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Kristine and I are trying to sell her Powerbook so I posted it on Craigslist yesterday. Here’s one stupid scammer’s response to my advertisement:
Thanks for your reply concerning my enquiry,am base in Alpharetta, North of Georgia United State(NG/US).Am quite comfortable with the condition of the item since i won’t be making any repairs on it,i will like to offer you $700 including packing materials without you paying for any shipping charges b’cos i already have an account with FedEx,i would have loved to make the payment in cash and carry but we are not in the same state so i will like to go ahead with the payment by sending you a Money Order which will be sent to you directly from usps office here in Alpharetta or send you a MoneyGram money order which will also be sent to you from a MoneyGram office here in Alpharetta.
I wanna buy this Apple Powerbook G4 12″ inch 1GHz for my step son to fulfill the promise his dad made before he died,i lost my lovely husband to an auto accident on 29th of May 2006 and since then i and his step son tobi have been living seperately and i want to buy the item for him because his dad promised him before death took him away from us and i think with this i and his son can live as a family.Kindly get back to me immediately you receive my E-mail with your full name and mailling address in which the money order will be sent to and the type of money order you perfered most ok.
Regards…………………………Lisa.
And here’s my response
I’ll sell you my laptop, but money order sounds too risky (there’s
lots of scammers out there you know), maybe if I give you my bank account number and social security number then you can direct deposit into my account?Regards,
Ben
And then the scammer replied:
Hello,
How i wish am in your state i would have paid in cash for this item.You have the exact item his dad wanna buy for him before he pass away and i wonna fulfill the promise my husband made to tobi and i think for me doing that i and him can reunite and start living as a family again,kindly get back to me with your mailling address so that i can proceed with the payment asap. ………………………Regards.
And my final reply
Are you sure you are from Georgia? Your accent sounds more Nigerian.
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