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Old Nov 19, 2006 | 08:20 AM
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Let's have fun with a scammer

I posted a Toyota steering box on Craigslist in Atlanta (I got the wrong one for my '60) Got the typical scammer E-Mail:

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I decided to have some fun with this one and lead him on for a while. Just need some ideas on how to keep him going. Join in the fun and let's keep him going for a while

I'm sure the next E-Mail will be the typical "I'll send you $xxx.xx you keep your price and when my shipping agent picks up the item please give him the balance"

I'll post the progress


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Old Nov 19, 2006 | 10:00 AM
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if and when the check arrives, deposit it in a new account, not your regular one, and wait for it to clear. then start with the when are you going to send payment emails. do this for as long as possible. it works best when after 2 or 3 weeks, you start threatening to report him to whomever for nonpayment of a commitment to purchase. by now, you will have been notified by the bank that the check or money order was fake, but you can still string him along, telling him you are tired of waiting for payment, and are going to re-list the box.

i strung one scammer on for 4 months this way.
then i got tired of him, and let him in on the joke, and that he was reported to the post office, FBI CIA, interpol, then i blocked his name from my email list.
 

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Old Nov 19, 2006 | 07:10 PM
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Make him send you something where it costs money out of his pocket by Express Mail. Get the check, say you deposited it, and they said it was "isf" and could he send the money via Western Union instead.

I use to get somewhat amused playing with these people, just do not have the time.

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Old Nov 19, 2006 | 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by exidenick
....Just need some ideas on how to keep him going.
Ideas? You want some ideas???

Ideas GALORE:
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