did this I would end up losing money. So I sent him a fake adress in Atlanta though. He also says he will give me an extra $100 for my running around to get this item to him. lol.I got really bored and he claimed he sent it. So I stopped replying. Here are the emails about a week after this. I didnt reply to ANY of these except the last few.

September 30th:
Hello,
Good morning,thanks for your nice patience since all these days.I was out of the state to take care of my parents in Texas and i got alot of problem there due to the bad hurricane.Anyway,i would want youto kindly confirm both the reciept and clearance of my checkpayment.Also tell me the right time for the pickup.Thanks.

October 4th:
Hello,
How are you doing today?I just got a confirmation that the checkhave delivered to you.So i will want you to go ahead and have thecheck cashed at your bank.Then,you are to deduct your cost price forthe item including the extra $100 for your running around and you areto wire the remaining excess balance to my shipper via Western UnionMoney Transfer so that they can come for the pickup of my item at yourplace tonight or tomorrow and some other places to pickup some itemsfor me aside my transaction with you. Below is my shipper paymentdepartment to wire the remaining balance to via western union moneytransfer...

Name:Olga Domingo
Address:23 west coast avenueCity:Fresno
State:CA
Zip code:93703

you can email the shipping company to schedule the pick up time anddate...here is their email

[email protected].

Note: that the western union money transfer fee should be deductedfrom the remaining balance.As soon as you have send out via western union money transfer,kindlyget back to me with the western union money transfer details on thetransfer receipt as below so that my shipper can schedule for thepickup of my item by tomorrow..

1}.Sender's name and address
2}.Money Transfer control number{10 digits}
3}.amount sent after deducting the transfer fee.
4}.The exact time that you will be able for my shipper to come for thepickup of my item at your place by tomorrow.I await your quick response..

Thanks.

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Hmm..Olgo Domingo?I attempted to google the name and email AND the adress on google maps, I found these results. Clues or tips? Maybe:
www.facebook.com/people/Olga_Domingo/1325640706
on google maps search: 23 Fresno Ave, Cayucos, San Luis Obispo, California 93430, United States

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October 9th:
Hello
The check have delivered to you and i do not hear from you and here isthe ups tracking number details to confirm the delivery....Your package has experienced an exception.

Tracking Number: J197 6477 669
Type: PackageStatus: Exception

Your shipment is currently within the UPS network; however, anunforeseen event has occurred which could result in a change to theScheduled Delivery Date.

What should I do?This is the most up-to-date information about the status of yourshipment. View Shipment Progress or Package Progress for specificdetails.ExceptionSee description belowShipped
To: GA,
USShipped/Billed On: 10/02/2008
Service: NEXT DAY AIRT
o view additional tracking information, please log in to My UPS.Package ProgressLocation
Date Local Time DescriptionROSWELL,GA, US 10/03/2008 7:01

P.M. A CORRECT STREET NAME IS NEEDED FORDELIVERY. UPS IS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION / A POSTCARDHAS BEEN SENT TO THE RECIPIENT REQUESTING THAT THEY CONTACT UPS

so you are to send the money via money gramm so that the shipper canbe able to come for the pick up..hope to read from you soon.
Thanks

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So it looks he DID actually send SOMETHING. I tracked the package on UPS and it did infact send from Cali all the way to Roswell, GA where I am. But since I provided a fake adress it was sent back.
here is the tracking number: J197 6477 669

this is getting interesting. lets see if we can make him waste more time doing stupid stuff
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October 14:
Hello,
what is going there after the check have delivered to you and i don not hear from you.i will want yopu to update me what is going on about the check.hope to read from you soon.

Thanks

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At this point I decided I could maybe get this fucker to waste his time or lose money or something. If he is actually sending packages out and wasting his time with me, I could probally get him to agree to some stupid things.So I Replied:

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October 15:
Sent by me

Yolaine
I am sorry that I stole your money..(kind of)
But I am in need of this money more than you.
You see, I have testicle cancer, and I have one month to live before myballs just POP.
And that means I die.

I am using the money to live my life. The last month.I figure that I will buy a few prostitutes with some of it, some porn and beerwith the other, maybe even a car.

But, I may not do this if you help me. I need $250 to help pay for my last doctor visit. If you can let me keep an extra $250 ontop of the cost of the bike, I will return the rest.Let me know if you can help, I might have a chance at living, and I will be very thankful.

-Chris

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Lets see where this goes, Updates will be in a new post. If anybody has any suggestions on what I should have him do, post them in a comment.



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