So a scammer wants to send Beth and I money...

Black Sparrow · Post by **Black Sparrow** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:29 pm

legostargalactica wrote:
mcDuffies wrote:I thought Lego was trying to get his soul back from Rkolter.
ahahahahahahaha. me... have a soul... ahahaha.. classic!

I've always suspected that's one of the side effects of being made entirely of plastic.

Post by **Kisai** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:28 pm

Check cashing scam, go fig.

This would make me want to toy with them more. teehee.

I hear the going rate for canadian souls are 50$ or equivalent in beer.

and I just noticed that for some reason my computer is spell checking my forum posts... and this is the PC, not the Mac, which I had gotten used to that happening.

EDIT: Darn, I thought someone living in the laptop correcting my spelling. Must be a new Firefox 2.0 feature instead. Darn, I thought it had gained sentance from watching TV for the last month.

Ian Moulding · Post by **Ian Moulding** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 2:19 pm

Kisai wrote:I hear the going rate for canadian souls are 50$ or equivalent in beer.

Only if it's good beer. For a dozen bottles of St-Ambroise oatmeal stout, you get not only my soul but also those of my younger siblings.

Risky · Post by **Risky** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:31 pm

Kasai wrote:Must be a new Firefox 2.0 feature instead. Darn, I thought it had gained sentience from watching TV for the last month.

Yeah, Firefox 2.0 spell-checks (and insists you capitalize Firefox). Which is why all forumites should be requried to ues it.

Rock_dash · Post by **Rock_dash** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:56 pm

Risky wrote:
Kasai wrote:Must be a new Firefox 2.0 feature instead. Darn, I thought it had gained sentience from watching TV for the last month.

Yeah, Firefox 2.0 spell-checks (and insists you capitalize Firefox). Which is why all forumites should be requried to ues it.

You misspelled 'required'.

Risky · Post by **Risky** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:59 pm

rock_dash wrote:
Risky wrote:
Kasai wrote:Must be a new Firefox 2.0 feature instead. Darn, I thought it had gained sentience from watching TV for the last month.

Yeah, Firefox 2.0 spell-checks (and insists you capitalize Firefox). Which is why all forumites should be requried to ues it.
You misspelled 'required'.

I think Kasai got the point that people should ues it.

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:18 pm

Risky wrote:...Kasai ...

But, of course, the spell checker has a few limitations...

- Joel Fagin

Linkara · Post by **Linkara** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:44 pm

I've been renting my soul out to people.

One time it came back with a muffin! ^_^

TRI · Post by **TRI** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:57 pm

Mmm. Soul Muffin.

Risky · Post by **Risky** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:08 pm

Joel Fagin wrote:
Risky wrote:...Kasai ...
But, of course, the spell checker has a few limitations...

- Joel Fagin

Who knew she was spelling her name wrong all along? Firefox, apparently.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 7:07 am

Ha! Only now I got why everyone was writing Kasai.

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:16 am

That's going to be confusing. Isn't there some kid running around here name Kasaii?

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:31 am

rkolter wrote:IT HAPPENED AGAIN!

Beth and I are selling a glass and brass table. I got this email:

I just place a look on your item and i am interested immediate purchase of this item,but before i proceed on this transaction i will like to ask some question as follow. 1. Do you accept a ( Cashier Check / Money Order ) as a mode of payment? 2. What is the final asking prize you can go at last? 3 Will you let our shipping company to come to you house for the pick up of the item cos we don't want you to worry yourself about the shipping of the item. 4 You are to send your NAME,ADDRESS,TEL # to mail out the payment today. 5. Will you be able to send the excess fund back to the shipping company via western union money transfer same day you recieve and cash the check for the arrangement of the home pick up from your house down to my store.Tyrone Jones Store

I am quoting this because the same guy, with a different email address, responded to the same ad, and sent me the same scam message, AGAIN!

What is even the hell?

I wrote him back:

Hey, you already tried to scam me. C'mon man, at least look at the list of addresses you've tried to scam and don't re-try the same ones! I'm the guy who asked you repeatedly why you'd send me extra money, if I was going to tell you the actual cost of the merchandise, remember?

Sheesh.

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:53 am

Man, all I ever get are stock tips...

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 3:46 pm

AND AGAIN, different person, same post from a week or so ago.

A scammer wrote: Good day seller,
Am using this oppurtunity to inform you that am highly interested in immediate purchase of this item to my newly opened store in UK paying you via certified personal check and the shipping will be handled by recognisned shipping agent in UK . Pls i want you to get back to me with the conditon of the item , the last price for the item , the picture if available , Your contact information for the issueing of the payment cos this item is needed soonest. Thanks

I'm a bit tired of scammers scamming over this one. So, my response:

I wrote: Interested am I in opportunity suggest you, but odd find it I do that English speak you not well with UK language being most common. Worse is it that type it you can not. Strange too that purchase a used $100 table you would, for overseas shipment to store you want when build one from scratch cheaper, could you.

Immediacy am I interested in speaking with you more for purchase of this table. Will pay you $100 for table to have you ship it in my home to me.

Reply soonest.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:11 pm

Is soonest even a word?

Rickford · Post by **Rickford** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:31 pm

Ask Firefox.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:42 pm

OPERA FOREVAH!

Post by **Kisai** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:27 pm

If it makes you feel any better rkolter, guess what kind email people report as spam?

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:09 am

New idea!

Since they are e-mailing you time and time again with apparently no memory of previous e-mails, I guess you can assume they are so busy sending random offers, they don't bother keeping records... further evidenced by their request to include all the info, including prices and addresses in one e-mail.

So... you can register some accounts on AOL hotmail whatever, and send them filled forms, full of made up addresses, or addresses of local police stations (and your enemies, if you have any), offering to sell them your "furniture", "items", "equipment" and "complete sets". Make sure to use funny names signing e-mails.

If you send enough, it should cost them small fortune in postage stamps.