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Another scammer story (PG-13)
« on: September 05, 2005, 03:03:53 AM »
I edited the language in this one.. my purpose here was to get the scammer mad and boy did I do that.  This happened a while back, just forgot about posting it..

Long story short.  I had a Playstation 2 drive for a version 5-7 playstation..well I bought a version 9 because it was cheap (used) so I was stuck with a brand new drive (worth $25)..so I posted it on USENET to sell it.
First are the emails..then the YIM chat..

The Yahoo instant message chat is without usernames edited.  I'm bartonekdragracing, scammer is dgentleguy.    I really wasnt in the mood to mess with a scammer so I replied with a Nigerian address in my email for him to send his check there as a hint that I knew what was going on.......so here we go....first the emails... remember..take note of what he says in emails and how he screws up in IM during chat contradicting what he said in emails and also what he just typed in IM... LOLZ
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Scammer wrote (first contact here):

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Charles wrote:

hello,
I am interested in your item. Pls reply me and
let me know the method of payment u'll like.

P.S. I do not live in the United States. I live outside North America, so think of the best favourable method of payment for both of us.

Thanks...



Your cool AO moderator said:
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Alex Bartonek wrote:
a money order, give me your address so I can compute shipping.



Scammer (once you read this..you know whats up):

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Charles wrote:

Money Order will mean WesternUnion services or MoneyGram I suppose. Concerning the shipping, I take care of that myself. Send me your full name and neccessary contact details so that I can make payments through MoneyGram as early as possible on monday morning.

Thanks.



Your cool AO moderator said (I know its a scam so once again I ask for a address):

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Alex Bartonek wrote:
what is your address so I can compute shipping?




Scammer said (below you can see the misspelling of words etc..classic scammer email):

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Charles wrote:
I will take care of the shipping myself. Do not worry abt that. Send your Contact details so that I can make the payment first thing on Mondey
morning.



Your cool AO moderator (its a scam so he can send his bull$hit fake money here):
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395 W. Nile Street
Nigeria, Africa 1293-1994



By now I figure I'll mess with him to see how long I can keep him emailing me...so I send another email...

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I misread your email.. I dont take western union or
anything of the sort. Only a postal money order.


Scammer replies with...
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Ok. I will send the money thru postal money order. Reply with your full address and name so that I can make the payment immediately.

thanks.


Here's the YIM chat.. He never IM'd me after this but I think I'll check to see if he's around just to e-slap him around a few times...

