Ogmwtf???

[CustomLowz]

So i have my HTC Diamond for sale... and I have it on craigslist also. I get this email today from adesewa samson

** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY --- AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY
** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html

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Hi there
I just saw your advert of item above on Cl craigslist. I just want to
know if it is available, in excellent condition and if the price is
negotiable.


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this message was remailed to you via: sale-1013079032@craigslist.org
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so I reply:

The phone is still available ( I just need to clear my contacts from it still). The phone is in great shape (some scuffing on the rear from before I had the silicone cover, and the price can be negotiable.

A few hours later I get:

Thanks for the prompt response and i will love to make an instant>
purchase i will be posting a certified check to cover the cost of the>
goods while you hold on my behalf. Once you have this, my mover will
come pickup at you place.I will be needing the following information
to issue out the payment . . .
1.Name to be on the check
2.Home address
3.Telephone
4.Zip code
5.CITY
** Pls not that the payment for the good will be overnight to your
address asap. I have taken a close look at the advert and am
completely satisfied i really need this and will appreciates that you
help save this for me till the payment arrives as it will save me
some extra cost**

So a red flag pops up... I reply with :

I will only do transactions in person

and minutes later I get this:

hello
how are you doing there?my name is carolyn queen am the fisrt lady of
my husband befor he dead ans when he dead i was the one that be going
true the business well am out of the state rigth now u will try to
chart with me u can also add me on my yahoo id
carolynqueen01@yahoo.com pls u can also get back to me with your full
information

Thanks
carolyn....

WTF???

[visualpoet]

Really, this is your first CL scammer? lol. welcome to the club newbie! they even have something on CL about them, almost word for word what you got.

[CustomLowz]

Really, this is your first CL scammer? lol. welcome to the club newbie! they even have something on CL about them, almost word for word what you got.

I have been on CL for ever... but the randomness of the last email makes me WTF

[Gemini]

Last response was very wierd seeing that it has nothing to do with teh above convo...they sent the wrong scam email

[visualpoet]

She's probably distraught about her dead husband and was having a hard time finding the right words, what with having to go "true" the business so soon after his death. (I'm thinking she JUST smashed his head in, how else could he start and she finish it?).

I would express my condolences at the untimely death of her husband, since you had just communicated with him. Or maybe he emailed you from beyond the grave?

[GHOST 2.2]

sometimes i love gettin these messages from scammers. i just would like to see how far they go.

[Night Wolf]

every try responding back with something weird?

[CustomLowz]

every try responding back with something weird?

not yet... Gimme ideas

[Gemini]

not yet... Gimme ideas

Hi Queen,

I sorry hear about your dead husband, I was had a dead goat that I was in love iwth but never got to bury it because my Jamaica cousin cooked it in curry sauce and serve it for dinner. I was very full nonetheless but then i got diarrhea so the moral of my story is never to eat your dead husband because you will get heartburn and heart break.

Yours truly,
F. U. Hoff

[Night Wolf]

send him the address of a government building? or maybe of an EX

[CustomLowz]

Hi Queen,

I sorry hear about your dead husband, I was had a dead goat that I was in love iwth but never got to bury it because my Jamaica cousin cooked it in curry sauce and serve it for dinner. I was very full nonetheless but then i got diarrhea so the moral of my story is never to eat your dead husband because you will get heartburn and heart break.

Yours truly,
F. U. Hoff

Sent

[Gemini]

sent

[visualpoet]

Totally worth coming back to this thread!

[Gemini]

Totally worth coming back to this thread!

Why is that you kind sir?

[visualpoet]

Why is that you kind sir?

I'm a big supporter of anti spamming. I enjoyed the precise lack of skill with the English language you displayed in your reply to the scammer. I and both my sons laughed out loud about it! You get today's "Funniest thing I've seen" prize! (That's pretty much the prize; me saying you get the prize!) Enjoy it!