So I'm selling my boat on craigslist and I get this response.

I really appreciate your response to my email.and am very sorry for
the late respond I want you to consider it sold, pls do withdraw the
advert from craigslist to avoid disturbance,anyways I don't have time
to come over to take a look because of my Business schedule but you
don't need to bother your self with the shipment,I'll take care of
that by engaging the services of a mover, hence I'll be sending a
check and it will be delivered to you via United Parcel Service,so
I'll need you to provide me with the following information to
facilitate the mailing of the check....

1.Full name on the check.
2.Full Physical address to post the check
3.City, State and Zip Code
4.Home & Cell Phone to contact you.

Note that the payment will be shipped to your address via USPS NEXT
DAY AIR SERVICE an and I will like you to know that you will not be
responsible for shipping i will have my mover to come over as soon as
you have cashed the check.

My Regards
William

Should I let this play out? Hmmmmm...

Yes, I know not to cash the check. Actually, I would probably turn it over to my bank's fraud guy and let him knock on their door.

What to do, what to do?

hey! I know that guy!!

With written sentences like that, makes you wonder what business he could be in?

The Scamin' bidness!

Exactly.

Spotweld his ballsack to the wall.

Do you think he'd be interested in my 5th wheel? :-)

this guy from Idaho????? sounds almost like the same email i got when i sold my boat on crtaislist...

http://www.419eater.com/index.php

Already contacted our loss prevention folks here at the bank. I'm contacting him tonight to ask him to send the check right away. We'll see if we can catch him, or his buddy here in the area.

After you get the check call him and tell him you decided it wasn't enough money and to send another check to cover the difference.

nice!

Waiting to hear the outcome on this one.Goodluck,
SZ

Here is today's installment.

I received your information to send the check out, i will get the check out by tomorrow morning and will get back to you with the
shipment tracking number after the check have been sent out,it will be mailed out using overnight USPSex which will get to you second day.Please do proceed to delete the posting so i can be rest assure that it mine.
Thanks

I told him I would delete the posting once I received the check.

Today's email.

The Bank Endorsed check have been mailed to you via USPSex check statue via www.usps.com which include funds to cover the payment and Shipment,This is because the amount I placed with my company is a refund for a canceled order and being a refund it can only be written on a single check .I am in no rush with you as I will await your DEPOSITION and bank clearance before we proceed further, once the check has been Received, You will proceed to Deposit the check at your bank. once the check clears you will deduct your funds while the balance will be sent to the shipping so they will be able to offset shipping & tax charges, on pick up. My bank informed me the check should clear within 1-2 working days.You will deduct your fund and send the difference fund will be sent to the shipping company CEO Immediately so that they will proceed with pick up arrangement, though I have other goods to be picked up alongside,Let me know when you have the check and it have been deposited for bank clearance as its a depository check.
Thanks so much
Contact me as soon as you have the check
God bless you ..

Should be fun.

Now we're talking. Seems we have a Magoo on the line. Keep the line tight and let him beach himself. Fish On!!!!!

When you finally boat the sumbitch, bleed him and gut him, and cold-smoke his ass, post his name and all his personal info you can so THE WORLD knows what a POS he is.

Getting interesting.Keep it comin.Good luck,
SZ

Today's installment,

Hello Andy M,


Am sorry you still have not receiev the check,I went to USPS office to confirm why the check have not been delivered but they promise to confirm why for me on monday.in other not to delay this transaction,i resent it yesterday useing fedex.check statue via www.fedex.com or click on this (http://www.fedex.com/Tracking?cntry_code=us) and here is the shipment tracking number( 793565680777 ).

The check will be delivered to you by monday morning,please let me know as soon as you receieve the check on monday and proceed to have it deposite in you account.My bank informed me the check should clear within 1-2 working days.You will deduct your fund and send the difference fund will be sent to the shipping company CEO Immediately so that they will proceed with pick up arrangement, though I have other goods to be picked up alongside,Let me know when you have the check and it have been deposited for bank clearance as its a depository check.

Thanks so much

Contact me as soon as you have the check

God bless you ..