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dgentleguy (2:14:01 PM): hello
bartonekdragracing (2:14:53 PM): hows it going
dgentleguy (2:15:01 PM): i'm sorry but i really dont know how postal order operates
bartonekdragracing (2:15:23 PM): you walk in, ask for a postal money order, give them the money, they give you a money order.
dgentleguy (2:15:42 PM): i'm not used to that
dgentleguy (2:15:58 PM): moreover, there's no post office around here
dgentleguy (2:16:19 PM): the post office nearest to me is miles away from here
bartonekdragracing (2:18:11 PM): it just sounds too suspicious. you dont want to give me your address, you want the carrier to pick up the drive etc.. lol.. i'm not really interested in selling it to you.. go look on ebay.
dgentleguy (2:32:37 PM): ok
dgentleguy (2:32:40 PM): thanks
dgentleguy (2:33:45 PM): to be sincere, I have also lost interest in ur item
dgentleguy (2:33:48 PM): bye
bartonekdragracing (2:33:55 PM): later scammer
bartonekdragracing (2:33:56 PM): lol
dgentleguy (2:34:05 PM): scammer?
dgentleguy (2:34:17 PM): well, u can always say whatever u like
bartonekdragracing (2:34:23 PM): come on..never used a postal money order.. yea
bartonekdragracing (2:34:25 PM): good one
dgentleguy (2:34:26 PM):
bartonekdragracing (2:34:27 PM): c ya
dgentleguy (2:34:54 PM): u are the scammer
bartonekdragracing (2:35:10 PM): i know you are but what am I? LOLOLOLZ
bartonekdragracing (2:35:22 PM): tryin to scam a $25 drive from me. lol
bartonekdragracing (2:35:36 PM): "dont worry about shipping" "I'll have it picked up"
bartonekdragracing (2:35:46 PM): yea right..ahahhahaahhahahaha I've heard that alot.
dgentleguy (2:35:57 PM): u r the scammer
dgentleguy (2:36:19 PM): 1st, u gave me a nigerian address, later u gave me a US address
bartonekdragracing (2:36:27 PM): because you are a scammer
dgentleguy (2:36:28 PM): u are a bloody scammer
bartonekdragracing (2:36:31 PM): LOLOLZ
bartonekdragracing (2:36:50 PM): real quick you gave up as soon as I said "postal money order"
dgentleguy (2:36:52 PM): u dont know how to scam and lie
bartonekdragracing (2:37:00 PM): but you do. and I caught you
dgentleguy (2:37:23 PM): I caught u too
dgentleguy (2:37:33 PM): that makes 2 of us
dgentleguy (2:37:36 PM): lol
dgentleguy (2:37:58 PM): 50 - 50...no cheatiang
bartonekdragracing (2:37:58 PM): no, because I wouldnt have send the item, your "check" would have been stopped at my bank.
bartonekdragracing (2:38:07 PM): LOL
bartonekdragracing (2:38:14 PM): you're a newbie scammer that got caugh
bartonekdragracing (2:38:16 PM): caught even
bartonekdragracing (2:38:25 PM): and for a $25 drive??!?!? HAHAHAHAHAHAAH
bartonekdragracing (2:38:34 PM): you will be the laughing stock of the internet when I post this
dgentleguy (2:38:52 PM): if i had sent the postal order, u will not have sent the item
bartonekdragracing (2:39:01 PM): yes I would have because USPS money order is good as gold
bartonekdragracing (2:39:08 PM): then you would not have been a fake.
dgentleguy (2:39:27 PM): i actually work in a post office and i know everything abt postal order
bartonekdragracing (2:39:35 PM): HA! So you lied!! I KNEW IT!!
bartonekdragracing (2:39:36 PM): HAHAHAHAAHHAHAAH
bartonekdragracing (2:39:44 PM): you're more stupid then you sound.
bartonekdragracing (2:39:46 PM): LOLOLOL!!!
dgentleguy (2:39:52 PM): i wanted to test ur stupidity
bartonekdragracing (2:40:08 PM): how, by making yourself look stupid?
bartonekdragracing (2:40:10 PM): LOL
dgentleguy (2:40:16 PM): i c
dgentleguy (2:40:51 PM): well, u can go to hell for all i care
bartonekdragracing (2:40:55 PM): LOL!!
bartonekdragracing (2:40:58 PM): dont get mad scammer
dgentleguy (2:40:58 PM): scammer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bartonekdragracing (2:41:04 PM): be good.
bartonekdragracing (2:41:06 PM): lol!!!!
dgentleguy (2:41:08 PM): MAD?
bartonekdragracing (2:41:16 PM): be a better scammer and try next time.
dgentleguy (2:41:20 PM): WELL, I'M LAUGHING ALL OVER HERE
dgentleguy (2:41:50 PM): I HAVE DEALT WITH INTERNATIONAL DEALERS B4 AND THEY NEVER HAVE REGRETS
bartonekdragracing (2:41:54 PM): sure
bartonekdragracing (2:42:07 PM): so you've scammed other people is what you're saying/
dgentleguy (2:42:19 PM): THEY EVEN THANK ME AFTER RECEIVING THEIR MONEY
bartonekdragracing (2:42:47 PM): when they say "you f*****g scammer you ripped me off!!"..that doesnt mean "thank you"
bartonekdragracing (2:42:48 PM): LOL
dgentleguy (2:42:56 PM): IF I WANTED TO SCAM U, I WOULD HAVE INTRODUCED MY SELF AS A VIP LIKE SCAMMERS DO
bartonekdragracing (2:43:10 PM): is that what you were going to do?
bartonekdragracing (2:43:31 PM): sorry I'm much smarter then that.. keep practicing and try next time
dgentleguy (2:43:59 PM): F*** U A******
bartonekdragracing (2:44:03 PM): LOL
bartonekdragracing (2:44:11 PM): Inktomi Corp, is that your ISP?
bartonekdragracing (2:44:23 PM): sunnyvale california?
dgentleguy (2:44:32 PM): NO...IT'S UR MOTHERF*****G ASS
bartonekdragracing (2:44:36 PM): HAHAHAHHAHA
bartonekdragracing (2:44:39 PM): SCAMMER IS MAD!
bartonekdragracing (2:44:41 PM): HAHAHAHAHHHAAA
bartonekdragracing (2:44:47 PM): its ok newbian scammer.
dgentleguy (2:44:50 PM): YEAH
bartonekdragracing (2:44:59 PM): you are my b***h.
bartonekdragracing (2:45:02 PM): I just owned yer a**
bartonekdragracing (2:45:15 PM): slappin you silly son
dgentleguy (2:45:27 PM): son?
dgentleguy (2:45:32 PM): who's ur son?
bartonekdragracing (2:45:37 PM): "charles", you are my b***h
