Thought you all might get a kick out of this!!!!

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There was a post a few days back that had a link to a white 2002 Lincoln ls that was advertising it had T-Tops I attached the photo of the car. It stands out in my mind for just that reason. So today I am tooling around CL and what do I see the same car listed differently here is the link http://topeka.craigslist.org/cto/2539513281.html click here. So having remembered the laugh we got from the t-top post i decided to send an email to the seller and here is my response below.....
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> From: "Natalie Jacobs" <natalie.jacobs9@gmail.com>
> Date: August 10, 2011 6:17:57 PM CDT
> To: Eric.Kennard@ricoh-usa.com
> Subject: Re: 2oo2 lincoln ls - $3800 (topeka)
>
> First of all I'm very glad that you like the car. It runs and looks great. It has no hidden flaws, no dents, no leaks and it hasn't been involved in any crashes. I have its clear title in hand. I serve the USAF and I'm stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan. I won't be able to leave the base until 12th of September, so I will have the car shipped to you at my expense because I benefit of various discounts.
> I will pay the shipping fees and the insurance of the car.
> All documents will be provided to you along with the car including the bill of sale under your name, title, service records ...
> The reason I'm selling the car is of a personal nature and has nothing to do with the car at all.
> I'm a serious seller and I prefer to deal only with a serious buyer that understand my situation.
> The final price is $3.800.
>
> Please reply if you're interested and I'll get back with more details of the car, more pictures and the VIN.
>
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you,
>
>
> V/R
>
>
> Tech. Sgt. Natalie Jacobs, 374th Operations.
> USAF, Yokota AB, Japan.

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Now tell me that car being sold isn't a load of :q:q:q:q! It is a total scam which explains the poor description in the other post here on LVC.... I got a good laugh and thought I would share with the rest of you :D Here is a pic of the car Below.......

bullshit ls.jpg
 
So many scams. But they always have broken english in there somewhere. Seems so easy to spot but a lot of people get taken.
 
Kind of a variation on the "I'll send my shipper to pick up (whatever you're selling) and give you extra to cover shipping" scam.
 
I saw that same thing when I was looking for a motorcycle a few years ago. Military, can't give you a recent picture, scam!!!
 
Funny thing is that I only responded to the ad to see what the response would be because I seen it posted in another city and state. I knew it had to be a scam. There is some really and people out there trying to make a dishonest dollar from the people who work hard for their money. It just terrible!
 
got the same email word for word on a refrigerator a while back.... buy the way, im a prince with my millions stuck in a bank, can you guys send me some money to get it out, ill pay you back with interest...
 
You wouldn't believe the lengths they'll go to when they think they might have a victim. I replied to a guy once just to have fun. Our convo went on for days. I was saying all kinds of crazy stuff to him. He just kept persisting. I have to see if I can find it somewhere. Pure comedy.

Edit: found it! So I had posted a Sidekick 3 on craigslist back when a sidekick 3 was really something. A Nigerian scammer replied, so I decided to have some fun.

Scammer: I want to know why you are selling this item and if really it is in good condition. I will like to make a quick purchase on the item.

Me: It's in perfect condition, about 3 weeks old. Like I was saying, I saw an xbox 360 and now I want one, so I thought I would see if anybody had one to trade.

Scammer: Once you assure me that its in a good condition andits working perfect, i will like to offer you $340 to show howserious and let me how much the shipping cost cost so that i can pay all at the same time, i am and I would proceed with the payment immediately My method of payment is United Postal Money Order (usps). If ok by you kindly get back to me with your full name and address of where you want the money order to be mailed out to so i can proceed wit payment mmdaitely. I will you take all the shipping responsibilities and i will like the item to be shipped through my fedex account once my payment is confirmed So you will need to pay for shipping cost because all the shipping cost will be billed to my account. So once the payment has been made i will like to hear from you so that i can proceed with necessary steps.

Me: Sounds good! Here is all of my information: ** I had searched craigslist with his e-mail address and found a post where someone was warning about the scam attempt. I sent him the link. He STILL thought he had me on the hook!**

Scammer: i have not seen your name and address and without thsi i can pay for any item so pls mail me back

Me: Send it to:

Mr. Saavy Seller
123 Main St.
Anytown, USA 76543

Scammer: i need your state privunce addres

Me: I'm sorry, due to rising fuel costs, the price of this item has gone up to $1,000.00.

Scammer: well i can pay that amount

Me: And shipping will be another $1,000. That's $2,000 total.

Scammer: likewise i said i can pay for just sidekick and for the shipping i will take care of that so you dont have to bother yourself at all

Me: I will also require candy bars. Nothing with "nougat". I am allergic to
"nougat". And shellfish. I don't think you will come across any candy
bars with shellfish in them. If you do, count me out. Shellfish and
"nougat" make my nuts swell up. Once I ate a king sized Snickers and my
nuts swelled up so big it looked like I was hopping around on a kangaroo
ball. You remember that toy? You guys in NIGERIA probably call them
space hoppers. Speaking of which, let's make it $2,000 and a Space
Hopper. Blue with pink polka dots. Then you got yourself a deal.