At least he's a christian. That makes me feel so much better about this.

Lots of uses for a DB in Ohio. Still sounds legit to me.

Hey Andy, I have a trailer to sell. Wanna broker the deal here, looks like you have a customer base developing. . . . . ... .

My granddad used to have a saying about that.

The only thing worse than a thief is a liar, and he is both.
When he surfaces harpoon the sucker.

Ducker

I'm waiting for the stream of threats once we pin his schill to the wall. I already have that crafted as well.

Might want to buy a recorder for any phone calls you might get.

Today's installment!

Dear Andy,

You 've got the check? Once the check has been Received, You will proceed to Deposit the check at your bank for your bank to verify fund ,then after check have cleared which takes 1-2 days,You re to send the difference fund which will be sent to the shipping company CEO Immediately so they will be able to offset shipping & tax charges, on pick up. after check clears your account via money-gram. I will followup with my bank for the quick release of fund and am just making sure that everything goes fine by making sure that your bank verify fund since the check its a depository check needed to be verify,so please get back to me today when the check have been deposited and when it will clears according to your bank .Once the check have been deposited today please do get back to me so i can followup .
Here is the name and address to send the excess fund when for the shipper to
offset shipping

Name: Heywood JABLOWME
City: LIMA
Address: 1470 Neubrecht Road
State: Ohio
Code: 45801

You will get a money gram outlet at any walmart store close to you .

Let me know when the check have been deposited.
WILLIAM

I've contacted a few of my fellow AR-15 enthusiasts to drive by this place, and take a picture. I'll email it to him, along with the mention that I sold the boat last night.

Dogfish!

Already in contact with the Lima police department. We'll contact the company in a bit as well, but only after the police are there when the check is delivered.

Name: Heywood JABLOWME
City: LIMA
Address: 1470 Neubrecht Road
State: Ohio
Code: 45801

Nice christian name.

I wanted to keep the CEO's name out of it. A person of such a position would not appreciate having his name out on the net, even if it was Travis Girardot.

So now I have received the check. Forwarded it to our fraud department, who in turn has forwarded it to the postal inspectors.

Below are a series of back and forth conversations with "William".

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Me: 10:57am - Deposited the check today. Funds to go to the shipper shortly.

Scammer: 11:15am - OK, I'm waiting online for the Moneygram ref#. I'll get ref# to the shipper to come for the pickup tomorrow.

Scammer: 11:23 am - Are you able to send the moneygram? Kindly send me the ref # and total amount sent.

Me: 12:45pm - I was just going to send a cashier's check to the shipper directly via UPS.

Scammer: 12:57 - Don't send them check. You will have to send it via Moneygram Transfer See your email for that.

me: 12:58pm - email is at home. all I have is my phone. could you forward instructions?

Scammer: 1:05pm - You can simply check onlineto find the nearest moneygram near you.

me: 1:06pm - OK.

Scammer: 1:07pm - You will find moneygram outlet at any Walmart. or check online at moneygram.com

Scammer: 1:09pm Once the moneygram have been completed, you get back to me with the ref #, total sent.

Scammer: 1:12pm Here is the name and address you are to take to the moneygram outlet to send it to. Travis Girardot Lima, Ohio 48501

Scammer: 1:23pm - Travis Girardot.

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So what is next? Maybe I need to get into an auto accident on my way to send the moneygram, or I was almost robbed and I had to shoot a man and the police confiscated the cash. I guess I'll have to send a cashier's check to the address in Lima, Ohio. Or better yet, send it to the address it was sent to me from, in Sherman Oaks, CA. (It actually originated in Seattle, WA)

Will you help me write a fitting ending?

You live in SW Washington. The story needs bears and cougars. And loggers.

And don't forget the chickens.

Scammer: 2:30pm - Am still here, waiting for the Moneygram transfer details. So i can have the shipper come for the pickup tomorrow.

why don't you just tell him you are really from Nigeria and are keeping all the money or better let tell him you sectary made a mistake and made the check for to much and would he please send the extra funds back to you.

me: 3:17pm - william, i got into an accident on the way to walmart. i will send out the moneygram when they release me from the hospital.

let me guess you car caught on fire after the wreck and the cash burned up.