dgentleguy (2:45:48 PM): i am much older than u are dumbass
bartonekdragracing (2:45:54 PM): LOL
bartonekdragracing (2:46:02 PM): the first thing to go with age is the mind.
bartonekdragracing (2:46:05 PM): thats why you got caught.
bartonekdragracing (2:46:09 PM): I'm younger and smarter
dgentleguy (2:46:10 PM): yeah
dgentleguy (2:46:14 PM): that's y u cant think
bartonekdragracing (2:46:15 PM): busted yer old decrepit a**
bartonekdragracing (2:46:26 PM): alll for a $25 drive which you couldnt afford
dgentleguy (2:46:42 PM): u cant even spell....smarter indeed
dgentleguy (2:46:46 PM): lol=))
bartonekdragracing (2:46:59 PM): > > I will take care of the shipping myself. Do not > > worry abt that.
bartonekdragracing (2:47:02 PM): that is from your email
bartonekdragracing (2:47:06 PM): looks like you cant spell either?
dgentleguy (2:47:07 PM): yeah
bartonekdragracing (2:47:07 PM): LOL
bartonekdragracing (2:47:15 PM): pendejo
dgentleguy (2:47:32 PM): ??????
bartonekdragracing (2:48:10 PM): you said you dont live in the USA but you work at the post office huh?
bartonekdragracing (2:48:11 PM): http://us.f543.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Sh...0&view=a&head=b
bartonekdragracing (2:48:18 PM): P.S. I do not live in the United States. I > live > > > > outside North America, so think of the best > > > > favourable method of payment for both of us.
bartonekdragracing (2:48:35 PM): .dgentleguy: i actually work in a post office and i know everything abt postal order
bartonekdragracing (2:48:39 PM): LOL!!!
dgentleguy (2:48:45 PM): i c
bartonekdragracing (2:48:46 PM): You are truly a VERY STUPID SCAMMER
dgentleguy (2:48:53 PM): so u are indeed a scammer
bartonekdragracing (2:48:57 PM): can I have buttseks with your wife?
dgentleguy (2:49:00 PM): scammers usually copy and paste
bartonekdragracing (2:49:28 PM): Pls reply me and > > let > > > > me know the method of payment u'll like.
bartonekdragracing (2:49:40 PM): there's you trying to sound like a idiot.
bartonekdragracing (2:49:46 PM): pls reply me
bartonekdragracing (2:49:47 PM): hahahahaha
bartonekdragracing (2:49:50 PM): classic
dgentleguy (2:50:04 PM): i c
dgentleguy (2:50:10 PM): ow old r u?
bartonekdragracing (2:50:26 PM): did you know your originating IP addresses are the same in every email?
dgentleguy (2:50:35 PM): if u are above 40, then u r a fool forever
bartonekdragracing (2:50:41 PM): like you?
bartonekdragracing (2:50:43 PM): LOL
bartonekdragracing (2:50:44 PM): LOLZ
dgentleguy (2:51:12 PM): i'm just in my 30's
bartonekdragracing (2:51:21 PM): you sure are a stupid 30 year old
dgentleguy (2:51:27 PM): i really dunno y i'm talking to u
bartonekdragracing (2:51:27 PM): broke at that.
bartonekdragracing (2:51:29 PM): LOL
bartonekdragracing (2:51:33 PM): because you just got owned
bartonekdragracing (2:51:40 PM): you're my b***h.. I own a scammer
dgentleguy (2:51:46 PM): lol
dgentleguy (2:51:53 PM): ur son u mean?
dgentleguy (2:52:09 PM): or ur b***h(ur daughter)=))
bartonekdragracing (2:52:35 PM): is that the best you can do?
dgentleguy (2:52:41 PM): =))
bartonekdragracing (2:52:44 PM): thats it?
dgentleguy (2:52:46 PM):
bartonekdragracing (2:52:47 PM): LOL
bartonekdragracing (2:53:34 PM): well, I gotta cut-n-paste this on 409scammers so they can check out the ownage and your emails. be right back my b***h.
dgentleguy (2:57:49 PM): ok
dgentleguy (2:57:53 PM): do that fast
bartonekdragracing (2:59:20 PM): u still there my ho?
dgentleguy (2:59:29 PM): it's like u got no job
dgentleguy (2:59:38 PM): go search for one in the sewage
bartonekdragracing (2:59:45 PM): i'm not the one tryin to scam to get a $25 Playstation drive
dgentleguy (2:59:46 PM): ur mates are earning cool cash there
bartonekdragracing (2:59:48 PM): HAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHHHHAHAHAA
dgentleguy (3:00:13 PM): u want to scam me to get money
bartonekdragracing (3:00:15 PM): can I butts*x your wife or g/f ?
dgentleguy (3:00:32 PM): i knew u were shameless right from the start
bartonekdragracing (3:01:06 PM): how come you were using those lame techniques for a disk drive? why dont you do what the other scammers do and just go for the $25 mill ?
dgentleguy (3:01:31 PM): well, i dont know how scammers do 'cos i aint no scammer
dgentleguy (3:02:10 PM): moreover, nigerians are the most prominent scammers ...remeber u gave me a nigerian address at 1st...
bartonekdragracing (3:02:47 PM): you're right. I did because you were trying to scam me.. LOL! Your stupid a** would of sent a fake "moneygram" to nowhere. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
dgentleguy (3:03:13 PM): u have nothin to say
bartonekdragracing (3:03:30 PM): now that I have busted you I guess I have run out of insults
bartonekdragracing (3:03:31 PM): HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
dgentleguy (3:03:35 PM): u'll be in the iggy
bartonekdragracing (3:03:48 PM): WOO HOO!!!
dgentleguy (3:03:50 PM): byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
bartonekdragracing (3:03:52 PM): late f*g
bartonekdragracing (3:03:56 PM): my b**h
bartonekdragracing (3:04:01 PM): live and learn son
bartonekdragracing (3:04:08 PM): be good scammer.
dgentleguy (3:04:09 PM): i'll post ur ad on nigerianebayers site
bartonekdragracing (3:04:23 PM): great. then I can burn them like I did you.
dgentleguy (3:04:24 PM): as well as ur reply
bartonekdragracing (3:04:30 PM): HAHAHAHAHHA
bartonekdragracing (3:04:39 PM): I BUSTED A SCAMMER. AND DGENTLEGUY IS MY B***H


