05-16-2004, 12:00 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Scamming The Scammer With A P-P-P-Powerbook
http://www.engadget.com/entry/3598374404084695/
"A guy selling his Powerbook on eBay realized he was being scammed by a buyer in Europe with a stolen account � the scam being that you send the Powerbook to what you think is a legit escrow service, but is actually in cahoots with the scammer (one of our good friends actually fell for this once!). You send them whatever you�re selling, and they just keep it. So he decided to scam the scammer, sending him the P-P-P-Powerbook, in the form of a tricked out plastic three-ring binder, instead."
Ahh... the sweet taste of revenge. :devilboy:
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05-16-2004, 12:09 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 589
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Re: Scamming The Scammer With A P-P-P-Powerbook
Ah, the wonders that come out of the goons at SA.
I would pay $10 for a copy of that binder.
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05-16-2004, 01:17 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2002
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I know I'm going to sound incredibly dense, but I guess I don't follow what the actual scam attempt is.
EDIT: OK. I think I get it. The "escrow service" is expected to collect the money for the buyer, but is actually a front to take the item and keep it?
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05-16-2004, 01:18 AM
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05-16-2004, 01:29 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 378
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Scamming the Scammer
I'd give anything to have seen the look on his face. :devilboy:
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05-16-2004, 02:45 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 204
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Ok, I read 'most' of the 3 pages, that was a crack up
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05-16-2004, 04:22 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 589
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Wow, you have to read the thread, it's worth the SA membership.
This scam is the most  thing on the internet all year.
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05-16-2004, 04:33 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Just finished reading the 82 pages thread. 8O What a wonderful story!
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05-16-2004, 06:20 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 101
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Excellent! I had the same thing happen to me this week. A buyer using a stolen ebay account tried to get me to use http://www.safe-payment.net in order to accept escrow payment for my notebook. The site looked fishy after closer inspection and sure enough the whole thing was a scam. Was tempted to send the so-called buyer in the midwest a box of rocks, but instead I settled on reporting it to the authorities.
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05-16-2004, 06:40 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 86
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A PDF version has been created of the entire discussion and it's associated EMails and pictures.
I've mirrored it here:
http://www.azhog.org/thepowerbook.pdf
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