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  1. #1
    Home Theatre Aficionado
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    How should I scam a scammer?

    I have a room I'm renting out in my house and I've been running ads on craigs list looking for a tenant. I got a reply from what looked like a spammers email, but I gave it the benefit of the doubt and decided to reply with a couple of questions to be sure. I got a response from a different email address, which said the following:

    Thanks for getting back to me ... My name is Kelly Benson (F),I am 27yrs
    old,I am fun-loving, personal, friendly,clean, caring,and respectful
    of others. a non-smoker, don't do drugs, i drink occasionally,and
    drama free.I've been searching and searching for two weeks for a place and
    been having no luck,Males/females doesn't matter as well as homes with a
    lot of roommates. I graduated last year , I am single and have no
    children ... i do bible study/ cell group at home, and sometimes we do
    karaoke night! i go to church every Sunday .

    Am coming for my masters degree. I was born in Virginia Beach in
    Virginia.My dad is from there too but my mum is from Canada.Am on
    research work at Guam (USA), am almost done.with that bcos its part of
    my prerequisite for my masters in Microbiology . I would have loved to
    call you but I am not mobile .Am really interested in renting from you
    and will really want to know everything about the place .I do really
    love pets but i don't have any at the moment. I would have loved to
    see it but am very far,but with pictures,I am glad.
    I will also like you to tell me more about you and if you have garage
    or parking space cos I will have my own car come over,
    pls let me know the total payment of the place and more over I
    will send your email to my dad for him to email you later bcos he is
    the one that will be paying the bills but nevertheless,I will like you to send
    me your full Name and the mailing address, your phone number as
    well,so that my Dad will issue out the payment for the place as soon
    as
    possible,with that you can hold on the place for me
    till I come . I will be looking forward to your email
    soonest. Thanks and have a nice day
    The terrible grammar and spelling made me suspecious. I've gotten emails from international students before which sounded like this, but she was clearly from the US according to her email. Just to be sure I decided to search her name, which didn't help. Her email, which didn't help. I took a section of her response to me and sure enough:

    http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/vie...41%40yahoo.com

    He's obviously trying to collect personal information, so I was thinking of replying with some, just not my personal information. So what do you think? I'm not looking to do anything that's illegal, just something to fuck with this guy. I'd love to hear any ideas.

  2. #2
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    Something along these lines my good friend

    http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/

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    Yoshi P
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    Why bother? There are millions of them out there mass-messaging people.

    Just ignore unless you've got way too much time in your hand.

  4. #4
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    Shooting back an email that might fuck with this guy is hardly enough time to worry about wasting. I answers peoples questions about acoustics several hours a week, there's no reason why I wouldn't have the time to write up a reply to him.

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    BEHEMOR IS COME
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    Quote Originally Posted by The_OG_Nelta View Post
    Something along these lines my good friend

    http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/
    LOL... holy shit.

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    That was an epic prank, but what a horrible ending, its like blue balls at the end of a BJ.

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    BEHEMOR IS COME
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    Yea, I was expecting more angry hate mail from the scammer, not just some BS attempt at payback.

  8. #8
    Yoshi P
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    fuck craigslist scammers I hope they all die in terrible ways

  9. #9
    okay guy I guess
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    Quote Originally Posted by kareface View Post
    The terrible grammar and spelling made me suspecious.

  10. #10
    The Mizzle Fizzle of Nikkei's Haremizzle

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    Stop taking bait Qalbert. Being a mod has clearly dulled your senses. QQ

  11. #11
    Banned.

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    Mini doesn't troll. He just can't spell. And besides, who has time for worrying about proper spelling when you're doing a billion things at once?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The_OG_Nelta View Post
    Something along these lines my good friend

    http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/
    holy shit. Can't stop laughing.

  13. #13
    Relic Weapons
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    The ending to that prank is just terrible. I'm left wondering what happened to that guy.

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    Blue Magic is Best Magic
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    Wow yeah... wth happened to him?

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    GATTACA!
    Sweaty Dick Punching Enthusiast

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    The moral of the story is don't fuck with guys named Gianluca

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    Quote Originally Posted by Draylo View Post
    Wow yeah... wth happened to him?
    He has posted on SA since then, so he's still alive at least.

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    Blue Magic is Best Magic
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    Quote Originally Posted by LiquidFriend View Post
    He has posted on SA since then, so he's still alive at least.
    Ah ok, I was thinking the guy went and found the return address and killing him lol.

  18. #18
    The Mizzle Fizzle of Nikkei's Haremizzle

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blubbartron View Post
    Mini doesn't troll. He just can't spell. And besides, who has time for worrying about proper spelling when you're doing a billion things at once?

    Damn, some niggas just cant let go. I've been around Mini plenty and he spells just fine, maybe you should try being less upset. You're on some 2006 vintage shit right now son.

  19. #19
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    Naww he posts on SA randomly, i just think after the DoS Attacks he figured he should stay away from connections to his prank sense it was already picked up and other people could spread it around for him.

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    Damn, some niggas just cant let go. I've been around Mini plenty and he spells just fine, maybe you should try being less upset. You're on some 2006 vintage shit right now son.
    Dude, I talk to Mini on AIM pretty often to this day. We just give each other shit. That's how we were in NIN. And for the record, his spelling is fucking atrocious. It really is.

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