It was only fun after I got him mad..that was the best part.  I resorted to childish insults but hey, its all good.   :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
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Re: Another scammer story (PG-13)
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2005, 03:33:09 AM »
Well I have been getting a LOT of other types of scams too and I also did what you did to get them mad.  But it sure was not as long as what you did!  I get a lot of IMs from chics saying they are stuck in Africa and they need money to get home.  The story varies but they are always from Africa!  Hah.  Some will be slick and drop the bomb after a few hours of chat but some are darn pushy and ask in the first sentence!  I have toyed with them and pissed a few off... It was fun.
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Re: Another scammer story (PG-13)
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2005, 03:39:23 AM »
 :lol:   now thats great.. if they are really chicks that would be some fun IM's.. LOL
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Re: Another scammer story (PG-13)
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2005, 03:53:33 AM »
Good job on nailing the scammer. Kinda sad that you have idiots who think they can still scam, and poor to ones who fell and gave in.

I hope I can run into a scammer sometime and make him mad!  :lol:
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Re: Another scammer story (PG-13)
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2005, 04:01:52 AM »
a friend of mine started selling classic cars on the net and had someone buy a car for $6000..sent him a check and everything... he almost shipped the car but thought that he'd first go to the bank..they told him right away the check was stolen..  now he's alot more cautious..
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Re: Another scammer story (PG-13)
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2005, 04:03:08 AM »
Definately if it deals with a great sum of money, better check with the bank first before you ever send out anything to make sure its valid.

I know there was a website somewhere with posted stories of scammers who been scammed.  :-)
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Re: Another scammer story (PG-13)
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2005, 04:08:56 AM »
 :crazy:  :crazy:  Sheesh, guess that scammer didn't know when to stop..

