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Well, the scammers on Craigslist have little or nothing on the scammers hitting the ole' email boxes of millions of innocent people world wide. What you are doing is commonly called "scambaiting"--dicking around spammers whose only goal is to rip you off. I had some fun with a Nigerian scammer this summer, along the lines of some of this stuff
Welcome to the 419 Eater
The site has a nice FAQ, as well as tips here Welcome to the 419 Eater
And remember--the people you are dealing with are *criminals* and should be treated as such.
Thanks for the link! I might actually join there....
of course when you reply they will have your email.
Does that matter? I don't mean that rude but can they do anything with that?
I got a return from both Joy and John
Joy's response:
"Hi I`m interested in buying this item for my client in US my mode of payment is money order in which i would like you to let me know the final asking price of the item while the shipping is going to made via my shipping agent in US this is to let you that my client will include the shipping fees and my commission in the money order.I don"t really know the exact amount that will be on the left fund will be i only need honesty to only deduct your item fees and wire back whatever left as my commission and for shipping company fee the same day you get the money order payment i also want you to close the advert on craigslist once you get my message just email me your address to send the money order payment and the full name and as you want it to appear on the money order
Thanks"
I said
"Asking price is $500,000 and I will pay shipping.
Please get back as soon as possible.
Best Regards
~Michael~"
John said
"okay ...send me money request through paypal so that i can transfer
the money asap"
I returned saying
"I need your account number along with address, physical address of course and also your social security number. Thanks for allowing me to steal your identity"
~Michael~