Well if I would have had this email at work, it would have been easy.

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So what you need to do now is to go ahead and get the shipping money WITHDRAW from your account and sent out via MONEYGRAM outlet close to you will deduct your fund and send the difference fund will be sent to the shipping company CEO Immediately so that they will proceed with pick up arrangement.You will get a money gram outlet at any walmart store or you check online via www.moneygram.com and look for nearest moneygram outlet close to you and get get the money sent out and get back to me today at most before today's runs out for proper arrangement for the shipper to come tomorrow for the pick tomorrow morning. You re also to deduct $100 from the remaining for the moneygram charges to send fund.

Here is the name address needed to send money which you are you take to the money gram outlet to send the money.

Name: Travis Girardot
City: LIMA
Address: 1470 Neubrecht Road
State: Ohio
Code: 45801

You can simply check online to locate the nearest moneygram close to you via this link below :

http://www.moneygram.com/eFindUs/findUs.do?countryCode=US&languageCode=en

Once the moneygram have been completed you will get back to me with :

1. The moneygram refrence number
2.The total amount sent excluding the charge
3.The amount charge to send the money .

Thank
I will be waiting for the money gram Reference number today

Its very nice doing business with you
God Bless you
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Thank God he's a Christian!

As it is, I may pass in the night, leaving my grieving widow and attorney to "settle my large estate".

when is the wake? should be a good one with all the extra money your widow has from the sale of the drift boat.

We'll have to break in the new deck.

Today's installment

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Me: You must be William,

My name is Sarah, and I'm Andy's mistress. Andy passed away overnight. A blood clot moved up from the injury to his legs from his auto accident, causing a massive stroke.

He seemed to be doing quite well, considering his injuries, and he gave me instructions to send you a cashier's check to the address in Lima, OH. I sent it Fed Ex, should be there tomorrow.

I will miss him so much.

God bless.

I just spit coffee on my keyboard. A little disappointed your mistress is named Sarah...I figured you for a Monique or Destiny.

sense andy "death" was caused by "william's" fraud. can william be charged with murder?

And it continues....

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Scammer: 1:30pm - Hello let me read from you about my check today.You promise to get back to me yesterday and still have not read from you.


Me: 6:18pm - Is this William, the man buying Andrews driftboat? I'm Hillary, his wife. He passed away last night due to complications from a stroke. He was in an auto accident yesterday running some errand. A blood clot made its way from his leg injury to his brain and he had a massive stroke. So tragic a loss. Thankfully, my good friend Sarah was there to help him pass peacefully, as I was late returning from a meeting.

What check? Sarah said she sent a cashier's check to an address in Ohio. Some shipper or something.

So sad. I need to talk with the attorneys now to settle his affairs. Let me know if there is anything else I need to do.

Hillary.

I really like Sarah. She's into BDSM.


....and chickens.

Scammer: 6:50pm - Am sorry about him.I did not get any cashier's check.Kindly let me know the tracking number for the check that was sent.

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At this point I think I need to let William know that Sarah has the tracking information. Should I give him the FBI field office phone number in Seattle?

I can't wait to watch this on an episode of Cheaters w/ Joey Greco...
Or The X files...lol

He didn't tell poor Hillary of the affair. How rude.

I gave him the FBI field office in Seattle.

Funny chit.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

I'm gonna be rich # 2. Does anyone want to engage this Magoo? Could be fun for those with the time.



FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON DC.
WASHINGTON D.C ROOM,7367
J. EDGAR HOOVER FBI BUILDING
601 4TH STREET,NW
WASHINGTON,D.C 20535.


RE: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SEEKING TO WIRETAP THE INTERNET.


Attention,

We are to inform you that we got a call from Mr Horst Hieter Haensgen today stating that you was asked to secure the diplomatic bullion boxes needed to deliver your fund to your door-step, which we have investigated and we find out that you are suppose to secure it so that your Package will be deliverd urgently without any delay.


we are to inform you that we have investigated and we find out that Mr Horst Hieter Haensgen and his colleague are the Comptroller of Fund Movement Terminal and Director of Statutory Department
of Inter Banks Credit Commission.