My fave scammer has to be the guy that tried to defraud someone of a Powerbook on ebay, he ended up paying $550 import duty to HM Customs for a modified ringbinder. Full story.
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Re: Another scammer story (PG-13)
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2005, 04:27:47 AM »
Doobrey: ROTFL!!!! Yes I've read that one..but there was no closure..never heard back from the scammer.
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Re: Another scammer story (PG-13)
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2005, 04:37:40 AM »
Is there a way you can lure in scammers? I want to play with some of them and make them angry!  :-D  :-)
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Re: Another scammer story (PG-13)
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2005, 04:42:22 AM »
He sent a virus infected email to the guy that sold him the 'pppppowerbook'
Even that was a lame arsed attempt, something along the lines of
"See attach.
For security purposes the attached file is password protected. Password 27735" :lol:
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Re: Another scammer story (PG-13)
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2005, 04:45:38 AM »
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Is there a way you can lure in scammers? I want to play with some of them and make them angry!  :-D  :-)


Easiest way is to setup a Hotmail account, and choose something easily guessable like "Fred_Smith99" as a username and you'll have relatives of dead Nigerian dignitaries pleading for help in laundering $50million in next to no time.
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Re: Another scammer story (PG-13)
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2005, 08:45:28 AM »
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Easiest way is to setup a Hotmail account, and choose something easily guessable like "Fred_Smith99" as a username and you'll have relatives of dead Nigerian dignitaries pleading for help in laundering $50million in next to no time.


Ain't that the f-ing truth!!!
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Re: Another scammer story (PG-13)
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2005, 12:03:56 PM »
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TjLaZer wrote:
Well I have been getting a LOT of other types of scams too and I also did what you did to get them mad.  But it sure was not as long as what you did!  I get a lot of IMs from chics saying they are stuck in Africa and they need money to get home.  The story varies but they are always from Africa!  Hah.  Some will be slick and drop the bomb after a few hours of chat but some are darn pushy and ask in the first sentence!  I have toyed with them and pissed a few off... It was fun.


Beware of scammers on match.com.  A friend of mine at work told me he met some 'beautiful' girl there, a 'model' no less!  He even got pictures of some real hot babe (she looked Spanish...stolen pictures no doubt).  The name was even funnier..Brandy James (sounds like some porn star) and better yet she is supposedly from some town in this state where there's nothing but cows (nice selection scammer!). Well she (he) led him on for about a week, but he thought her English was real bad until I told him it was a Nigerian scammer (some dude sitting at a computer in Lagos probably).  Sure enough, within a week along comes a plea that she's stuck in Nigeria and needs money wired to her to pay her hotel bill and fly home to 'meet' my buddy, otherwise she'll have no alternative but to sleep with her boss.  Yeah right!  So my buddy, now onto the scam, decides he's going to have a little fun with Ikembe or whatever his name is.....He writes back that she should go ahead, sleeping with the boss ain't that bad, and contact him when she is back in the States.  End of contact....
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Re: Another scammer story (PG-13)
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2005, 12:14:01 PM »
I find that an even better one than Hotmail is to get a webmail account with Goth.net. It's free to set up and you're guaranteed at least five or six emails a day promising you a fortune.

There's two posts on the forum at the moment about scammers and reading them is kind of worrying. I only opened an Ebay account myself to buy Amiga stuff and so far have found all the sellers to be really, really good. Efficient and willing to answer idiot questions after I've bought the items. Is scamming really that rife?
 

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Re: Another scammer story (PG-13)
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2005, 02:44:55 PM »
Having worked in Nigeria earlier this year (Lagos and Port Harcourt), I can tell you that scamming is a way of life there.  They're not just scamming us via the internet but even themselves.  You can buy lottery tickets on the street where the top prize is a US Green Card!  Billboards advertise for people to sign up to start a new life in the UK or USA (for a fee I'm sure).  The sad thing is, they don't regard themselves as crooks for scamming us, but think it's our fault for being greedy and falling for the BS to start with.

That said, there are a lot of honest and hard working Nigerians over there.  Always remember, that the language of Nigeria is ENGLISH, so if someone is writing you a sob story and claims to have millions of dollars in the bank yet can't spell for toffee then they're full of crap.  Most Nigerians in top jobs went to British style schools in the country or even to University in the UK.  Their English is better than mine!
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