Scammers dont do thier homework

so get an email regarding my boat for sale and although it was filled with spelling errors and bad grammar, it wasn't your typical scammer email. the guy asked what my lowest price was and if i could send some more pics.i obliged and sent him the info and pics. well the return email was your typical scammer email with the out of country nonsense and how he needed my bank info. so to confirm the scam and play with him a bit i asked him what he would be using the boat for so i could set up the perfect pass and install the appropiate prop. well of course the idiot has no clue, confirming that he in fact is a scammer.

so i emailed him back and told him that if you are going to be a stupid criminal at least be smart about it.

i realize these guys are idiots for even participating in such a scam, but you would think they would do some research into the product they are " attempting" to buy so they can sound more convincing.

I had one of those guys. When I was selling my boat, on Craig's List, I got an email in regards to the boat. I also played along with the buyer. I knew he was a scammer. I was selling my boat for $9000. The scammer sent me $18,000. He said I could use the rest to pay for the shipping which he would arrange for me. I am not dumb. I call the bank and verified the cashiers check. The check checked out and the funds were there. Now the problem, the check number was nonexistent. I notified the buyer that everything was good and he could arrange for the pickup. When the truck arrived, yes a truck arrived, and I was ready to sign the papers, the cops came out of the woodwork. Not only did the guy who owned the truck was arrested but the guy who issued the bad check was with him dressed up as a truck delivery person. Now they are in jail for fraud and I got to keep my boat. I did eventually sell the boat to a real buyer.

Wow, nice to hear a happy ending for once. I don't know that I've ever heard of a credit card company or the cops ever pursuing one of these cases.

I kinda got into scamming the scammers a while back. Read alot on the various scambait websites. Opened a bogus email account. And started shopping on Ebay. Took one all the way at one point. He was selling something, boat, ATV, I don't recall. After asking him a ton of questions for stupid pictures (striped paint, muffler bearings, etc.) I sent him a Photoshopped Western Union pickup slip. He went to his local Western Union & tried to pick it up & of course they didn't have it. So he tried another one. And a 3rd one. He came back & pretty pissed off. Sent me a bunch of hate mail full of viruses & death threats.

mark that's a bad ass story!!!

mark I'm shocked that they even cared to pick up the boat. Usually the game is to get you to advance them the amount above what the check is for in cash. Good for you for following it through.

I recently had a scammer respond to a Craigslist ad. When they got to the point of asking for the contact info to send the cashiers check, I gave them an FBI field office and the name "Mr. Cyber Agent". About a week later I got another email from the pissed off scammer saying he mailed the check, I was trying to rip him off, and if I didn't respond right away he was going to call the "local cops". At that point I lost interest, and emailed the dumb-a$$ to tell him nobody was trying to rip him off and if he really wanted the check back to contact the FBI office to which he supposedly mailed it. Strangely enough, I never heard back from him.