Mr. Horst Hieter Haensgen is in charge of the West African Terminal of the right office you are to deal with.



You are to go ahead and secure the diplomatic bullion boxes needed to deliver your fund to your door-step so that the diplomats can proceed to your door-step immediately.


Here below is the contact information provided by Mr. Horst Hieter Haensgen for further directives on how your delivery will effect.

Name: Mr. Horst Hieter Haensgen.

E-mail address: diplomat.hieter_haensgen1@hotmail.com

Telephone: +234-813-838-9852


And make sure you keep us updated.


ROBERT SWAN MUELLER III
WASHINGTON D.C ROOM,7367
J. EDGAR HOOVER FBI BUILDING
601 4TH STREET,NW
WASHINGTON,D.C 20535

Any more news on this?

Keith

Any takers. Fun to be had on the dark side.



HONEST AND RELAIBLE REPRESENTATIVE REQUIRED.
A & Z International Limited is a company in Latvian. A leading name in textile, we produce and distribute clothing materials such as batiks, assorted fabrics, traditional costume and general sales of goods and services worldwide. We have reached big sales volume of textile materials in the U.S. Quite soon we will open representative offices or authorized sales centers in Europe but meanwhile we are currently looking for honest, reliable and God-fearing person(s) to employ that will assist us in the area of receiving our payments from our USA clients and the person(s) that is/are qualified for this job MUST BE A RESIDENT in USA.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR US?
The international money transfer tax for legal entities (companies) in Latvia is 25%, whereas for the individual it is only 7%. There is no sense for us to work this way, while tax for international money transfer made by a private individual is 7%. That's why we need you! We need agents to receive payment for our textiles sales and services we have rendered and to resend this money to us via Money Gram, Western Union Money Transfer or a provided bank account as we deem fit. This way we will save money via tax decreasing.
JOB DESCRIPTION!
Receive payment from Clients and Deduct 10%, which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed then 4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to/ or any of our clients overseas (Payment is to be forwarded by instruction).
NOTE: All charges of the WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER, MONEY GRAM or A BANK WIRE TRANSFER will be deducted from the money received on our behalf, so you are rest assured that you wouldn't spend a dime out of your personal 10% money.
HOW MUCH WILL YOU EARN?
Ten percent (10%) from each operation of any money you receive on our behalf! For instance: you receive US$7000 on our behalf then it means you will get the sum of US$700 which is 10% of US$7000. At the beginning your commission will be 10% though later as we progress it will increase up to 12%! ADVANTAGES you do not have to go out as you will work as an independent contractor right from your home office. Your job is absolutely legal.
You can earn up to US$3000-US$4000 or more monthly depending on time you will spend for this job. You do not need any capital to start. You can do the Work easily without leaving or affecting your present Job. The employees who make efforts and work hard have a strong possibility to become managers. Anyway our employees never leave us. But the problem we have is trust, honesty and transparency and absolute loyalty to the growth of our dear establishment.
Honorable agent/representative know that we have good arrangement with the law enforcement agency in Washington, that if anybody tries to or gets away with our money they will definitely get hold of such individual and will face the consequences.
MAIN REQUIREMENTS

18 years or older legally capable and responsible ready to work and please know that everything is absolutely legal. If you are interested in our offer, please respond with the following details in order for us to reach you:
# FULL NAME
# CONTACT ADDRESS
# PHONE NUMBERS
# AGE
# SEX
# OCCUPATION
# COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVER'S LICENSE
Lastly and once again, this offer is FOR A USA RESIDENT ONLY otherwise do not bother to reply.
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation as we hope to hear back from you.
Anthony Spencer.(Director)

pls reply to : anthony.spencer1@i12.com

What's new?

I've lost contact with William. I think he stopped writing because I'm dead.

Can I sell him an Ex?

£516,778.00GBP

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