I Scam Scammers As A Hobby

woodguru
woodguru Posts: 76
edited July 2010 in The Clubhouse
Hey, rather than get annoyed by the "I need this item urgently and of the utmost priority", go along, send them your name and address and let them spend $25.00 sending you a bogus cashier's check.

My biggest one is for almost $20k and most are over $2500 since the retards send over two thousand dollars for $200 items expecting you to send the balance to their "shipper".

Hey it's fun messing with them and it costs them a lot of money at $25 a pop for overnight or express shipping.

Get the check and mess with them when they want you to "respond urgently with trust and honor"

I usually close out with the fact that I have turned all of their contact info and bogus cashier's check to the FBI's internet fraud division, that ends all further communication.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2010
    I find beating even the scammers out of money just as despicable as what the scammers do. If you feel so strongly about scammers and feel the need for a crusade against them, why not just report them to the FBI's internet fraud division.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,384
    edited July 2010
    Stupid is as stupid does... that's what my momma used to say, and that's all I got to say about that:rolleyes::confused:;)...


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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited July 2010
    yea, give them your name/address... I think ill pass. If i want to look at a bogus check ill just open my mail from the credit card companies
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited July 2010
    Wish I had that kinda time on my hands....
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  • woodguru
    woodguru Posts: 76
    edited July 2010
    Knucklehead wrote: »
    Wish I had that kinda time on my hands....

    HMMM, Ya had the time to answer this though, it takes me the time you responded to this to mess with a thief. :D

    I have been selling a lot of nice things on craigs lately that I don't need in my new house so it has generated about half a dozen scammers per item it seems like. If you have a sense of humor about them and aren't stupid enough to bite they can be pretty funny, it adds to my sense of humor to rip them for the express fee and time used to generate a bogus check.

    I tried turning information over to the FBI but quite frankly I can't see anything is ever done. It takes me less than a minute to respond in such a way that it costs them $25 for the express posting fee. If more people took the time to do this they couldn't afford to operate like this. So yeah be one of the ones who does nothing. Tough crowd, where's your sense of humor boys?
    You aren't done with wire and ready for upgrades and other tweaks until you are totally done with wire.
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  • woodguru
    woodguru Posts: 76
    edited July 2010
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Stupid is as stupid does... that's what my momma used to say, and that's all I got to say about that:rolleyes::confused:;)...


    Now, would anyone like a box of chocolates?

    What kind of comment is that Forrest? :D
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited July 2010
    woodguru wrote: »
    HMMM, Ya had the time to answer this though, it takes me the time you responded to this to mess with a thief. :D

    I have been selling a lot of nice things on craigs lately that I don't need in my new house so it has generated about half a dozen scammers per item it seems like. If you have a sense of humor about them and aren't stupid enough to bite they can be pretty funny, it adds to my sense of humor to rip them for the express fee and time used to generate a bogus check.

    I tried turning information over to the FBI but quite frankly I can't see anything is ever done. It takes me less than a minute to respond in such a way that it costs them $25 for the express posting fee. If more people took the time to do this they couldn't afford to operate like this. So yeah be one of the ones who does nothing. Tough crowd, where's your sense of humor boys?


    Your right , you win, I shall never have the last few minutes of my life back.
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited July 2010
    so are you like the dark knight of the internet?
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  • woodguru
    woodguru Posts: 76
    edited July 2010
    bruss wrote: »
    so are you like the dark knight of the internet?

    Nah, I'm just prone to doing something about things I don't like as opposed to flapping my gums about them. :)

    I hear bitching about the internet scams and when I make a suggestion about how to make it difficult for the thieves to do business I get a bunch of panty waists beating me up about it.

    Do you realize how much it would cost them if everyone they approached led them into simply sending one bogus check at $20+ a pop?
    You aren't done with wire and ready for upgrades and other tweaks until you are totally done with wire.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,474
    edited July 2010
    Your ship just sank and by none other than your own hand.

    Bozo listed!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2010
    woodguru wrote: »
    Nah, I'm just prone to doing something about things I don't like as opposed to flapping my gums about them. :)

    I hear bitching about the internet scams and when I make a suggestion about how to make it difficult for the thieves to do business I get a bunch of panty waists beating me up about it.

    Do you realize how much it would cost them if everyone they approached led them into simply sending one bogus check at $20+ a pop?

    Hmmm . . .insults now . . . great way to make friends and influence people you don't know! Well call me a "panty waist" but what you are suggesting and doing is just as depicable as what the scammers are doing, IMHO! If you are willing to beat anyone out of their money no matter who they are, that speaks volumes as to your business practices and character, again, IMHO!

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    F1nut wrote: »
    Your ship just sank and by none other than your own hand.

    Bozo listed!

    Aye, aye Captain, he's made my bozo list too!
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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited July 2010
    Just a thought but if they are scaming people to get money out of them would you also think that they would have scammed or stolen a FedEx or UPS account to send you the bad check?
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited July 2010
    woodguru wrote: »
    Do you realize how much it would cost them if everyone they approached led them into simply sending one bogus check at $20+ a pop?

    It wouldn't "cost" them anything. Their "operating costs" come from the funds they receive from victims. Whatever they spend for Internet access, postage, printing, photographs, bogus checks, etc. is merely the cost of doing "business".

    It seems that this line of work is profitable since the FBI is devoting resources to deal with it. From the FBI website URL="http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/fraudschemes.htm"][u]http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/fraudschemes.htm[/u][/URL:

    "The scheme relies on convincing a willing victim, who has demonstrated a "propensity for larceny" by responding to the invitation, to send money to the author of the letter in Nigeria in several installments of increasing amounts for a variety of reasons.

    While such an invitation impresses most law-abiding citizens as a laughable hoax, millions of dollars in losses are caused by these schemes annually. Some victims have been lured to Nigeria, where they have been imprisoned against their will, in addition to losing large sums of money. The Nigerian government is not sympathetic to victims of these schemes, since the victim actually conspires to remove funds from Nigeria in a manner that is contrary to Nigerian law. The schemes themselves violate section 419 of the Nigerian criminal code, hence the label "419 fraud."
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited July 2010
    woodguru wrote: »
    Nah, I'm just prone to doing something about things I don't like as opposed to flapping my gums about them. :)

    I hear bitching about the internet scams and when I make a suggestion about how to make it difficult for the thieves to do business I get a bunch of panty waists beating me up about it.

    Do you realize how much it would cost them if everyone they approached led them into simply sending one bogus check at $20+ a pop?

    Sorry man but your stupid for giving out your name/address to a known scammer. In theory you could accomplish the same thing by giving them a fake address. Like say, the FBI's
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited July 2010
    You scam scammers as a hobby & we here on CP are supposed to trust what you are eventually going to try to sell us or take your word for your hifalutin cable talk?

    Ummm I don't think so!

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