A scammer tried to buy my A3000T

[TheMagicM]

So I have a ad on AW.net for my A3000T (its gone now..sold on Ebay)..but before I put it on ebay I had it listed there...

so I got this email....

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Hello, I saw your advert over the web and am much interested  inbuying
it. I live in canada,I will be responsible for the shippment  down to
my location, so please kindly write me back with your last  offering
price.I will also need some of its recent pics,and will like to  know its
present condition .I am Looking forward to your soonest  reply.
                       MY REGARDS...............ALEXANDRAL

You can email alexandral at: alexandral_man_0009@yahoo.com or Phone:
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If you've ever been emailed by scammers you know how it looks like.  First off, what idiot would put ALEXANDRAL ALEXANDRAL as first name/last name?  So I played along...

I said:

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I'm selling it for $500. How do you plan on paying
and recieving the shipment?
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Scammer replied:

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Hello Alex Bartonek
     thanks for your reply i want you to know that i am okay with the price  and that of the conditon, also the price is okay by me but i have told you that i have my own shipping i dont want you to worry about the shipping i will like you to give me your info address so i can contact my cliet to issue you a check of $5000 for the payment and > shiping, so as soon as u got the check just quickly get it cash and deduct ur own money and send the remaining balance to my shipper so < that he can use that for the neccessary arrangment of his coming for the pivk up of the item ,so i will like you to provide uraddress were < u want the check should be send to you , so that u can received the < check quickly and also i will like to have ur phone number
because as
far as the transaction goes on i will still like to discuss futher with you on phone, so if u are agree with this my item and if are intersted in selling the payment. thank get back to me as soon as u received my email with your futher information...........thanks
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What stupid fsk would pay $5000 to someone he doesnt know then say, well keep $500 out of it and return $4500.  Scammers are so stupid..One day I will catch one and literally beat the $hit out of him.

So I told the idiot:

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You're gonig to pay $4500 for shipping?
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Scammer said:

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HELLO
HAVE TOLD YOU THAT  I  HAVE MY OWN SHIPPER NOW SO YOU ARE GOING TO SEND THE BALANCE TO MY SHIPPER OKAY
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I replied again to try to get him to bite and what I wanted to do was ship him a whole bunch of junk..he never replied after that.   :-(    


-Alex

[TheMagicM]

Inthesand:

I would have been burned if I was a noob.  He would of sent me a check for $5000..probably a real check but stolen.. I would have deposited it and taken my cut including shipping and sent the rest back..he'd get about $4400-4500 cash and the check would bounce at the bank putting me $5000 in the negative + a A3000T would have been stolen.  

[TheMagicM]

amigaxyz:

Did you lose money???
NO!

Were you broken hearted
YES!

Animagic is NOT A SCAMMER.  GET OVER IT.

[TheMagicM]

amigaxyz wrote:
 And how would you know what animagic is!?
This is just your personal opinion. Caps and moderation privileges won't help you oppose your opinion to me.

I'm not trying to sway your opinion and dont really care actually.  Looks like the only person who thought you were scammed in your situation was.... you.   Look on E-Bay, I'm sure you will find replacement parts for your A1200.

[TheMagicM]

I didnt really want to delete it but...eh.. no biggie..good as gone.

[TheMagicM]

amigaxyz, the rest.. save the drama fo' you mamma.. or take it to PM.  



EDIT: I dont really like to spend extra time replying to/justifying what I do..but nevertheless...

amigaxyz: ok, I actually wasted a few minutes and read your post.

FACT:
The bottom line is nobody was ripped off..maybe someones feelings were hurt and thats it.  I see no point in you posting all of this when you lost ZERO, 0, nada, NO MONEY.
What was your true intent since you lost nothing?

Piracy:
I'm not the SPA, what users do on their own time does not concern me.  Just dont post pirate links on AO then you'll get in trouble.  As for somehow insinuating it might be myself hosting or giving away pirated softwareZ or that I know Animagic or that I am he..nope..wrong guy.. but he does seem like a nice guy.  What he does on his own time is none of my business.

amigaxyz says:

In case someone wonders why i didn't mention this in my first post:
I didn't wanted to push things to the edge for a freakin stupib k/b

Really? wow.

amigaxyz says:

@The moderator
I believe that erasing my ENTIRE post was completely wrong and now, i'm sure that now, you can see why.
You could just sensor the offending words. I don't want to believe that you are prejudice against me. That would be something terrible for a mod, wouldn't it?
IF and only if you are "TheMagicM":
Why are you so negative to me from the start? Let me remind you that you are OBLIGATED (as a mod) to be equally fair to ALL the user inside this community. I believe that you are NOT. Try to be, and then try harder.
Alternatively, you could just delete my account to show how fair you are to me. Wth, afterall, old and intrer-connected users are always right!

My first post about this is right here with me. I'm willing to send it to anyone who is interested or even re-post it here, if someone wants to.

Do you think I am going to spend that much time editing your posts when obviously you're just here to slander someone?  I actually am fair to all AO users assuming they follow the Posting Guidelines.


As for the last sentence in your quote, it wouldnt be prudent to repost it.

Thanks

-Alex