Having fun with a dropzone.com scammer

[catfishhunter 2]

So I get a scam email about a rig i'm selling so I decided to have some fun. Here are the emails in order. Lets see who can figure out the PO Box Number :)

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 6:48 AM, > wrote:
Hi catfishhunter,

On 19-Apr-2010 someone submitted their contact information in response to your ad in the Dropzone.com Classifieds. Please reply to this email to contact the person directly.

Username => unitedunited1

URL => http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/detail_page.cgi?ID=91208&d=1

Name => Mills

>FromEmail => mills_simon@rocketmail.com

City =>

Country =>

Comments => I just want to confirm if you still have the main Container, please do get back to me with the final price.

Simon Mills

I replied-
Yes we still have it and i'd be willing to go 1900 even and you pay the shipping. You do understand their is NO MAIN canopy on the reserve and container.

They replied-
On Wednesday, April 21, 2010, Simon Mills wrote:
> Hello,
> Thanks for your swift response, I'm so glad to hear from you and would say that am really interested in buying the main Container, and i will be happy if you can sell it to me because my son has been troubling me because to buy it for him, he use it in Australian so i am getting it for him. i have a Fedex account for shipping pakages and with that i will use to ship it down to my Location.
Pls kindly get back with your final asking price and i will be glad to issue out the payment to you which will be in Money order/check for the payment. If you are okay with my arrangement,pls kindly get back to me with the folloowing detail's


I replied
Overnight $2500 to G.O. Fukuself P.O. Box 3858 nowhereville, nv 89030
once I get it i'll send the rig as soon as I cash the check

They replied-
Thanks for the information giving to me, I just want to inform you that the payment will be made out to you this morning, And i will get to you as soon as the payment was sent.

Regard

Wonder how many checks I can get them to send to G.O. Fukuself

What is wierd is I put only those that have been registered for more then 60 days could make an offfer on my listing so this person must have registered an awful lot of names if they keep getting deleted for scamming people

MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT
Life is Short and we never know how long we are going to have. We must live life to the fullest EVERY DAY. Everything we do should have a greater purpose.

[BillyVance 34]

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Overnight $2500 to G.O. Fukuself P.O. Box 3858 nowhereville, nv 89030
once I get it i'll send the rig as soon as I cash the check

Awesome

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[mdrejhon 8]

Wait until Friday, and ask them for FedEx Saturday delivery. More expensive, less money in scammer's pocket.

[catfishhunter 2]

If they are stupid enough to play then I have more in store for them. If they use Fed-Ex Address checker then it is already over but having them even respond to G.O. Fukuself and P.O. Box 3858 (FUKU) was a great way to start my morning

MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT
Life is Short and we never know how long we are going to have. We must live life to the fullest EVERY DAY. Everything we do should have a greater purpose.

[dzjunky77 0]

lol

[sundevil777 102]

I'm surprised they didn't do the - paying you extra, please return the excess minus some for you to keep as a bonus bullshit.

Some things I've done are to ask them exactly where they live, then tell them that I have good friends living real nearby that I will have meet them to pick up the payment. It is nice to think about them squirming over that. Or tell them you've tracked their location and that Interpol is about to raid them. I had a check sent to me that the bank said was the best forgery they've seen in a long time. It doesn't take much effort to waste a lot of the scammers time/money.

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

[catfishhunter 2]

I got this email just now.

Good morning,
I just want to inform you that the payment have been sent out to you, Please do get back to me as doon as you receive the payment.
Thanks and hope to read from you soon

I'll wait until monday and inform him that my wife has had to have emergency surgery and we had to move to P.O. Box 385633 dumshiotville,NM 87110

:)

MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT
Life is Short and we never know how long we are going to have. We must live life to the fullest EVERY DAY. Everything we do should have a greater purpose.

[skyjumpenfool 2]

Give him this address...

C.O. FBI
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001

Birdshit & Fools Productions

"Son, only two things fall from the sky."

[kmills0705 0]

Awesome catfish!

I got the same initial email but never replied. I wasn't as motivated to play as you were. Thanks for messing with him for me! (Well, the automated mail server anyhow!)


On 19-Apr-2010 someone submitted their contact information in response to your ad in the Dropzone.com Classifieds. Please reply to this email to contact the person directly.

Username => unitedunited1

URL => http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/detail_page.cgi?ID=91826&d=1

Name => Mills

FromEmail => mills_simon@rocketmail.com

City =>

Country =>

Comments => I just want to confirm if you still have the main Container, please do get back to me with the final price.

Simon Mills

Kim Mills
USPA D21696
Tandem I, AFF I and Static Line I

[BillyVance 34]

I like what somebody did when dealing with an obvious scammer. He was selling his rig, and the scammer was gonna send him money via western union and the seller said sure. So he set up a box to weigh about as much as a container would weigh, but left a picture of his rig with both of his birdie salutes in front of it in the box.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[mdrejhon 8]

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I like what somebody did when dealing with an obvious scammer. He was selling his rig, and the scammer was gonna send him money via western union and the seller said sure. So he set up a box to weigh about as much as a container would weigh, but left a picture of his rig with both of his birdie salutes in front of it in the box.

The famous "scam the scammer" ploy inspired by P-P-Powerbook.

[catfishhunter 2]

and so it continues....

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Greetings ,
How are you,hope you are great.. I am very sorry i did not send you an email, I had a ghastly Auto Accident on my way to work and i have been in the Hospital since the occurrence , I am a bit okay now and currently at home.

There is a little mistake about the payment and i am very sorry about it . When i was in the hospital , I called my secretary on the phone to issue and send the payment to you due to my absent from office because of my accident , So i didn't know the phone conversation was miserable ( not clear ) so she mistakenly issued ($ 6,500) and she sent it to you, I will be very grateful if you can be a co-adjustor to me .

Please, whenever you receive the payment, kindly accept and bank it for clearance .

Please bear with me the situation and sorry for any inconveniences the issue might have caused you. Kindly,accept my apology and i will be very grateful for your understanding,and i will also give you a call later today.

Thanks and have a blissful day.

I will really Appreciate your mail

Regard's

My Reply :)

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Simon,

I am so sorry to hear of your accident. Things have taken a turn for the worst for my wife. We had to move to New Mexico so she could get the best treatment for her illness. It is problably a good thing since you sent the wrong amount you can just cancel it and send it to our temporaty P.O. Box. Please Overnight the money and email me a tracking number. We desperatly need the money ad I do not know how we are going to pay our hospital bills :( I have another rig if you want to buy it as well. I only want 6000 for it. Maybe since you sent the wrong amount you could afford to buy them both? It will only cost you $10000 for both of them? You sound rich and I know God will Bless you with more then you could ever hope for if you do this for me and my wife.

Please overnight them money and send me a tracking number ASAP. God Bless You Simon your a good man!
G.O. Fukuself
P.O. Box 385633
Dumshiotville,NM 87110

MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT
Life is Short and we never know how long we are going to have. We must live life to the fullest EVERY DAY. Everything we do should have a greater purpose.