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I checked one of my email accounts and there was a spam message about my EBAY auction (I dont have any) and of course when i went to the Item # and it was invalid 
Stupid idiot morons
Stupid idiot morons
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You double posted, dude. I get thiose ones too. The link says ebay but if you hover over it it is an ip adress with a web server set up to look like ebay. I get the ones allegedly ftom my bank too (which is wierd considering i dont believe in banks and dont have an account.....) 
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They are always funny to read. However, you have to remember that although we are smart enough to spot a scam, many are not. If these people weren't making money - you wouldn't be getting them.
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Originally Posted by jbennet 
You double posted, dude. I get thiose ones too. The link says ebay but if you hover over it it is an ip adress with a web server set up to look like ebay. I get the ones allegedly ftom my bank too (which is wierd considering i dont believe in banks and dont have an account.....)
I assure you, they do exist.
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Originally Posted by jbennet
You double posted, dude.
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Everyone also must be familiar with the "overpayment" scam where the scammer sends bogus money orders or cashiers checks and then asks that you send back the excess through Western Union. I am causing untold heartburn to one of these guys just out of fun. Originally I was trying to get him to give me his mailing address so I could send him in turn a bogus check that I would photoshop. He didn't bite, but I led him on one way or another for weeks. I told him I got the money from the bank in 20's and was carrying around a huge wad of cash in my front pocket and I hoped no bad guy would see it and figure it out. I even asked his guidance and asked if he thought I should put it in my back pocket instead. Finally, I did go down to Western Union and spent the $15 service charge and sent him $1.50 when I was supposed to send $1500. He went to pick it up and of course got all confused and frantic and figured that Western Union had screwed it up. I also told him I was passing through Heathrow on the way to Amsterdam and wanted him to meet me at the Aer Lingus counter between flights because there is an additional $2000 overpayment to be made. Couldn't get him to bite, but I'm still trying to figure out how I can prolong his pain. I sure wish I could send him a key logger with the scanned image of my Western Union receipt but I don't know how. What I would do then is see who all he is trying to scam and then warn them, and he wouldn't even know what is happening.
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well you got his e-mail address why not forward it to the other scams as your new e-mail address.
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If you are really lucky, you can even get spam like this in your Private Messages right here, like I did
I wonder how many others got this PM. Good 'ol "peee2007" seem to still be an active member, so maybe we'll see some more!
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Originally Posted by peee2007
Dear,
I know that my message will come to you as a surprise since I don’t know you in person or meet with you before, but I am of the believe that you would be obliged to come to my assistance after hearing about my situation.
I was, until recently, a Medical student of the University of Abidjan, Ivory Coast
West Africa.I am the only child of late Mr Frederick Akaza. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast.
He was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business last year. When my mother died on the October 1989, my father took me so special because I am motherless. Before the death of my father last year, in a private hospital here in Abidjan.
He secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has a sum of US$ 9,500,000 left in account in a bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name for the next of kin in deposit of the fund. He also explained to me that it is because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates.
1)I am honourably seeking your assistance to provide a bank account where this money will be transferred to.
2)You will serve as the guardian of this funds since I am a boy of 20 years.
3)You will make arrangement for me to come over to your country after the money has been transferred to you.I have plans to do investment in your country, like real estate and industrial production. This is my reason for writing to you. Please if you are willing to assist me please indicate your interest. I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after this successful transfer of this fund to your nominated account overseas.
Finally if you have any question as regards this transaction, so that I
will send you documents of this fund. Note that the confidentiality of this transaction would be highly appreciated in replying soonest.
Thanks and best regards.
Peter Akaza
Phone 0022506084810
EMAIL Address peterakaza00@yahoo.fr
I wonder how many others got this PM. Good 'ol "peee2007" seem to still be an active member, so maybe we'll see some more!
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