For some reason I never heard back after that...
 
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I had the name of the soldier cross reference with the base, command and Air Force global. Person does not exists.
 
That's B.S.!!! Too much of that going around. I've seen this same type of stuff on Ebay.

For example, I saw the same silver '98 Toyota Supra turbo with loads of mods being sold in Michigan and then 3 weeks later the same car and pics were from a seller in England who was in the Air force and had to go to Iraq or somewhere and was going to have his shipper get the car to you etc etc. and was selling the car for 6K! These guys on Ebay have 0 feedback or only a couple and when looking at there their previous sales, it's for like ball point pins bought by another guy with only 1 or 2 feedbacks. I've have other examples but we've seen them all......nutz! :mad:
 
trifelife said:
Me: I will also require candy bars. Nothing with "nougat". I am allergic to
"nougat". And shellfish. I don't think you will come across any candy
bars with shellfish in them. If you do, count me out. Shellfish and
"nougat" make my nuts swell up. Once I ate a king sized Snickers and my
nuts swelled up so big it looked like I was hopping around on a kangaroo
ball. You remember that toy? You guys in NIGERIA probably call them
space hoppers. Speaking of which, let's make it $2,000 and a Space
Hopper. Blue with pink polka dots. Then you got yourself a deal.

For some reason I never heard back after that...
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thats awesome
 
trifelife said:
You wouldn't believe the lengths they'll go to when they think they might have a victim. I replied to a guy once just to have fun. Our convo went on for days. I was saying all kinds of crazy stuff to him. He just kept persisting. I have to see if I can find it somewhere. Pure comedy.

Edit: found it! So I had posted a Sidekick 3 on craigslist back when a sidekick 3 was really something. A Nigerian scammer replied, so I decided to have some fun.

Scammer: I want to know why you are selling this item and if really it is in good condition. I will like to make a quick purchase on the item.

Me: It's in perfect condition, about 3 weeks old. Like I was saying, I saw an xbox 360 and now I want one, so I thought I would see if anybody had one to trade.

Scammer: Once you assure me that its in a good condition andits working perfect, i will like to offer you $340 to show howserious and let me how much the shipping cost cost so that i can pay all at the same time, i am and I would proceed with the payment immediately My method of payment is United Postal Money Order (usps). If ok by you kindly get back to me with your full name and address of where you want the money order to be mailed out to so i can proceed wit payment mmdaitely. I will you take all the shipping responsibilities and i will like the item to be shipped through my fedex account once my payment is confirmed So you will need to pay for shipping cost because all the shipping cost will be billed to my account. So once the payment has been made i will like to hear from you so that i can proceed with necessary steps.

Me: Sounds good! Here is all of my information: ** I had searched craigslist with his e-mail address and found a post where someone was warning about the scam attempt. I sent him the link. He STILL thought he had me on the hook!**

Scammer: i have not seen your name and address and without thsi i can pay for any item so pls mail me back

Me: Send it to:

Mr. Saavy Seller
123 Main St.
Anytown, USA 76543

Scammer: i need your state privunce addres

Me: I'm sorry, due to rising fuel costs, the price of this item has gone up to $1,000.00.

Scammer: well i can pay that amount

Me: And shipping will be another $1,000. That's $2,000 total.

Scammer: likewise i said i can pay for just sidekick and for the shipping i will take care of that so you dont have to bother yourself at all

Me: I will also require candy bars. Nothing with "nougat". I am allergic to
"nougat". And shellfish. I don't think you will come across any candy
bars with shellfish in them. If you do, count me out. Shellfish and
"nougat" make my nuts swell up. Once I ate a king sized Snickers and my
nuts swelled up so big it looked like I was hopping around on a kangaroo
ball. You remember that toy? You guys in NIGERIA probably call them
space hoppers. Speaking of which, let's make it $2,000 and a Space
Hopper. Blue with pink polka dots. Then you got yourself a deal.

For some reason I never heard back after that...
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Holy crap you had me rolling with that last response about the space hopper. You cant make that kind of stuff up.LMAO!!
 
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Scam

I have a business interest in an operation that creates business-to-business sales leads. I occasionally advertise on CL and today I got an email from a guy who wanted one for his wife! I simply had to click on a supplied URL to go ahead with the transaction.:D

I'd be most appreciative for suggestions as to how to lay it on this f u c k stick!

KS
 
joegr said:
Apparently, he could.
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lol I think he means the story itself, which is all true. Thanks to gmail I almost never delete anything. I just searched my mailbox for the word "nougat" and found the convo fom 2006 (!).
 
trifelife said:
lol I think he means the story itself, which is all true. Thanks to gmail I almost never delete anything. I just searched my mailbox for the word "nougat" and found the convo fom 2006 (!).
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Thanks that is exactly what I meant!
 
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