Bass selling spoof

BassMan02 · Tiger Joined: 15 May 2003 Posts: 848

Man have I got some *Holy Cow Pud, Batman* to tell you all. I am trying to sell my american delux pbass. I posted an ad on a local website for selling instraments and stuff called www.stlmusic.com. In the post I put down that I was asking $800 for the bass. I get an email from a guy saying that he is interested and that he would give me $900 and take care of shipping for the bass. (yes $900...strange...) I thought, hell may as well make an extra $100...why not? So I write the guy back telling him since we are both in St. Louis why not skip the shipping crap and just arrange a pickup. He writes back saying that he is out of the country and would arrange for one of his "clients" to give me a cashiers check for 5000$(???)
and that I would take 900$ out of it and send him the rest. I thought right away that he was blowing smoke up my *Horse's Patoot* so I wrote him back saying that unless he wants to buy the bass for $5000 not to send a check for that amount and that 10 days after the check clears I would send the bass. He never wrote back....figures.

No it doesn't end there...1 day later I get another email from a guy who is interested in the bass. This guy seemed honest by the way his letter sounded. So I wrote back and gave him pictures and all. He writes back telling me to ship the bass. I again say screw the shipping and lets arrange for a pick up. He writes back saying that he is in *Golly Gee* Belgium and that he would arrange for one of his "clients" to give me a cashiers check for $800. I wrote back and asked him if he would like my bank account and maybe my other basses and while I'm at it I have a dog, a house, a truck and even a few tools he might like to have. I then thanked him for being a fare and honest man. Of course the dingly berry never wrote back. Very....very odd weekend. I just had to get that out as a warning. It turns out that some jerk offs will offer you a deal like this then sind a cashiers check that looks real and will even cash like normal, but isn't a real check in which case you will owe the bank that much money. If you all want to spam the pricks feel free.
stone02k@yahoo.com
danielsconcept@myway.com
Twisted Evil

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Neil Gray · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 9:56 pm Post subject:

Well handled.
Well handled indeed... Wink

P.S... It wasn't me... the wink is supposed to be an encouragement, not a gesture of inside information... Smile

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Rufio · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 4:04 am Post subject:

No it wasn't Neil, it was me! haha.... just kiddin' yoooo!! Very Happy

ok I need to calm down. You should have arranged for a pickup in Belgium... lol.
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CaptainSaveAHo · Bear Cub Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 647

Yeah, what a slimey dude.

Beowulf · Growing Lion Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 876

What a scumbag. The world is full of evil people. I run a seminar on how to avoid scams and fraud. For more information, just send me a check for 5,000 dollars and your Social Security No. I promise that, if we work together, we'll never get screwed over again! Take that, you con artists!

BassMan02 · Tiger Joined: 15 May 2003 Posts: 848

Just an update...I got 3 more emails from 3 more people with the same deal.
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Sometimes we ride on your horses
Sometimes we walk alone
Sometimes the songs that we hear
are just songs of our own

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CaptainSaveAHo · Bear Cub Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 647

Aww, c'mon, the Nigerians are our friends! I read somewhere that it's in the top five most profitable businesses there, online scamming is. At least they could change the formula a bit, be an original crook.

BassMan02 · Tiger Joined: 15 May 2003 Posts: 848

You know it is funny...The last email I got was a guy from France who had a "client" in Nigeria who wanted the bass.
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Sometimes we ride on your horses
Sometimes we walk alone
Sometimes the songs that we hear
are just songs of our own

-"Eyes of the World" Grateful Dead

gibson_thunder · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2003 10:32 am Post subject:

send em a letter bomb...thatll learn em... Twisted Evil

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scorpionldr · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2003 6:17 pm Post subject:

lol, maybe ur just too *Holy Censor, Batman* friendly.