So I put my Playstation2 on Craigslist.

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DeadByDawn

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I don't think he'd get in trouble. The nigerians are the ones that called the address in to fedex. I don't think they'll be giving out any info.
 

DeadByDawn

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Originally posted by: franguinho
Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: flashbacck
Originally posted by: Chode Messiah
notice they all live in africa. Africa, (especially Nigeria) has millions of scammers and con artists. Demand payment confirmation before shipping and you should be fine. Nigeria=No!

I've often wondered how many scammers there really are in Nigeria. Maybe it's just a handful of dudes scouring the net and sending thousands of emails a day.

nigeria is actually the biggest scam/corruption/etc filled place on earth.

after brazil you mean... ;)


Indonesia is bad too
 

Quasmo

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Screw that... send him, dirt. Just a box full o dirt, and then put fish in it. So the dirt will get nice and hot, and then the fish will rot. MMMmmmMMM then urinate in the dirt in the box and close it up.Make sure to seal it nice and good.

To think he'll pay tons of money for.. urine, dirt, and fish.
 

hevnsnt

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Uh oh, I am being threatend!

From: wilson jame <dave_haydeen05@yahoo.ca>
To: hevnsnt <hevnsnt@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 10, 2005 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: urgent

are u ther i will like u to go and take the playstation 2 package i will like u to send it thru fedex and i will want u to do it tonight bcoz i told u that i wanna send it to my uncles daughter in africa i am not staying with them i am staying at canada so plz dont let loose my or else i will sontact the fbi on trhese on this situation so i will be experting the tracking no tonight thank you
great ur family for me we are brother and family
 

Shawn

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bahaha,l the white house is going to think this is some terrorist attack from nigeria.
 

PanzerIV

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Originally posted by: hevnsnt
Uh oh, I am being threatend!

From: wilson jame <dave_haydeen05@yahoo.ca>
To: hevnsnt <hevnsnt@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 10, 2005 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: urgent

are u ther i will like u to go and take the playstation 2 package i will like u to send it thru fedex and i will want u to do it tonight bcoz i told u that i wanna send it to my uncles daughter in africa i am not staying with them i am staying at canada so plz dont let loose my or else i will sontact the fbi on trhese on this situation so i will be experting the tracking no tonight thank you
great ur family for me we are brother and family

I must say he has such a firm grasp on the English language that I would immediately feel at ease shipping his famliy a PS2 to Africa. Nevermind the spelling errors, broken English and formatting! We are truly dealing with a great mind here in the spirit of Hemingway and Faulkner.
 

DeadByDawn

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make sure and put a high declared value on it so they have to pay customs fees on top of shipping
 

Baked

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Originally posted by: buck
Originally posted by: hevnsnt
what should I do?

Send him a box of rocks and make him pay for shipping when he recieves it.

Remember what happened to pppppowerbook guy? He got murdered by the nigerian scammers 'cause he thought sending a fake ppppppowerbook was funny.
 

TheGoat Eater

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I get a funny little feeling and then I remember that Law and Order episode in which a guy sold some playstations to the middle east or africa and got paid really well - because it was illegal becuase of trade laws , something about the proccessors and computer type stuff -

anyone remember this?
 

akubi

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Originally posted by: Baked
Originally posted by: buck
Originally posted by: hevnsnt
what should I do?

Send him a box of rocks and make him pay for shipping when he recieves it.

Remember what happened to pppppowerbook guy? He got murdered by the nigerian scammers 'cause he thought sending a fake ppppppowerbook was funny.

i know he disappeared but i never heard that he got killed. do you have a link?
 

PanzerIV

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Originally posted by: Baked
Originally posted by: buck
Originally posted by: hevnsnt
what should I do?

Send him a box of rocks and make him pay for shipping when he recieves it.

Remember what happened to pppppowerbook guy? He got murdered by the nigerian scammers 'cause he thought sending a fake ppppppowerbook was funny.

Ummm wtf??
 

Sphexi

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Originally posted by: akubi
Originally posted by: Baked
Originally posted by: buck
Originally posted by: hevnsnt
what should I do?

Send him a box of rocks and make him pay for shipping when he recieves it.

Remember what happened to pppppowerbook guy? He got murdered by the nigerian scammers 'cause he thought sending a fake ppppppowerbook was funny.

i know he disappeared but i never heard that he got killed. do you have a link?

Yeah seriously, last I knew he simply stopped updating the site.