No ,im not going to send you my phone to Nigeria, you fk wit

[princeperch]

I find this too funny for words.

Larry smith won my auction this afternoon on ebay for a 7600 phone.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dl

he then sent me this email:

Hello Seller,
i am pleased to be th winner of this item i want to purchase this item for my late brother son
in Nigeria i am presently in india for a business trip and i will not be back until next season
so i will appreciate if you can help me ship the item to is location i will be offering 50GPB for the shipment to is location
this is the shipment address
39# OBA AKINYELE AVENUE OLOYOLE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE RING ROAD
STATE:OYO
CITY:IBADAN
COUNTRY:NIGERIA
RECEIVERS NAME
ABIMBOLA SMTH


I replied by saying: "Send me the money then?"

Knowing full bloody well he was a con artist. He then has the temirity to send me a fake paypal payment, (looks fairly genuine with the paypal header etc), enclosed below. Does this bloke think that my brain has fallen out of something?

Edited to add, should I string this chap along or just send him an email saying what a clunt he is?

ing Wankers






Dear Customer,


You have been sent a PayPal® payment of GBP 100.25 for an Ebay #9103072407 item from one of our client,"Hellen Smith" [e-mail] for a recent item bought from you.


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NAME : OLOLADE OWOEYE
ADDRES :#39 Oba -Akinyele Avenue Oluyole industrial Estate ring road
CITY : Ibadan
STATE : Oyo
ZIP CODE : 23402
COUNTRY : Nigeria.
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>> Edited by princeperch on Saturday 18th February 16:12

[225]

You have to remember people are generally pretty stupid and fall for anything.
I sometimes wish I was nigerian, is being a dodgy get part of their school curriculum?

[Petrol_noggin]

I feel truly sorry for true, honest people in Nigeria though (if any such people exist judging by the amount of scams they get in on).

[Flat in Fifth]

Petrol_noggin said:

I feel truly sorry for true, honest people in Nigeria though (if any such people exist judging by the amount of scams they get in on).

Nigeria is THE ONLY country ever where a major bank of that country has defaulted on an Irrevocable Letter of Credit. Speaks volumes about the integrity of the place.

Phrases involving "pole and barge" not to mention "not touching with yours" come to mind regardless.

[mattley]

princeperch said:

should I string this chap along or just send him an email saying what a clunt he is?

Yes. Yes you should.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_bai


Go for it.

[princeperch]

mattley said:

princeperch said: should I string this chap along or just send him an email saying what a clunt he is? Yes. Yes you should. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_bai Go for it.

I think it would be rude not to.

However: Wikipedia says:

"Scammers can be ruthless. At least one scam victim was murdered when he travelled to meet the scammer"

Id like to see the bastard try. If I threw the phone he was trying to scam me out of at the pricks head, it'd lay him out. Was a total piece of shit...

Taking a month out this year to do a whistle stop tour of the world.

I might see how much it would be to organise an asignation with Larry Smith on the Akinyele Avenue Oluyole industrial Estate ring road...


Edited to add, it just occured to me that I actually know the Princess of Swaziland, perhaps I should get in contact with her to see if her old man could spare anyone to form a militia to go and meet this chap...


>> Edited by princeperch on Saturday 18th February 19:58

[cymtriks]

Send him a cardboard cut out version of your phone.*

Just tell him that you've modified your genuine phone to make it appropriate for a Nigerian.

*There used to be a really funny website which detailed this being done for a lap top. It was sent to the scamer with a little cardboard "mouse" with eyes and a tail. It also had a hand drawn keyboard! What was even better was that they actualy manage to extract some "customs payment" out of the scamer before posting it!

[mybrainhurts]

Send him a very big dog turd in a box.

Wrap the turd in cling film and include a note saying the substance is a newly formulated shock proof packing, and the phone's inside it.......

Wuff....

[Saied]

mybrainhurts said:

Send him a very big dog turd in a box. Wrap the turd in cling film and include a note saying the substance is a newly formulated shock proof packing, and the phone's inside it....... Wuff....

The b*****d may even mistake it for Nigerian food. Has anyone ever smelt the stuff?

[mcflurry]

mybrainhurts said:

Send him a very big dog turd in a box. Wrap the turd in cling film and include a note saying the substance is a newly formulated shock proof packing, and the phone's inside it....... Wuff....

A friend of mine did that to a bloke who ripped him on fleabay

[CommanderJameson]

Best. Anti-Scam. EvAr.

P-p-p-powerbook!

[stu_the_flat]

If you want a giggle you should read this he string the conartist along its birlant

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